Lib - Con Differences?

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Fear:

Science has proven that conservatives are much more likely to be snowflakes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ins ... divisions/

IQ, etc:

Do Racism, Conservatism, and Low I.Q. Go Hand in Hand?
Lower cognitive abilities predict greater prejudice through right-wing ideology.

Conservative Syndrome could help explain link between religiosity and lower intelligence

Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

Fake News:

Liberals Don’t Share or Believe Fake News As Much As Right-Wingers, Study Finds (article)
Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US (study)

Older people, conservatives more likely to share fake news: study (article)
Less than you think: Prevalence and predictors of fake news dissemination on Facebook (study)

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I quite often read the comments on yahoo about news stories about trump as well as other things, but I have noticed the general glaring stupidity of the vast majority of the commenters who stick up for trump and how they parrot stuff from Fox or other stuff that has been demonstrably proven false and they still believe it. It really is amazing, pathetic, sad, scary. But as Ron White used to say "you can't fix stupid."

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Fake News:

Master of false news gives right-wing Americans headlines they believe

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Fake News:

Master of false news gives right-wing Americans headlines they believe

Good article.

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Interesting read.

Why are liberals more afraid of the coronavirus than conservatives?
Covid-19 and the complex politics of fear.

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Fake News:

A Conspiracy Made in America May Have Been Spread by Russia

American cons are suckers for conspiracies amplified by Russians.

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Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?
An interplay between how all humans think and how conservatives tend to act might actually explain a lot about our current moment.

John Ehrenreich is a professor of psychology at the State University of New York–Old Westbury and the author of Third Wave Capitalism: How Money, Politics, and the Pursuit of Self-Interest have Imperiled the American Dream.