Godhumor
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:35 PM
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So do certain political leanings attract people to certain jobs? |
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Edited on Sat Mar-01-08 08:36 PM by Godhumor
Excusing working for political campaigns and special interest groups, of course.
I know stats show that, on average, college professors tend to lean liberal, but what about other professions? Are there any that really stand out as being a "liberal" or a "conservative asshat" bastion?
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:41 PM
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1. conservatives tend to flock toward |
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Serial Killer as an occupation (although some may dispute whether it's a real occupation) Anything that makes them money and they can totally screw over other people -- monarch
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:49 PM
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:43 PM
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2. I worked in human services for over 20 years |
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I didn't run into many conservatives there. :shrug:
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:46 PM
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3. Judging from my own experience, moms tend to be conservative. |
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So are asshole brothers. And their mouthie wives and rotten children.
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:49 PM
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with the broadbrush....
And gotten no closer to the truth have you.
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:49 PM
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5. A lot of scientists are liberals |
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As a long time biologist, I have run into SOME conservatives, but its roughly about a 2:1 ratio of liberal to conservative. And even the conservatives aren't THAT conservative. I think its hard to be a scientist if you aren't open minded....:)
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Sun Mar-02-08 05:13 AM
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25. Well, plus, it's hard to be a scientist when you don't believe in science |
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I think that probably deters a bunch of loony conservatives from entering the field. Thankfully.
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Sun Mar-02-08 08:33 PM
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Sun Mar-02-08 09:41 PM
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35. That's called Alchemy |
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Conservatives tried for centuries to turn lead into gold and spin straw into gold as well.
Having failed that, they've moved onto turning human misery into gold.
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Sun Mar-02-08 10:00 PM
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36. Old school I taught at hada biology teacher that didn't "believe" in evolution |
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It was really interesting comparing what kids in her class learned versus what kids in the other teacher's class learned.
Thankfully, she was not allowed to teach the elective on evolutionary biology though she had requested to do so. It's probably better for her that she did not get it, as I imagine within a week or so she would have said some things to remove her from the class setting.
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Mon Mar-03-08 02:40 AM
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37. But the class would have been great if you're a student |
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The world was created by God in 6 days.
End of information.
Hell, I could have gotten an A+ in a class like that
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:49 PM
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6. i don't know any republican artists or actors |
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at least ones that are any good
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:09 PM
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is to the right of Atilla the Hun and a very good character actor.
I sure don't hire him for his politics but I enjoy watching him work as a story teller.
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:38 PM
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14. agree good actor... there 's one :-)) |
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:50 PM
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16. really? I'm not really surprised but there's that movie where he plays a preacher |
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that kind of made fun of revivals and religion and stuff.
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:57 PM
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From what I've seen, he's a gunny, a hard ass law and order type, and close to a libertarian economically.
Don't forget, he also got converted in "Tender Mercies."
Like I said, I would never hire him for his politics. He is a master story teller, though, and one of the best character actors out there.
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Sat Mar-01-08 10:01 PM
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18. actually, I just looked up "The Apostle" and he wrote it. |
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Edited on Sat Mar-01-08 10:01 PM by Iris
But it seems to be some sort of dig at Clinton, although it took him 13 years to write it and I think it was filmed before Clinton was even president.
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Sun Mar-02-08 12:26 AM
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19. he wrote and directed it |
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but, yeah, he's conservative, and I don't think he intended the movie to make fun of fundies but to show a certain humanity in them.
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:52 PM
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7. Trailer park security guard, banker, etc. |
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:53 PM
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8. anyone I know involved with "Finance" seems to lean right |
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including my older brother. :-(
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Sun Mar-02-08 01:20 AM
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20. Actually the reason I brought this topic up |
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After 6 years in teaching I am currently earning an MBA in finance, and I have been happily surprised by the number of rather liberal businesss-leaning people in my class. By the same token, when I taught I worked with a lot of right-wingers. Both concepts kind of threw off the idea of politics and jobs correlating.
Was curious as to others' impressions.
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Sun Mar-02-08 07:00 PM
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27. MBA doesn't count. Have to look at REAL finance people - ppl with CFAs for example. |
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Sun Mar-02-08 08:25 PM
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30. My sister-CFA and liberal. |
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Though she says their are very few liberals in her line of work.
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Sun Mar-02-08 08:27 PM
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31. (shrug) There's always one or two. |
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:53 PM
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people are as different and inconsistent as snow flakes.
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Sat Mar-01-08 08:59 PM
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in our age come in all the professions, especially in the 21st century, there are now high tech liberals, such as Al Gore who invented the internet. Then, there are Republican hackers (like Gates) -- whom steal the work of the liberals -- and sell it in a fixed market that is not fair and certainly not a free market.
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:03 PM
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11. Social workers seem to heavily tend toward liberal/progressive/Democrat |
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Sat Mar-01-08 09:07 PM
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12. Nope. Why else do "small government" conservatives eke out a lifetime in the field? |
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Sun Mar-02-08 01:43 AM
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21. Engineers tend to be more right wing and religious than average |
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and engineering is apparently the #1 discipline among the Islamist terrorists. Does this imply anything? Here's a link: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200801/primarysources/2
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Sun Mar-02-08 04:02 AM
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23. I think it has a lot to do with the oil business. |
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John Gunther's book "Inside U.S.A.", written shortly after World War II, said that Tulsa and Houston were the two most backwards and conservative towns he had been in, in the U.S., due to the overwhelming influence of the oil business.
He also said then that although Houston had a fine university, Rice University, it did not have a single good restaurant.
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Sun Mar-02-08 04:09 AM
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24. There is a good mix among engineers. |
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I know some engineers who are atheists, some who are democrats, some who are hard-core republicans, and even one super religious one who believes the earth is 6000 years old (and he makes the rest of us unite in WTF?).
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Sun Mar-02-08 04:00 AM
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22. speaking of artistic and creative types, |
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I have yet to meet a performing or visual artist or musician who is a conservative.
I'm talking visual artists, film makers, sculptors, jewelry makers, film directors, playwrights, actors and actresses, musicians in popular bands, recording engineers and audio and video editors, classical orchestras, opera singers, professional symphony musicians, magazine writers and editors, writers of any kind, webpage makers. Have not met a SINGLE conservative in any of these fields.
Conservatives just don't seem to have any creative thoughts.
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Sun Mar-02-08 09:57 AM
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Being a freeper predisposes one to being an internet troll at 10c per post.
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Sun Mar-02-08 08:12 PM
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29. Teachers generally are liberals |
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Maybe with an exception for Catholic School teachers.
Lawyers are mostly liberals. To be a lawyer you have to be able to tolerate opposition. Few wingnuts can do that.
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Sun Mar-02-08 08:32 PM
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Conservative bastion, even though its against their own good!
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Sun Mar-02-08 09:07 PM
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34. Yes I believe they do. I'm an Urban Planner and you wouldn't BELIEVE... |
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...the levels of Dems, Liberals, Progressives, Greens and (like me) outright Socialists, there are in this field.
Not all mind you but well over 60% it appears to me.
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