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Showing Original Post only (View all)ARE LIBERALS SMARTER THAN CONSERVATIVES? [View all]
Is Rush Limbaugh an a$$hole? Of course we are smarter, but evidence to back up our claim can be useful in arguments with conservatives. I like to point to the Pew Research Study from 2009 showing that 55% of scientists call themselves Democrats, while only 6% call themselves Republicans.
Some conservatives won't know how to respond, but others will say that all scientists work for the government. Then I point out that even among scientists in PRIVATE INDUSTRY, Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 5 to 1!
Each time I have to search for the link and figure out which pages and tables from the study make the point.
Then I decided to make a little video so I can just send them the link. At the end of the video I throw them a bone, with two fake Fox News charts proving that Sarah Palin is smarter than Hillary Clinton and that lots of conservatives are smarter than Albert Einstein.
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Most liberals are clocks that have stopped at an approximately correct time, that's all.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2014
#4
And as someone once said, "It's easier to give people a single finger than a whole hand."
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2014
#14
The absolute undeniable proof to the question is: If Conservatives were smart, they'd be Liberals.
BlueJazz
Sep 2014
#7
Not really. While scientists are interested in facts, that really depends on the amount of data
hughee99
Sep 2014
#23
Yes, but as scientists, "data gathering" on politics is not part of their job.
hughee99
Sep 2014
#37
I know many people (some scientists) who aren't politically engaged but would describe
hughee99
Sep 2014
#47
Those who vote rule. We can call them stupid, but we let them rule us. Who's really stupid?
freshwest
Sep 2014
#24