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If you're a Liberal you MAY have a specific gene

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:23 PM

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/weird/Scientists-May-Have-IDd-Liberal-
Gene-105917218.html

I understand you libs now, you're sick. It's OK there's a cure, vote Republican. You can also....

Listen to right-wing talk radio

Watch FOX News

Try going to www.drudgereport.com & www.hollywoodrepublicans.com

Pull your head out of your ass

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:39 PM

DREAMTROVE

Interesting, but....

Correlation doesn't prove causality. 90% of people vote the way their parents voted. If a certain subgroup of the population votes one way, then their kids will. Blacks tend to be democrats. One black man recently explained it to me this way: "I agree more with what libertarians say, but I always know people who are dependent upon assistance, and I know the democrats will keep that assistance coming." So, there's a logical rationale, and one that his kids are likely to pick up. You could then use this to prove that high melanin content causes you to vote democratic.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:52 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Quote:
"It is the crucial interaction of two factors -- the genetic predisposition and the environmental condition of having many friends in adolescence -- that is associated with being more liberal,” according to the study.

I'm so sorry you didn't have any friends growing up, whozit. Perhaps being a Republican is the reason you still don't.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:55 PM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
Quote:
"It is the crucial interaction of two factors -- the genetic predisposition and the environmental condition of having many friends in adolescence -- that is associated with being more liberal,” according to the study.

I'm so sorry you didn't have any friends growing up, whozit. Perhaps being a Republican is the reason you still don't.

You're very sick, let Glen Beck help you.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:09 PM

DREAMTROVE

There are serious flaws here: I was a liberal growing up. Most people were. The reason most young people have been liberals in most generations isn't that there's been a tide in that direction, but that people become more conservative with age, a fact which contradicts the study.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:08 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Genetics loads the gun, environment pulls the trigger.

And, of course there's an old saw about this which is ever so applicable.

"A liberal is a convservative who just got arrested."

Hell, just ask Rush, eh?

-F

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:47 PM

DMAANLILEILTT

So we're more evolved than you conservatives. That makes sense.

"I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"

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Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:31 PM

AGENTROUKA

Quote:
they determined that people "with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene were more likely to be liberal as adults."

Source: Scientists Find 'Liberal Gene' | NBC San Diego

Ad just how many people have this gene variant?

It could be that this is a really small percentage of the overall group and that among that small percentage there is a slight preference toward liberal inclinations.

So aside from the possibility that there may be a genetic factor present in some people, this study doesn't really tell us much about the extend of that influence in the general population.

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Friday, October 29, 2010 2:17 AM

KANEMAN

Savage has said it for years......Liberalism is a mental disorder....."nuff said"

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Friday, October 29, 2010 7:42 AM

LILI

Doing it backwards. Walking up the downslide.

Okay, definitions here? Having a 'gene' does not mean that one has a 'disease.' To say so is, quite simply, fucking stupid.

You might as well say:
"Hey, you have brown eyes! That's a dIsease!"

"Your height indicates you have a disease."

"Levels of intelligence, possibly denoted by genes, are all a disease."

"Thick, curly hair means you have a disease."

The level of obnoxious, logic-shattering stupidity in that is really quite beyond the pale.

Facts are stubborn things.

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Friday, October 29, 2010 8:10 AM

STORYMARK

Quote:
Originally posted by LiLi:
To say so is, quite simply, fucking stupid.

For Zitboy, fucking stupid is as good as it gets.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, October 29, 2010 8:10 AM

KANEMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by LiLi:
Okay, definitions here? Having a 'gene' does not mean that one has a 'disease.' To say so is, quite simply, fucking stupid.

You might as well say:
"Hey, you have brown eyes! That's a dIsease!"

"Your height indicates you have a disease."

"Levels of intelligence, possibly denoted by genes, are all a disease."

"Thick, curly hair means you have a disease."

The level of obnoxious, logic-shattering stupidity in that is really quite beyond the pale.

Facts are stubborn things.

Tell that crock of bullshit to someone with Parkinson's, breast cancer, Alzheimer's, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, or a fucking retard. Then ask yourself if you know what the fuck you are talking about. Fucking idiot.....Do you have an uncle-daddy?

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Friday, October 29, 2010 11:55 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Article: Stupid.

Poster: Pa...the...tic. Anyone wanna tell him a gene is not a "disease"

Discussion: Ridiculous.

Quote:
According to researchers, they determined that people "with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene were more likely to be liberal as adults." However, the, subjects were only more likely to have leanings to the left if they were also socially active during adolescence.

"It is the crucial interaction of two factors -- the genetic predisposition and the environmental condition of having many friends in adolescence -- that is associated with being more liberal,” according to the study.

Assinine. So you could "only" be more likely to be liberal if you were ALSO socially active. Well, I wasn't socially active during adolescence, so whether or not I have this absurd "gene", why am I liberal?

I would bet many people, however they start out, become more liberal as they mature and engage in education, and more conservative as they enter middle/later years. Education makes for more liberal thinking, as does exposure to different viewpoints, cultures, etc., which most often happens in the educational setting. Conservativism comes with more to protect, acquire, gain or more to fear losing ("I got mine, I'm not worrying about you"). That's a guess; if anyone has valid facts, would be interesting to hear.

But all in all, my first impulse is to wonder, especially as it comes from San Diego, if it's a joke. I KNOW the poster is.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Friday, October 29, 2010 12:07 PM

STORYMARK

Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:
Quote:
Originally posted by LiLi:
Okay, definitions here? Having a 'gene' does not mean that one has a 'disease.' To say so is, quite simply, fucking stupid.

You might as well say:
"Hey, you have brown eyes! That's a dIsease!"

"Your height indicates you have a disease."

"Levels of intelligence, possibly denoted by genes, are all a disease."

"Thick, curly hair means you have a disease."

The level of obnoxious, logic-shattering stupidity in that is really quite beyond the pale.

Facts are stubborn things.

Tell that crock of bullshit to someone with Parkinson's, breast cancer, Alzheimer's, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, or a fucking retard. Then ask yourself if you know what the fuck you are talking about. Fucking idiot.....Do you have an uncle-daddy?

It's like your running a race with Zitboy to see who can be the dumbest sumbitch around. I think Zit still has the edge in that race, but you are clearly in the lead for being hateful and devoid of worthwhile thought.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Friday, October 29, 2010 12:16 PM

LILI

Doing it backwards. Walking up the downslide.

That there are diseases caused by genetics does not mean having a gene is a disease, you fucking delusional tool. Also, the number of diseases actually 100% caused by a gene is minimal: Huntington's, Down Syndrom, Sickle Cell Anemia. Not shockingly at all, you mentioned none of those. While there may be genetic factors to cancer and Alzheimer's, no genes have been pinned down as causal factors. The only evidence of genetic causality being that a slightly higher risk exists in families with history. You want to keep arguing with some who's lived with a biologist for two years, you go right ahead.

Facts are stubborn things.

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Friday, October 29, 2010 12:18 PM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
Quote:
Originally posted by kaneman:
Quote:
Originally posted by LiLi:
Okay, definitions here? Having a 'gene' does not mean that one has a 'disease.' To say so is, quite simply, fucking stupid.

You might as well say:
"Hey, you have brown eyes! That's a dIsease!"

"Your height indicates you have a disease."

"Levels of intelligence, possibly denoted by genes, are all a disease."

"Thick, curly hair means you have a disease."

The level of obnoxious, logic-shattering stupidity in that is really quite beyond the pale.

Facts are stubborn things.

Tell that crock of bullshit to someone with Parkinson's, breast cancer, Alzheimer's, Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, or a fucking retard. Then ask yourself if you know what the fuck you are talking about. Fucking idiot.....Do you have an uncle-daddy?

It's like your running a race with Zitboy to see who can be the dumbest sumbitch around. I think Zit still has the edge in that race, but you are clearly in the lead for being hateful and devoid of worthwhile thought.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

I love you Storymark

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Friday, October 29, 2010 12:52 PM

KANEMAN

Quote:
Originally posted by LiLi:
That there are diseases caused by genetics does not mean having a gene is a disease, you fucking delusional tool. Also, the number of diseases actually 100% caused by a gene is minimal: Huntington's, Down Syndrom, Sickle Cell Anemia. Not shockingly at all, you mentioned none of those. While there may be genetic factors to cancer and Alzheimer's, no genes have been pinned down as causal factors. The only evidence of genetic causality being that a slightly higher risk exists in families with history. You want to keep arguing with some who's lived with a biologist for two years, you go right ahead.

Facts are stubborn things.

Point being..dumbfuck, Is there are many diseases caused by "genes". Liberalism may be one

A joke idiot, but for you to sit here with your original post and give us all a biology lecture was hilarious...ask a retard(Kwicko) if genes make a difference. ask a women with Breast cancer if genes make a difference, ask a women with parkinson's if genes make a difference, ask a nigger with sickle cell if genes make a difference, ask a spicano living with cockroaches if genes make a difference.....then go fuck your self with an oar...and ask if genes make a difference.......Well, I'm laughin'

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Friday, October 29, 2010 3:19 PM

LILI

Doing it backwards. Walking up the downslide.

Your non-refutation of scientific fact and your non-grasp of logic only go to prove that I'm brighter than you are. You might be laughing, but that's only because you have no idea what's going on. On the other side of that coin, I'm laughing because... you have no idea what's going on.
Yeah, it's pretty damn funny that I would bring science and logic into any discussion with you and your ilk, isn't it? You keep laughing, and I'll just keep smirking and praying to Darwin you don't reproduce.

Facts are stubborn things.

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Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

LOLZ @ "ask a women" - twice - while trying to claim that others are dumb.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 4:21 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

just to edit the title

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 5:21 AM

WHOZIT

Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM:
just to edit the title

I'm going to leave your change, may get more libs to click post.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 5:40 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
LOLZ @ "ask a women" - twice - while trying to claim that others are dumb.

grammar nazis are morans.

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal."

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:24 AM

DREAMTROVE

sig

It's not true, though. I was a liberal youth, it did not make me popular.

ETA: Perhaps popular youth become liberal. Someone should do a study to see if football quarterbacks and cheerleaders grow up to become liberals or democrats.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:30 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Quote:
morans

Did you type this in a fit of irony? Or are you really proving my point for me?

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:38 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM:
Quote:
morans
Did you type this in a fit of irony? Or are you really proving my point for me?

Oh, sorry. I should have spelled it grammer , you nazi.

"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal."

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:54 AM

KANEMAN

I find the study lame.

I'll use the kaneman study.

You are more likely to be liberal if....
1) You are gay
2) you are a welfared minority
3) you are in a public union
4) you are a hairy legged woman
5) you are a soft spoken man
6) you smoke pot
7) you view trees as human
8) you say things like: Tofu...Yummy!!!
9) you like taking other peoples shit
10) you hate war unless it's Obama in afganistan
11) you see unborn babies as a mass of cells
12) you believe man not the sun causes Global warming, because Al Gore yelled it out of his jet
13) You believe blacks are just as smart as whites
14) you can't wait for the government to buy you a car run on a battery
15) you believe the world can run on corn, despite the fact that if every inch of available farmland was used to grow corn it could only power Rhode Island.
16) you have no concept of Liberty.

These findings can't be disputed and are agreed upon by 2500 of the world's leading scientists at the 2010 IPLI(international panel on liberal idiots) summit.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:01 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Quote:
You believe blacks are just as smart as whites

But he's not racist...noooo. Another keeper; thanx.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:46 AM

KWICKO

The KKKaney study left off that you're more likely to be a liberal if you believe in evolution.

The modern definition of "socialist" is anyone who's winning an argument against a tea-bagger.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 12:53 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Mmmm, missed that one. There are a few more, and more valid than those he put up, but why bother?

Wait...actually more fun might be:

You are more likely to be conservative if....
1) You are homophobic, an adulterer or closet gay
2) you are a rich minority
3) you are a CEO
4) you are a stay-at-home woman
5) you are an overly-aggressive man
6) you have a pot belly from drinking beer
7) you view anyone but whites as INhuman
8) you say things like: contraband ___meat...Yummy!!!
9) you like giving other people shit
10) you love war and the military-industrial complex
11) you don't care about babies once they're BORN unless they're yours
12) you believe Climate Change doesn't exist
13) You believe whites are smarter/better than blacks (or hispanics, latinos, Muslims...)
14) you can't wait for the government to punish those with whom you disagree
15) you believe the world can run on oil, despite the fact that if every inch of available oil was drilled, we'd still run out
16) you have no concept of Liberty (actually, that one stands)

Could come up with a few of my own, but got better things to do and that was faster. Still...

1. You believe God listens to only your prayers
2. You think America could survive without any government
3. You believe the world is 2,000 years old
4. You believe in yelling and screaming rather than talking
5. You watch Fox News exclusively, and think it's Fair and Balanced
6. You think Glenn Beck is for real
7. You think O'Reilly is for real
8. You think government should decide what to do with a woman's body
9. You DON'T realize every human being is a bunch of cells
10. You think everything should be privatized and the poor, elderly and disabled should go away and die
11. You only believe in freedom for those who agree with you
12. You think using force to shut those up who don't agree with you is fine
13. You think companies should pay their workers as littls as possible
14. You think Christianity is the one true religion
15. You think homosexuality is a sin, as is being a liberal or moderate
16. You support our troops, until they come home
17. You think the Right should rule the world

Fun. Stereotypes can be turned any way.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 2:53 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
9) you like giving other people shit

Wait.. what ?

Me and Mikey are Conservative ?
When did THAT happen, and why didn't I get a corn dog and a sign ?

-F

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 3:12 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I think you two only enjoy it when you're giving it BACK most of the time, I don't think it's something you set out to do in your initial communication, if that makes sense.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Sunday, October 31, 2010 5:39 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Oh it does, and yanno... were it true - it would make even more!

In all honesty I think it's something of a hobby with Mikey
(Visual Dramatization)

Not to mention I ain't completely above such chain yanking myself, only in slightly different fashion.
(Visual Dramatization)

Of course, it does help if one doesn't take it all so seriously - cause if ya do, it leads to the nutters what think they're in charge taking themselves seriously...

And THAT, leads to all manner of trouble.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

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Monday, November 1, 2010 7:02 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Good one, Frem, and I think the visual dramatizations are absolutely right on. I KNOW Mike does it for fun and to poke fun at the idjits; maybe it's the lefty thing Cav pointed out that makes me decry it. I want US to always be reasonable, and at least semi-civil, in contrast to those who are neither, so I'm taking it personally I guess and judging. I don't like it whoever does it, but I think Cav hit it on the head why it affects me.

Thus, my apologies, Mike; I think I've judged your snarking from my own subjective bias; I'll try not to do that in future. I WILL, however, remind you of your actions if/when you write me to "just ignore them", 'cuz that's one heckofa dichotomy and that's part of why it struck me as ironic.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Monday, November 1, 2010 7:07 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Quote:
The KKKaney study left off that you're more likely to be a liberal if you believe in evolution.

That prolly explains why KKKaney and Whozit never evolved past proto-hominid...

Niki: Those stereotypes... SO FUNNY!

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Monday, November 1, 2010 7:54 AM

KWICKO

Trust me, I'm not likely to be e-mailing ANYBODY from this site.

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Monday, November 1, 2010 8:09 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Sig, yes they are. Mike, that saddens me deeply. We've had some neat "talks" in e-mail, and since I haven't heard from you since I pointed out the dichotomy of you telling me to ignore them against your own continued willingness to engage them, I'm assuming you're pissed off at me and have written me off. That makes me very sad. I understand to a degree your deciding not to e-mail anyone, but I'll miss our discussions.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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