Liberals are better people, study shows

[Imploding Turtle]

Reductively put, the more liberal you are the more you give a **** about people who aren't your family relative to how much of a **** you give about your family. And the more Conservative you are the more of a **** you are towards people who aren't your family, relative to how much of a **** you are to your family.

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This should be interesting.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Thought you weren't a tory ?

[BigRedrose]

Do Liberals tend to use profanity more too?

[martin_p]

Do Liberals tend to use profanity more too?

F**k yeah!

[NottsClaret]

Some people are sound, some are dicks - you can spot it from primary school. Their politics just depends on which echo chamber they end up living in.

[summitclaret]

Some people are sound, some are dicks - you can spot it from primary school. Their politics just depends on which echo chamber they end up living in.

Well they don't give a **** about 52% of the population ******** to Brexit but we are really caring and uphold democracy.

[martin_p]

Well they don't give a **** about 52% of the population ******** to Brexit but we are really caring and uphold democracy.

But they do give a **** about facts. It was 37% of the electorate voted leave, even less of the population.

[summitclaret]

But they do give a **** about facts. It was 37% of the electorate voted leave, even less of the population.

Fair enough but the thrust of my point remains.

[Imploding Turtle]

Fair enough but the thrust of my point remains.

Not really, unless you accept that the reverse is also true. But even then still not really.

[Devils_Advocate]

You can clearly see that this is true just reading this messageboard.

[Lord Beamish]

I think it’s fair to say that some of the less Liberal on here do not bother to hide the low-wattage of their humanity under a bushel.

[RingoMcCartney]

Liberals - where they lack in being able to accept democracy, they more than make up for in self-aggrandizement.

[Paul Waine]

Reductively put, the more liberal you are the more you give a **** about people who aren't your family relative to how much of a **** you give about your family. And the more Conservative you are the more of a **** you are towards people who aren't your family, relative to how much of a **** you are to your family.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12227-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This should be interesting.

Let's just say it says no such thing.

Let's also say that people who are always quick to denigrate and use insulting language of other people are not "liberal."

Oh, and it does not refer to political parties in the UK who have chosen to "wrap themselves" in one political label or another.

Apart from that, thanks for posting, IT.

[willsclarets]

"Liberals are not better people but waste moral regard on rocks and aliens, study shows"

Direct from Study:

Overall, these results suggest conservatives’ moral circles are more likely to encompass human beings, but not other animals or lifeforms whereas liberals’ moral circles are more likely to include nonhumans (even aliens and rocks) as well.

these findings demonstrate that liberals and conservatives differ not in the total amount of moral regard per se but rather they differ in their patterns of how they distribute their moral regard.

This reductive lark is fun!

[willsclarets]

I know you've only posted this for fishing purposes, but this kind of (false) assertion is the perfect distillation of what's wrong with politics today. Clear lines of division, identity politics and polarisation.

[Lord Beamish]

Liberals - where they lack in being able to accept democracy, they more than make up for in self-aggrandizement.

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

[TheFamilyCat]

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

You've sold him short there - he's actually learnt the word not just how to spell it.

[Chobulous]

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

Forget the ball play the man anyway you can

[Stayingup]

[quote="Lord Beamish"]Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.[/quote

Hes got some great ideas about China and Iran though
The only one to actually see the reality
Liberal pussyfooting around will get nowhere with these two states.

[Lord Beamish]

Forget the ball play the man anyway you can

I’m not really interested in debating with a Troll.

[thatdberight]

... self-agrandiser...

Oh, the delicious irony of someone taking another to task over a preference between two correct spellings and failing themselves to hit either.

[Lord Beamish]

Oh, the delicious irony of someone taking another to task over a preference between two correct spellings and failing themselves to hit either.

Mea culpa. I was writing on the hoof.

You won’t get that fro Wrongo.

[martin_p]

Mea culpa. I was writing on the hoof.

You won’t get that fro Wrongo.

To be fair you've done well to get as close as you did if you're using hooves.

[BleedingClaret]

But they do give a **** about facts. It was 37% of the electorate voted leave, even less of the population.

They will extinguish the wishes of 37% of the electorate if a mere 16% give them a majority in Parliament

[Devils_Advocate]

Come on lets keep this thread on track. Its plain to see that liberal minded folk in the main tend to be better people and now we are seeing study's back this up.

Not sure what there is to discuss in such an open and shut case but this is the topic if anybody does wish to pass comment

[Rowls]

This is all true. Just as long as we accept Turtle's wording of "Reductively put" to mean "I think this means that...."

So as long we can all agree on this, it's all absolutely true.

But then, reductively put of course, that also means that this thread is just TurtleBoy saying "As a liberal I think I'm nicer than you."

And we all knew he thought that anyway.

[Rowls]

Let's just say it says no such thing.

Let's also say that people who are always quick to denigrate and use insulting language of other people are not "liberal."

Oh, and it does not refer to political parties in the UK who have chosen to "wrap themselves" in one political label or another.

Apart from that, thanks for posting, IT.

That's put it in a nutshell.

But not before the usual suspects managed to agree wholeheartedly and slap each other on the back.

[Rowls]

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

This is a fallacy.

It's perfectly acceptable to spell words -ize in English and it always has been. No need to apologize to Ringo though, it's all horses for courses here.

[martin_p]

Liberals certainly have a better sense of humour

[Devils_Advocate]

Liberals certainly have a better sense of humour

I think Ive seen a study on that and it backs up you post completely

[RingoMcCartney]

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

Congratulations! For once , you haven't not gone all Sam Allardyce and gone Hoofdebate with your usual route one method of simply claiming I'm mentally ill!!!


Talking of which , this was reported in today's independent -

FIRST CASE OF BREXIT PSYCHOSIS REPORTED!!!



The Brexit referendum caused a man to have an acute psychotic illness, with him suffering a serious of hallucinations and delusions, a doctor has said. 

This is the first reported case of Brexit-triggered psychosis, according to a new report which warns political upheaval can take a serious toll on mental health.

The male patient, who is in his forties, found his mental health “deteriorated rapidly” shortly after the results of the EU referendum. He also became increasingly worried about racial incidents and, after being admitted to a psychiatric ward, said he felt “ashamed” to be British.

Dr Muhammad Zia Ul Haq Katshu, who treated the patient, wrote: “His wife reported that since the EU referendum results were declared on 24 June 2016, he started spending more time putting his thoughts across on social media.

“He found it difficult to reconcile with the political events happening around him. He became increasingly worried about racial incidents. His sleep deteriorated.”


Once admitted, the unnamed patient was described as agitated, attempting to “burrow” through the hospital floor with his hands to “get the hell out of this place”. He believed he was being spied on and that talks on the radio were directed at him.

The patient later said: “I was looking at the electoral map of voting for the EU. I am in a constituency that reflects an opinion that is not for me.”


I'm having an Eminem, Stan, moment.






Its.....its......its you isn't it!!!!

[RingoMcCartney]

Good to see you’ve finally got a handle upon how to spell that word, Wrongo. Interesting that you’ve gone for the American English spelling. Is that in homage to the great self-agrandiser himself, Donald Trump? He’s got some funny ideas about Democracy, too.

[RingoMcCartney]

Mea culpa. I was writing on the hoof.

You won’t get that fro Wrongo.

Glass houses!?


Hoist/Petard anybody!!!?

[RingoMcCartney]

Oh, the delicious irony of someone taking another to task over a preference between two correct spellings and failing themselves to hit either.

Brightened up an, otherwise, drab Wednesday afternoon no end!

[AndrewJB]

I think his foreign policy initiatives have shown naivete. There was already a deal with Iran, and the only possible reason I can see think of for him trashing it is because it had been signed by his predecessor. Withdrawing the US set them against us and the rest of Europe, allowed the hardliners in Iran to paint the US as duplicitous, and entrench their own position, and China and Russia were able to make common cause with Iran. That's lose, lose, lose as far as I can see. The same with North Korea. A good thing that he went over and met, but to announce via twitter that the US would unilaterally stop the military exercises with South Korea - when he'd had nothing substantive back - was silly, annoyed the South Koreans, and made him look stupid when North Korea didn't follow through on their commitments. The meeting could have been the beginning of a serious thawing of relations, but it doesn't seem to have been followed through.

[Damo]

The most amusing thing about this story, is the people posting who consider themselves to be liberal

[Lord Beamish]

I knew that’d brighten up your dull life, Wrongo.
Glad to be of service.

[evensteadiereddie]

I think Ringo's latest meltdown is pretty funny too.

[Clarets4me]

But they do give a **** about facts. It was 37% of the electorate voted leave, even less of the population.

65.3% of the electorate failed to endorse remaining in the European Union .....

[Imploding Turtle]

I know you've only posted this for fishing purposes, but this kind of (false) assertion is the perfect distillation of what's wrong with politics today. Clear lines of division, identity politics and polarisation.

I like how you identified that the thread was just a bit of fun at the expence of conservatives and libtards alike, and yet you still got mad at it. Bless.

[willsclarets]

Stop imagining I'm either mad or upset!

[Lord Beamish]

Stop imagining I'm either mad or upset!

An internet assertion of your fraying mood is akin to an accusation of witchcraft. The more you deny it, the more people believe that you’re guilty.

[martin_p]

65.3% of the electorate failed to endorse remaining in the European Union .....

Correct.

[Imploding Turtle]

Stop imagining I'm either mad or upset!

See what I mean?

[Pstotto]

Care for people who don't care for you?

Whenever I show the slightest bit of courtesy to anyone at all, they immediately take it as aggrandizement for themselves at your expense, as if any care for others was according to a perceived lower human status of me to them, along the lines of give an inch and they take a yard.

100%.

I was liberal-minded, I've given so much time to others in my life and just got hell back.

I feel robbed. Mugged.

The whole country has been robbed and mugged by foreigners at our behest, hence Brexit.