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In reply to the discussion: Do you think you can tell a person is a conservative just by looking at a picture? [View all]saras
(6,670 posts)10. If they've been a rabid one for many years, it affects their facial musculature...
...not unlike all other chronic emotions. But you can't always tell. Ted Kaczynski had a similar sort of chronic expression, but one would hardly call him conservative - reactionary, maybe.
And then there's the clown makeup. AFAIK progressives don't do that look much.
And the subservient role played by the wives - always wives, never male partners - in public.
Depending on where you live, a business suit may be required for all, or may be the uniform of a professional liar.
no one is proof, but all of them together is a pretty strong suspicion
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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
The Fox News element (leggy blondes) changes that. But I do know how to detect one...
underpants
Feb 2012
#2
It is possible to generalize and prejudge on simplistic physical characteristics, but
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#12
If they've been a rabid one for many years, it affects their facial musculature...
saras
Feb 2012
#10
well noted. That's why they defend the fetus so strongly: they relate to fat mindless blobs
Brettongarcia
Mar 2012
#32
Not a picture. But if I'm looking at them in person, without them talking, yes. n/t
Avalux
Feb 2012
#25
Sure! A slightly Neanderthal look: big jaw, small brain pan. A belligerant attitude.
Brettongarcia
Mar 2012
#31