| highwaystar101 said: As Kasz already said, I posted this some time ago. It interesting though, because I found it extremely counter intuitive. The research would suggest that liberals are cold and clinical in decision making and conservatives would be more likely to be driven by emotion, which I think is the opposite of what we see. The hypothetical scenario I mentioned in the last thread was that of a government funded art gallery. The conservative would be most likely to weigh out the benefits of the gallery against the cost; where as the liberal would be likely to support it or oppose it on a more emotional level (i.e. "You can't put a price on freedom of expression!"). I think that the research goes against what I would percieve as liberal and conservative qualities. But then again, if I remember in the last thread Kasz did bring up a good point about how a conservative would be more likely to not support something like homosexual rights based on their emotions. |
Thinking about it too highwaystar... i'd say that some reasonings for things are more emotional based then others.
I mean, being against gay marriage i would thing requires more emotional attachment then funding an art gallery.
You could have an emotional reasoning for wanting to keep the art gallery, but you could also think about the positive effects an art gallery has on the community and just on education. While being against gay marriage... it's one of the few arguements I literally can't understand that point of view.
I mean, as another example. I'm for raising the taxes in the state i'm currently in... why? Because there is 0 income tax, 0 corporation tax, and still nobody wants to move their kids here.
If I had to guess it's because there is only 1 decent college in the state. (Soon to NOT be decent if budget cuts pass) and because the school systems have a graduation rate of like 47%.
Throwing more money at the problem won't helpt the school systems... but neither will cutting even more students.
