Nice confirmation bias. You get the same shit from conservatives, libertarians, and just about every ideology out there be it political, religious, or otherwise all the time as well. People being condescending wankers isn't exclusive or even a "trend" to anything.

Pretty much this

I've seen it across all fields

Quote from: LC on March 29, 2016, 05:16:13 PM

Nice confirmation bias.

Gee, LC, it's almost like you don't know me at all.

It's not like I haven't already thought of this, and still think its a tendency liberals/progressives display to a greater degree. As I said in the OP, my evidence is anecdotal--I could be entirely wrong. But in my experience conservatives don't really consider liberals as quite literally on a lower level than themselves, whereas this--and incredulity that others could think in such a manner--seems true when flipped around.

Maybe it's because my experience of other conservatives is limited mainly to British conservatives, but then I don't see why British conservatives should be exempt from this. And, if anything, vitriol towards conservatives is even greater here. Fuck, there's even a name for it: it's called the Shy Tory Factor.

You already thinking of confirmation bias doesn't mean that it isn't in play. You're only noticing it more because you're on the receiving end of it, just as many liberals will cry the same about conservatives dismissing their views under the pretense of "if you only knew better you'd think like me".

In case you aren't aware the same is true in the UK for the opposite side of the spectrum and it's called the Shy Labour Factor. It seems that lying about who you're going to vote for might not be exclusive to either conservatives or liberals where you live.

I'd also be a bit wary with Haidt, he's been criticized for creating agenda driven studies in the past. If we're going to start doing studies I'd like to see multiple studies from sources who aren't agenda driven before we come to any conclusions.





If you take a look at your posts here though you're engaging in the exact same behavior you're deriding liberals for.

"Oh the ideology of liberals is easy to follow and requires so little thought"

"Oh conservatives are so much know so much more than those liberals because they have the minority opinion"

"Oh all you need to become a liberal is to bitch about something and have no thoughts or ideas on how to implement them"

The fact that Trump seems to be pretty popular among a certain segment of American conservatives should show you that at least in the US that the above accusations you're making of liberals hold true for conservatives as well.

Then again these are your 4 am thoughts and you're mostly familiar with the political climate in the UK which may or may not be different than what exists in the US.