Conservatives = mental illness

[Gothic Sponge]

I remember reading (i think it was last spring) how some university did a study that showed conservatives show signs, or they are mentally ill. Can anyone give me the link to that study. I want to send it to a republican i know. ;)

Thanks!

[stepnw1f]

1. I can't

But I believe they suffer from OCD and I'm serious

[Gothic Sponge]

2. Maybe, but

I know someone that had OCD and they are fairly liberal.

[stepnw1f]

3. oooops

afflictions differ from one person to the other. I know people with ocd.

[Skittles]

4. THEY CERTAINLY ARE OBSESSED WITH THEMSELVES

SELFISH BASTARDS

[Paul Hood]

5. I think this is a news release about it.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml

Researchers help define what makes a political conservative

By Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations | 22 July 2003 (revised 7/25/03)

BERKELEY – Politically conservative agendas may range from supporting the Vietnam War to upholding traditional moral and religious values to opposing welfare. But are there consistent underlying motivations?

Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include:

Fear and aggression

Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity

Uncertainty avoidance

Need for cognitive closure

Terror management

edit here's the actual link
http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/Jost/_private/Political_Conservatism_as_Motivated_Social_Cognition.pdf

[porkrind]

6. A shortage of compassion for their fellow human beings

and an overproduction of greed and lust for war.