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Study tracks how conservatives lost their faith in science
Posted by Fred J on March 29, 2012 at 10:11:10:
"Over the last several decades, there's been an effort among those who define themselves as conservatives to clearly identify what it means to be a conservative," he said. "For whatever reason, this appears to involve opposing science and universities, and what is perceived as the 'liberal culture.' So, self-identified conservatives seem to lump these groups together and rally around the notion that what makes 'us' conservatives is that we don't agree with 'them.'"
Other than the obvious fact that the new Right generally lacks the intellectual prowess to actually fathom much more complicated than the sports page.
At their present rate of decline within 20 years Conservatives will scatter in terror
over things like Lunar Eclipses.