| Houston Chronicle Claims Conservatives Have 'Low IQ' |
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| by Tom McGregor | Sat, Jan 28, 2012, 07:09 PM |
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The Houston Chronicle is attacking conservative Republicans as people suffering from "low I.Q." scores. The Houston newspaper with a liberal agenda is citing a British scientific study posted by the leftist media website, the Daily Beast, to justify its allegations.
The Houston Chronicle reports that, "children with low intelligence are more likely to grow up to be social conservatives and racists, researchers found in a study published out of the U.K." The study that was published the journal Psychological Science and was posted by LifeScience, claims to have utilized prior research that link low education with prejudice, utilizing data from two studies testing IQ as well as political inclinations. LifeScience wrote, "as suspected, low intelligence in childhood corresponded with racism in adulthood. But the factor that explained the relationship between these two variables was political: When researchers included social conservatism in the analysis, those ideologies accounted for much of the link between brains and bias." According to the Houston Chronicle, "lead researcher Gordon Hodson, of Brock University in Ontario, concluded that people with low Iqs are attracted to the hierarchy and structure in socially conservative institutions." His so-called discovery as anticipated had sparked some controversy because they play into some stereotypical ideology over partisanship in the US, where liberals are characterized as intellectual snobs and conservatives as backwards and dumb. To read the entire article from the Houston Chronicle, link here: http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/01/low-iq-behind-some-conservative-beliefs/
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written by Phil , January 29, 2012 The findings are not a stretch, just certain people's perceptions of them. Science can't help hurting people's feelings.
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written by G S , January 29, 2012 The feelings of moral and intellectual superiority are a key part of the left’s personality. They often have good intentions, but they do great harm and then walk away feeling smug and leaving others to clean up the mess they created. Look at the record. During the 30s intellectuals thought Stalin was answer to our problems. Surviving slavery and Jim Crow, the black family has been severely damaged by Aid for Dependent Children. Affordable Housing for people who couldn’t afford it was the root cause of the current financial mess. Europe is an economic disaster area, the left wants to emulate this. Jimmy Carter took the country into a quagmire. Reagan’s policies produced the greatest peacetime economic boom in our history. From 1980 to 1997, 30 million private sector jobs were created in the U. S. Europe created none. The stock market, stagnant for 15 years, took off in 1981, climbing tenfold in the next 15. What are three strongly Democrat states? California, Illinois, New York. What are three states with high taxes that are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? California, Illinois, New York.
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written by kactusJack , January 30, 2012 "G S" is so on target, and "Phil" is so off in the wind. C'est la vie.
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written by rosiegirl , January 31, 2012 With nothing to count on other than the US Public Schools, what difference would it make as to IQ....dumbing down is still dumbing down. A mind is a terrible thing to waste...especially for 12 years of confinement to a building that smells like farts and sweat and if full of teachers that all graduated from the lowest 10% of their college class. Write comment
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