The difference between liberals and conservatives.

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RAWR!!

In the above article, AFP published a study in which 90 young adults, conservative and liberal, agreed to have a brain scan.

Basically it shows, using science, that liberals have more gray area in the part of the brain associated with understanding complexity, and conservatives have a more active fear response. Umm, no shit?

When I think of Gandhi, MLK, Jesus, John Lennon, all the preachers of a universal peace and unity, I see not only great capacity for good deeds, but a complete absence of fear. You're goddamn right Gandhi wasn't afraid. Do you think black people would have equal rights if MLK had decided that he didn't want to risk being assassinated?

The answer is no. MLK shattered the timidness within millions of blacks in the United States. In an alternate universe there is a USA where MLK never existed and there was no civil rights movement. It's important that we realize that he acknowledged the risks of his actions and still chose accordingly. I thank him for everything he did.

This lack of fear that is apparent in these liberal minded heroes is also juxtaposed, quite humorously, against conservatism and its icons.


George W. Bush: Fear Muslims!
Paul Ryan: Fear the Deficit!
Scott Walker: Fear the teachers!

"People with a large amygdala are "more sensitive to disgust" and tend to "respond to threatening situations with more aggression than do liberals and are more sensitive to threatening facial expressions," the study said."

Keeping this in mind, it makes me wonder what conservatives really think Government is for. At one point, it was no government at all. Now its a lot of government, inside doctor's offices and in other countries

I really wonder where the heart of conservative politics is right now. Part of me believes that some of these whackos actually think George W. Bush is protecting them from terrorists, or that Scott Walker is protecting Wisconsin from bankruptcy, or that Paul Ryan and all his "tough decisions" and "courageous" cuts are protecting people from something.

NEWS FLASH: Conservative politicians aren't protecting anyone except the top 1% they represent.

Poor conservative voters :(. But I can understand them, they just respond to fear more than others. It's natural to feel fear when its published in the media so seriously, but democrats understand the complexity of these decisions and conservatives do not. There are simple answers that could turn this country around and they are being ignored. Tell me these don't sound fair.

Tax everyone equally.
Elections should be separated from corporate and private finance
Equal media coverage for all parties in an election
End the drug war, not your body not your problem
end the abortion war, not your body not your problem

And for the record, no federal funding goes to abortions. The only money Planned Parenthood receives from the feds is for basic healthcare.

It's funny because you actually see conservative politics opposing all of these points. Why? Because where there is control over the masses, there is a veil of protection being given by these pseudo-protectors. They are lured into a false sense of security. In reality, none of the social issues impede constitutional liberty and there's no reason for this culture war at all. The "sanctity" of marriage and and value of human life aren't at stake, that is simply brainwashing.

And brainwashing comes with a pricetag. Bush's trillion dollar debt accumulation is the disaster that all governments need to learn from. He protected your church from gays and defended fetuses to the bitter end, and he also emptied the wallet of the middle class at an enormous profit. 690 billion is what his tax cuts cost us.

Paul Ryan is trying to revive Bush's legacy. Bush's plans to privatize health insurance is zombified in Ryan's budget. It would give block grants to states to blindly give money to the "best public option". In other words, the corporation that paid for the elected official. That corporation isn't going to take that money and put it towards healthcare, they're going to pocket 90% of it and as far as the citizens paying 40% more? Tough shit.

Conservatives aren't going to fix deficit because they agree with the two most expensive and failed policies in national history. The drug war and the wars in the middle east. These two, if removed from our budget, would give every citizen in the United States an 950$ check, because that's what it's costing each and every one of us every year. Personally I think that nine fitty could be better spent. New shoes? Q-tips? I dont know, anything.
If government actually did their fucking job and put that money to good use, then we wouldn't be in such a terrible financial situation in the first place. Whenever you see cuts to important programs remember this. Corporations don't pay their fair share of taxes. They just don't. The answer isn't what programs can we cut to save money. It's what corporations can we charge with tax evasion and get our fucking money back?

I understand that some programs are bad and need to be cut big time, but cutting education and healthcare seems to be the most popular.

Tax cuts= program cuts.
Wars=deficits

Relating all this to Obama, it makes you second guess his decisions to arm Libyan rebels, and appoint General Electric CEO Jeffery Immelt as Head of Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Oh I forgot to mention, GE paid 0 taxes on 14 billion dollars in 2009.

Vote democracy, not deficit. Cheers!