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bresue

(1,007 posts) Sun May 28, 2017, 07:42 PM May 2017

Here's What Science Says About Brains...

https://braindecoder.com/post/politics-neuroscience-1282982492

I have always wondered how Rublicans think so hostility...maybe there is something to this.

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Here's What Science Says About Brains... (Original Post) bresue May 2017 OP

There is definitely something to this marylandblue May 2017 #1

Education lessens our fears... bresue May 2017 #2

That's why right wing media uses fearmongering sharedvalues May 2017 #3

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

1. There is definitely something to this

Reply to bresue (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 07:52 PM

May 2017

I have conservative fiends and relatives and for most of them it is a pattern in their lives. They are more likely to feel fear in situations I find neutral or just mildly disturbing.

bresue

(1,007 posts)

2. Education lessens our fears...

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #1)

Sun May 28, 2017, 07:57 PM

May 2017

So are there any stats of which party retains more educated voters?

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

3. That's why right wing media uses fearmongering

Reply to bresue (Original post)

Sun May 28, 2017, 08:13 PM

May 2017

http://www.alternet.org/media/still-lost-why-trump-won-look-no-further-right-wing-medias-extreme-evolution

The Incredible Power of Fear: Trump Tapped into a Vein That Took Him to the White House
Trump bottled the fear brewed up by conservative activists' ever-growing media empire.

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