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Justice wanted

(2,657 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 07:51 PM Feb 2012

Do you think you can tell a person is a conservative just by looking at a picture? [View all]

A friend and I have been having a debate about this issue. Could you look at a picture of someone and determine if that person is a conservative or liberal-Republican or Democrat?

opinions? Thoughts?

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Do you think you can tell a person is a conservative just by looking at a picture? [View all] Justice wanted Feb 2012 OP

Yes. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #1

The Fox News element (leggy blondes) changes that. But I do know how to detect one... underpants Feb 2012 #2

Simply speak in multiple syllables.... hlthe2b Feb 2012 #3

About as accurately as when you look at a pic of someone and say LGBT MindMover Feb 2012 #4

No csziggy Feb 2012 #5

Most conservatives I meet think I'm one of them Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #6

Every so often I get mailings from the Republican National Committee. bluestate10 Feb 2012 #26

I recycle mine Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #28

I fill out their "questionnaires" DFW Mar 2012 #33

What do you think? uppityperson Feb 2012 #7

i don't think so. She thinks there are certain things that tell her. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #8

It is possible to generalize and prejudge on simplistic physical characteristics, but uppityperson Feb 2012 #12

THat's true. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #13

NO... Tikki Feb 2012 #9

If they've been a rabid one for many years, it affects their facial musculature... saras Feb 2012 #10

in some cases Enrique Feb 2012 #11

not as easy as u might think tapermaker Feb 2012 #14

Negative. I don't believe in "cold reading" slackmaster Feb 2012 #15

Not definitively, of course Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #16

well noted. That's why they defend the fetus so strongly: they relate to fat mindless blobs Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #32

Good point. Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #34

I smell bacon n/t Enrique Mar 2012 #39

No. Case-in-point: Ed Schultz. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #17

Although, to be fair, he used to be a rightwinger. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #23

No. n/t tammywammy Feb 2012 #18

I don't think I can just by looking at their picture notadmblnd Feb 2012 #19

Nope, it is like telling "race." and "ethnicity." nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #20

Often the USA flag printed shirts and hats give them away. n/t Cleita Feb 2012 #21

no Liberal_in_LA Feb 2012 #22

According to Happeh Theory... jberryhill Feb 2012 #24

Not a picture. But if I'm looking at them in person, without them talking, yes. n/t Avalux Feb 2012 #25

Of course not etherealtruth Feb 2012 #27

Nope, but I can smell them. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #29

No. No way. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #30

Sure! A slightly Neanderthal look: big jaw, small brain pan. A belligerant attitude. Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #31

No ~ But I think you can tell by the car they drive. jillan Mar 2012 #35

No. Gemini Cat Mar 2012 #36

No, but particularly the Paulites Puzzledtraveller Mar 2012 #37

looks can decieve Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #38

It really depends on what they look like Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #40

maybe somebody could make an online quiz hfojvt Mar 2012 #41