Society/Culture Do less intelligent people gravitate to conservative/right wing ideology?

[kranky al]

Bolded bit. I assumed that you were American living in Australia and able to vote.

At the end of the day, we all believe what we want to and commentators, from whichever political point of view, probably just interpret rather than outright lie. I use "probably" because we don't have first hand knowledge of the facts, we have to rely on what news outlets give us.

<<<Sandy hook was a false flag attack to try and make guns look bad. >>>


I use "probably" because we don't have first hand knowledge of the facts, we have to rely on what news outlets give us.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

Bolded bit. I assumed that you were American living in Australia and able to vote.

At the end of the day, we all believe what we want to and commentators, from whichever political point of view, probably just interpret rather than outright lie. I use "probably" because we don't have first hand knowledge of the facts, we have to rely on what news outlets give us.

 

[D Mitchell]

“A picture is worth a thousand words”. What is that supposed to mean ?

 

[Spearman]

<<<Sandy hook was a false flag attack to try and make guns look bad. >>>


I use "probably" because we don't have first hand knowledge of the facts, we have to rely on what news outlets give us.

Well, there are news outlets and then there are propaganda/snake oil grift outlets masquerading as 'fair and balanced' news outlets.

 

[kranky al]

Well, there are news outlets and then there are propaganda/snake oil grift outlets masquerading as 'fair and balanced' news outlets.

But we will never be able to tell the difference.

Not even when a network is sued for telling everyone over and over that an election was stolen despite

all the internal messaging clearly showing none of them believed what they were saying for a second.

Not even then.

Not even when that same network pays the company it knowingly slandered despite knowing it wasn’t true, billions in compensation.

We still can’t tell which media organisations are habitual liars and which ones aren’t.

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[kranky al]

Carl Sagan - 1990’s.

 

[Cap]

Carl Sagan - 1990’s.

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Wasn't there a movie about that?

 

[Frank Grimes]

I found this summary/explanation as to why people are susceptible to fake news or conspiracy theories interesting.

Then again I'm aware of the irony of me sharing this because it reinforces my belief in the explanation for why people do.

 

[Chief]

Consider.

 

[Spearman]

 

[killtaker1993]

Less intelligent people gravitate to voting No against the Voice

 

[the_interloper]

Less intelligent people gravitate to voting No against the Voice

All the racists too don’t forget!

 

[52Goals4inGranny]

The least intelligent ones are the people divided on political lines, sitting on here arguing about it........
You should all be united in uproar at what has happened to your standard of living in this country in the past 20-30 years.

 

[CM86]

People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests

Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation

www.theguardian.com

 

[mr bagcroft]

The least intelligent ones are the people divided on political lines, sitting on here arguing about it........
You should all be united in uproar at what has happened to your standard of living in this country in the past 20-30 years.

He's right you know.

 

[Chief]

The least intelligent ones are the people divided on political lines, sitting on here arguing about it........
You should all be united in uproar at what has happened to your standard of living in this country in the past 20-30 years.

What do you think the cause is?

 

[Engimal v3]

What do you think the cause is?

Antifa

 

[52Goals4inGranny]

What do you think the cause is?

Big business...........

What do you think?

 

[the_interloper]

What do you think the cause is?

Mabo

 

[Chief]

Big business...........

What do you think?

Inefficient distribution of wealth leading to waste and inequality.

 

[Spearman]

He's right you know.

 

[Chief]

I believe that, yes, less intelligent people gravitate to conservative and right-wing ideology.

 

[Grin]

I guess Peter Dutton's budget reply proves that he is certain that dumb people do gravitate to conservative/right-wing ideology.

He's obviously got mail that your average conservative/right winger is much stupider than even I gave them credit for, and I've always thought they were really f***ing dumb.

You really couldn't make this shit up.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

I guess Peter Dutton's budget reply proves that he is certain that dumb people do gravitate to conservative/right-wing ideology.

He's obviously got mail that your average conservative/right winger is much stupider than even I gave them credit for, and I've always thought they were really f***ing dumb.

You really couldn't make this s**t up.

So you disagree that there is a housing crisis and the quickest solution is to limit immigration so the market can catch up?

 

[kranky al]

So you disagree that there is a housing crisis and the quickest solution is to limit immigration so the market can catch up?

Interesting how the liberal party only says this in opposition.

When in power on the other hand they allow deli workers in Coles to be 457’ed

Even more interesting is the fact that right wingers swallow this bait unquestioningly every time…. Which I guess goes back to the thread title