Recent research suggests that reasonable, fact-based arguments don't reach the core of the conservative mind.
But now that we can map the brains, genes, and unconscious attitudes of conservatives, we have refined our diagnosis: conservatism is a partially heritable personality trait that predisposes some people to be cognitively inflexible, fond of hierarchy, and inordinately afraid of uncertainty, change, and death.
If I could keep this clearly in view I wouldn't risk souring relationships with my mostly conservative family.
Makes me wonder if the blatant disasters of the past 8 years will register with enough voters to make them vote for Obama/change. And doubts about it make be very depressed.
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