> Hmmm, this is contrary to previous research that showed it was caused
> by an early imprint of obsession with their father's penis. It's
> interesting to see there's a genetic link involved, thanks.
>
>
> >The discovery that affiliation with the Republican Party is
> genetically
> >determined was announced by scientists in the current issue of the
> journal
> >NURTURE, causing uproar among traditionalists who believe it is a
> chosen
> >lifestyle. Reports of the gene coding for political conservatism,
> >discovered after a decades-long study of quintuplets in Orange County,
> CA,
> >has sent shock waves through the medical, political, and golfing
> >communities.
> >
> >Psychologists and psychoanalysts have long believed that
> Republicans'
> >unnatural disregard for the poor and frequently unconstitutional
> tendencies
> >resulted from dysfunctional family dynamics -- a remarkably high
> percentage
> >of Republicans do have authoritarian domineering fathers and
> emotionally
> >distant mothers who didn't teach them how to be kind and gentle.
> Biologists
> >have long suspected that conservatism is inherited. "After all,"
> said one
> >author of the NURTURE article, "It's quite common for a Republican to
> have a
> >brother or sister who is a Republican."
> >
> >The finding has been greeted with relief by Parents and Friends of
> >Republicans (PFREP), who sometimes blame themselves for the political
> views
> >of otherwise lovable children, family, and unindicted co-conspirators.
>
> >
> >One mother, a longtime Democrat, wept and clapped her hands in
> ecstasy on
> >hearing of the findings. "I just knew it was genetic," she said,
> seated
> >with her two sons, both avowed Republicans. "My boys would never
> freely
> >choose that lifestyle!" When asked what the Republican lifestyle was,
> she
> >said, "You can just tell watching their conventions in Houston and
> San Diego
> >on TV: the flaming xenophobia, flamboyant demagogy, disdain for
> anyone not
> >rich, you know." Both sons had suspected their Republicanism from an
> early
> >age but did not confirm it until they were in college, when they
> became
> >convinced it wasn't just a phase they were going through.
> >
> >The NURTURE article offered no response to the suggestion that the
> high
> >incidence of Republicanism among siblings could result from their
> sharing
> >not only genes but also psychological and emotional attitude as
> products of
> >the same parents and family dynamics.
> >
> >A remaining mystery is why many Democrats admit to having voted
> Republican
> >at least once -- or often dream or fantasize about doing so. Polls
> show
> >that three out of five adult Democrats have had a Republican
> experience,
> >although most outgrow teenage experimentation with Republicanism.
> >
> >Some Republicans hail the findings as a step toward eliminating
> >conservophobia. They argue that since Republicans didn't "choose"
> >their lifestyle any more than someone "chooses" to have a ski-jump
> nose,
> >they shouldn't be denied civil rights which other minorities enjoy.
> >
> >If conservatism is not the result of stinginess or orneriness
> (typical
> >stereotypes attributed to Republicans) but is something Republicans
> can't
> >help, there's no reason why society shouldn't tolerate Republicans in
> the
> >military or even high elected office -- provided they don't flaunt
> their
> >political beliefs.
> >
> >For many Americans, the discovery opens a window on a different
> future. In
> >a few years, gene therapy might eradicate Republicanism altogether.
> >
> >But should they be allowed to
marry?
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