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April 14, 2012
Unknown unknowns
"As a conservative, you can defend your values against friends and acquaintances who essentially just called you stupid and evil or you can keep quiet."
Most conservatives, most of the time, choose the latter. That is, they stay in the closet to avoid being accused of hating the poor, gays, or polar bears. As a result, liberals aren’t gaining any commensurate information. In fact, the silence of their conservative friends helps reinforce their views. Much of the time, liberals’ views of conservative positions and values are simply a caricature that bear little resemblance to what conservatives actually think and, more importantly, why they think it.
Try University of Virginia professor Jonathan Haidt's exercises on line and see how much you know about your opposite number.
Our goal is to understand the way our "moral minds" work. Why do people disagree so passionately about what is right? Why, in particular, is there such hostility and incomprehension between members of different political parties?
Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 14, 2012 08:58 AM
