As I was saying Conservatives and a heightened sense of disgust - neurophysical differences. However was it the very active limbic system that attracts some to conservatism, or being a conservative makes the limbic system more active, increases disgust sensitivity etc.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:52 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm just curious. Emotions are things we can't always help...when I see my >> gay friend kiss his partner, my instant reaction is always the same: >> "Fucking gross!". I can't help it. It's like eating broccoli....my >> mind/body just says "YUCK!". I'm able to quickly discard these emotions >> though, and keep them from tarnishing my sense of equality. >> >> It seems to me your stance goes a bit beyond just the emotional. >> > > Pardon the pun, but it goes both ways. > > I have the same reaction when I see two guys kiss as you do with not quite > the same ability to suppress it (though I like broccoli, especially with > cheese sauce). I have a similar reaction when they say they are married... > and to a much lesser extent refer to their "husband". The source for the > first reaction is the emotional, though it may well be social or genetic > (depends on your interpretation, I don't tend to dwell on the starting > point). > > For the second reaction it's theologically driven. I don't have a > different definition of "marriage" and "holy matrimony", both have the same > meaning for me from a religious perspective. It is that perspective that > drives the emotional response to the use of the language in this scenario. > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
