Interesting Study on Political Party Zombies

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(03-12-2016, 11:06 PM)Benton Wrote: It makes some sense.

There isn't a lot of difference from the two parties over the last 40ish years. A couple big items, but not much else. So it boils to perception and environment. People believe liberals are weak sissies who spend more and conservatives are heartless bastards who put their own rights above others. And they need those negatives to be true so the positives seem better.

I think attacking the other side is more prevelent than supporting one's own side in most discussions. It's easier to call Trump a racist than to defend Hilary's emails, but it gets either side nowhere. Liberals and conservatives hate eachother based on those stereotypes you mentioned being true, except everybody has friends and family with different views that are okay people. It must just be the conservatives liberals don't know that are racists, and liberals conservatives don't know that are conspiring to destroy American culture. It's nice to know the key to overcome cognitive dissonance is an Amazon giftcard.