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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (207562)	11/3/2006 1:32:51 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 281500

A lot of research has shown that people favor those who literally look similar to themselves. Skin color is perhaps the ultimate dissimilarity indicator. The question is the degree to which a person is susceptible to this influence and how one reacts to it. I know of few other studies comparing pro-Bush and anti-Bush folk. In one study the subjects were hooked up to brain scanners and were shown images of 9/11. pro-Bush people felt anger and hate, the anti-Bush subjects felt pain and fear (imo, empathy). In another major academic study (this one social) researchers investigated over 50 years of conservative movements around the globe. Again the difference between "conservatives" and "liberals" were not so much what/how they were but the degree of emotions/beliefs. Compared to liberals, conservatives had a much more black and white view of the world, an acceptance of inequality, and more difficulty dealing with ambiguities. Keep in mind that no one likes ambiguity and everyone wishes they were "more equal" than others, but the main issue is the degree of these urges and how they are satisfied. Religion provides a measure of certainty in life that must be very pleasing to the conservatives.

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