'Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers', says study

c_man · 14-02-2012 10:50AM

Dudess wrote: »

"left-wingers" (i.e. people who use their brains)
.............................
That line is so bad it's embarrassing.

Aye.

AngryBollix · 14-02-2012 10:55AM

Dudess wrote: »

Logic fail - plenty of "left-wingers" (i.e. people who use their brains) are white and straight and male. That line is so bad it's embarrassing. I guess there are no powerful white hetero men in the world...

Yeah Dick Cheney

AskMyChocolate · 14-02-2012 12:22PM

AngryBollix wrote: »

I like cake

I've no doubt you do, y'fascist right-wing bastard!

Currant-bread wasn't good enough for you.

Oh No!:mad:

Y'had to go and break your mother's heart!

After all the sacrifices, she made, to ensure...:pac:

14-02-2012 12:25PM

Well, most Right wing minded people tend to be quite religious so that should answer a lot of questions.

Logical Fallacy · 14-02-2012 12:26PM

Dudess wrote: »

Logic fail - plenty of "left-wingers" (i.e. people who use their brains) are white and straight and male. That line is so bad it's embarrassing. I guess there are no powerful white hetero men in the world...

Yeah, but white male straight left wingers are just afraid to be what they were born to be, and are driven by the bleeding hearters to denounce themselves in an effort to be seen as forward thinking and inclusive. White, straight males are little more than the whipping boy of the vagicentric feminazi equal rights brigade etc etc etc

AskMyChocolate · 14-02-2012 12:32PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, but white male straight left wingers are just afraid to be what they were born to be, and are driven by the bleeding hearters to denounce themselves in an effort to be seen as forward thinking and inclusive. White, straight males are little more than the whipping boy of the vagicentric feminazi equal rights brigade etc etc etc

I'm not.

*searches desperately for Life of Brian video clip*

Peetrik · 14-02-2012 12:37PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, but white male straight left wingers are just afraid to be what they were born to be

I think I see your problem. Those of us who are actually forward thinking and inclusive believe we are all born equal.

K-9 · 14-02-2012 12:43PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, but white male straight left wingers are just afraid to be what they were born to be, and are driven by the bleeding hearters to denounce themselves in an effort to be seen as forward thinking and inclusive. White, straight males are little more than the whipping boy of the vagicentric feminazi equal rights brigade etc etc etc

Needs more vagicentricisms!

Logical Fallacy · 14-02-2012 12:46PM

Peetrik wrote: »

I think I see your problem. Those of us who are actually forward thinking and inclusive believe we are all born equal.

No you're not.

See the whole vagicentric feminazi point.

It completely nullifies any form of well thought out argument tbh.

And if that doesn't then I guess it's just people being pseudo-intellectuals.

There are bound to be a few AH conventions i am missing but basically whatever you believe is wrong!!!:D

Peetrik · 14-02-2012 12:57PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

No you're not.

See the whole vagicentric feminazi point.

It completely nullifies any form of well thought out argument tbh.

And if that doesn't then I guess it's just people being pseudo-intellectuals.

There are bound to be a few AH conventions i am missing but basically whatever you believe is wrong!!!

Oh ok thanks for explaining that to me

Its terrible to think that this type of arguement actually works on some people

AskMyChocolate · 14-02-2012 01:47PM

K-9 wrote: »

Needs more vagicentricisms!

I'd say that'd be a huge score in scrabble

AskMyChocolate · 14-02-2012 02:04PM

Peetrik wrote: »

I think I see your problem. Those of us who are actually forward thinking and inclusive believe we are all born equal.

But, would you be right?

Peetrik · 14-02-2012 02:05PM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

But, would you be right?

Yes

Seachmall · 14-02-2012 02:09PM

Peetrik wrote: »

I think I see your problem. Those of us who are actually forward thinking and inclusive believe we are all born equal.

What makes you think people are born equal?

Peetrik · 14-02-2012 02:11PM

Seachmall wrote: »

What makes you think people are born equal?

Obvious troll is obvious

Seachmall · 14-02-2012 02:12PM

Peetrik wrote: »

Obvious troll is obvious

In an ethical and moral sense, sure they are.

In every other definable characteristic, they're not.

BennyBlanc0 · 14-02-2012 02:14PM

My first post (and not very helpful): I heard recently that 75% of serial killers are republicans. Its one of those stats you just have to believe. Seems cross eyes and smaller brains has no effect on your ability to hunt and kill humans.

Dudess · 14-02-2012 08:46PM

c_man wrote: »

Dudess wrote: »

"left-wingers" (i.e. people who use their brains)
.............................
That line is so bad it's embarrassing.

Aye.

I'll elaborate on that so: when "left-winger" is used as a derogatory label here, it refers to people who put thought into things rather than merely going with the knee jerking and putting stock into laughable soundbites like the "middle-class, white, hetero, christian, western males are actually an oppressed group". Even if a person put a tiny bit of thought into that claim they would conclude that that group is the most privileged one when it comes to most areas.

Scanlas The 2nd · 14-02-2012 08:54PM

Peetrik wrote: »

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Yeah, but white male straight left wingers are just afraid to be what they were born to be

I think I see your problem. Those of us who are actually forward thinking and inclusive believe we are all born equal.

What does being born equal and not equal mean?

Eric Cartman · 14-02-2012 08:58PM

Dudess wrote: »

Logic fail - plenty of "left-wingers" (i.e. people who use their brains) are white and straight and male. That line is so bad it's embarrassing. I guess there are no powerful white hetero men in the world...

the very fact that anyone has ever paid any heed to Guevara, Marx, Lenin or any other political parasites proves that the left are not using their brains correctly

The die hard left is always against the white straight male, luckily almost anyone in power or with an opinion that is listened to is a right leaning white straight male. So while the prejudice does exist, it has no impact, because its one held by the 'plebs' of society.

Dudess · 14-02-2012 09:04PM

You and others dismiss people who are miles to right of the Marxist left though, they're just not as blind right-wing as is your preference.

I see you've acknowledged though that white, hetero, middle-class, western males aren't actually oppressed.

Eric Cartman · 14-02-2012 09:12PM

Dudess wrote: »

You and others dismiss people who are miles to right of the Marxist left though, they're just not as blind right-wing as is your preference.

I see you've acknowledged though that white, hetero, middle-class, western males aren't actually oppressed.

please tell me who i have dismissed who would identify themselves as left leaning and why - honest question

and Ive never denied that being a white straight male is about as good as it gets really, and Im glad of it, but when you look to left wing media sources , blogs, newspapers - if theres somebody to blame its always the white straight male or rich people.

Dudess · 14-02-2012 09:48PM

Well if a person doesn't accept claims like "the blacks" get free houses and cars, it doesn't mean they're PC, it just means they'd prefer to dig deeper and consider individual circumstances. Ditto single mothers. Ditto people on the dole. And so on. Just putting thought into things, trying to be fair. You don't have to be in the least bit PC to look at things that way, you don't even have to be left-wing. The very same people who think along those lines might be concerned about immigration levels due to the state of the economy.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 14-02-2012 11:11PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

please tell me who i have dismissed who would identify themselves as left leaning and why - honest question

and Ive never denied that being a white straight male is about as good as it gets really, and Im glad of it, but when you look to left wing media sources , blogs, newspapers - if theres somebody to blame its always the white straight male or rich people.

I think you'll find it depends on how they got rich. i.e., via greed and corruption or hard work. No one (except the extreme left, maybe) begrudges hard workers, whereas the greedy and the corrupt get their fair share of criticism.

As far politcial leanings looking to appoint blame: how do you explain Fox News blaming the staight white male again. Only difference is, the straight white males in the case tend to do inconvenient things like protest or highlight greed and corruption.

K-9 · 14-02-2012 11:49PM

Its a bit of a severely restrictive term, libertarians as a good example are even more economically right than Tories or Republicans, as in the US version, but extremely socially liberal, more so than SF or the old Labour parties of the 80's.

Then you've right wing economic posters who'd agree with "left wing" social policies but nowhere near Libertarians.

44leto · 15-02-2012 12:02AM

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I would imagine your father was satisfied, earning a wage, which entitled him to feed and clothe you, your mother, and your siblings, whilst also entitling you to an education. An aspiration, and achievement, of most mixed-economies in the OECD between the fifties and the seventies.

But, of course, you're right. Twin totalitarianism (much closer to capitalism) with communism, and by association with socialism.

I await your argument. I wonder will there be one of these :rolleyes: in it.

Most totalitarian despots, as in, the really vicious ones were more associated with socialism it is what Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot all were in political parties with the word socialism attached. So no very few despots are capitalist, with the exception of modern China and Russia.

Capitalism works, western socialism works when an economy is wealthy, India was a prime example of what socialism achieves in a poor country, not much, but it has turned its back on that system and become more capitalist, it is now one of the emerging superpowers and a growing economy with a growing middle class.

Logical Fallacy · 15-02-2012 12:15AM

44leto wrote: »

Most totalitarian despots, as in, the really vicious ones were more associated with socialism it is what Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot all were in political parties with the word socialism attached. So no very few despots are capitalist, with the exception of modern China and Russia.

Capitalism works, western socialism works when an economy is wealthy, India was a prime example of what socialism achieves in a poor country, not much, but it has turned its back on that system and become more capitalist, it is now one of the emerging superpowers and a growing economy with a growing middle class.

There is no point in judging a despot by the title they give themselves.

Plenty of "Communist" states have existed, yet none have actually practiced a true communist system. If anything most of them have engaged in a form of extreme capitalism but without assorted tenants that ensure the far treatment of the worker...which is grand as they are not a democracy so who gives a ****?

Personally i like capitalism as it's practiced in a democracy but it also has some major flaws. No real point in pretending it works just fine when the majority of capitalist countries have had their holes kicked for the last few years.

K-9 · 15-02-2012 12:16AM

44leto wrote: »

Most totalitarian despots, as in, the really vicious ones were more associated with socialism it is what Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot all were in political parties with the word socialism attached. So no very few despots are capitalist, with the exception of modern China and Russia.

Capitalism works, western socialism works when an economy is wealthy, India was a prime example of what socialism achieves in a poor country, not much, but it has turned its back on that system and become more capitalist, it is now one of the emerging superpowers and a growing economy with a growing middle class.

Yeah, India is a great example, as is China!

Posters have explained the Hitler, Stalin etc. thing to you on countless threads and yet, here you are, on a thread about right wingers being less intelligent that left wingers! Still arguing the same position as you did 6 or 12 months ago.

I love the irony.

It's parody right? One of those internet laws you want to prove? Right?

44leto · 15-02-2012 12:23AM

K-9 wrote: »

Yeah, India is a great example, as is China!

Posters have explained the Hitler, Stalin etc. thing to you on countless threads and yet, here you are, on a thread about right wingers being less intelligent that left wingers! Still arguing the same position as you did 6 or 12 months ago.

I love the irony.

It's parody right? One of those internet laws you want to prove? Right?

Then educate me what is socialism. Define it if you can, show me this socialist high IQ.

later12 · 15-02-2012 12:27AM

44leto wrote: »

Then educate me what is socialism. Define it if you can, show me this socialist high IQ.

There is no single definition of socialisim, obviously; no more than there is a single definition of the predominantly capitalist model.

Asking for a blanket definition is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.

'Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers', says study

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