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7. this experiment may actually be measuring the degree of blind ideological willingness to deny facts

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 05:10 PM

Aug 2018

but whatever this is really measuring, conservatives clearly have a lot more of it.

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Republicans Experience "Backfire Effect" in Study on Exposure to Opposite Views [View all] Julian Englis Aug 2018 OP

Makes sense HopeAgain Aug 2018 #1

i don't think it as simple as "exposure" to different views. unblock Aug 2018 #2

I had to laugh at this part: Squinch Aug 2018 #3

Why can't I get grant money for this kind of study... Spartacus101 Aug 2018 #4

+1 for accentuating the positives. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #8

Did this study control for bullshit propaganda wellst0nev0ter Aug 2018 #9

Twitter is arguably the most stupid form of communication ever. LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #10

No, there's the Free Republic and the Breitbart message boards. n/t Julian Englis Aug 2018 #12

Well, can one really say they are forms of communication? LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #13

no FEMA camps then. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #11

RW media propaganda's role is probably not recognized summer_in_TX Aug 2018 #14