The scientists have been at it again. They seem to have found a connection between having right wing views and being easily disgusted at disgusting images.

The study was an attempt to see if political beliefs are emotional or logical.

One argument is that being easily disgusted makes you a conservative. In other words your emotional side of the brain controls whether you are a socialist or a capitalist. The other side is that having views which are in line with the most right wing person in history makes you easily disgusted by disgusting images. In other words your conservative views makes you easily disgusted whilst having left wing views makes more acceptable to images of impurity.

The raises the classic issue when you are arguing with someone. At some point you have to accept that they can’t be persuaded to change their view. Now you know it might be due to their genes and they are forever destined to be in the wrong, so rather than be angry at them you can pity them.

I don’t know what being a libertarian means in terms of sensitivity to disgusting images. Maybe you could tell me.

It must be pointed out that the study didn’t prove the causation/correlation matter and that the differences in disgust between those of opposing political views were pretty small.

SBML

Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid

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Ed P
October 31, 2011 at 11:04

Watching an autospy the other night whilst eating wasn’t a problem. But listening to “EU pension” Clegg or his fellow left-wing traveller Cameron makes me puke.

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Ed P
October 31, 2011 at 11:04

Damn fingers – autopsy, not autospy!

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Engineer
October 31, 2011 at 11:28

Are these ‘scientists’ aiming to publish their paper on April 1st, by any chance; and do they propose to follow up with investigation of the link between holding left-leaning views and having severe atrophy of the chuckle muscle?

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gladiolys
October 31, 2011 at 11:39

“It must be pointed out that the study didn’t prove the causation/correlation matter and that the differences in disgust between those of opposing political views were pretty small.”

So a non-comment about a non-story?

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James Rigby
October 31, 2011 at 14:38

Sir,

I live in Kent and although I’m not a retired colonel, or even a current one, I think it best if keep quiet here.

Your faithfully,
Delighted of Tunbridge Wells

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Caedmon’s Cat
October 31, 2011 at 16:05

Is it not also true that the leftists have a side of their cranial make-up that renders them sensitive to criticism and incapable of reasoned argument? Or am I just imagining that..?

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Richard
October 31, 2011 at 17:56

Left wing feminazis are outraged by pornography. I’m broadly right wing and I postively embrace it.

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2Mac
November 1, 2011 at 15:40

Disgust is a survival instinct to reduce the chance of eating unclean items.

Rotten food, Vomit, Faeces , Urine, Dirty Water, Insects, Slugs, etc.

Yes, I suppose people who have self preservation, fear of being killed are least likely to be foolish lefties willing to embrace any cause that is a minority hobby.

This might also explain why they dress like stereotypical radicals in their attempt to be different and yet the same as all other lefties. They do not realise their choice of clothing is disgusting.

It also explains the hairy lefty women syndrome that seems to Occupy St. Paul’s in London at the moment.