Hi David, You present the so called right wing, what does Altemeyer say about the left wing?
In your opinion, who is more authoritarian, Obama or Bush Jr.? Just wondering. Who is more competitive and destructive? Obama has only had two years to far. Harry Truman was a Democrat, we he left wing or right wing in your opinion? I do not agree that the right wing is more likely to suspend the bill of rights. I do think that the left wing is more likely to abuse them. Thanks, Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:11 AM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: > > Howdy MOQers: > > As an antidote to the political tone-deafness and the confusion over who > should be labeled what, I thought it would be good to get specific. Thanks > to a researcher named Altemeyer, we can discuss the particular attitudes and > positions held by right-wingers. It seems quite obvious to me that his > descriptions fit the present moment quite neatly and it's not a very > flattering portrait of the right. As you'll see in the quoted section that > follows, right-wing authoritarians tend to exhibit cognitive errors and > symptoms of faulty reasoning. They are more likely to make incorrect > inferences from evidence and to hold contradictory ideas. They are more > likely to uncritically accept insufficient evidence if it supports their > beliefs, less likely to acknowledge their own limitations, generally lack > an openness to experience. Authoritarian politicians are more likely to be > in the Republican Party in the United States. They generally have a > conservative economic philosophy, are highly n > ationalistic, oppose abortion, support capital punishment, oppose gun > control legislation, and do not value social equality, have pro-capitalist > attitudes, favor religious orthodoxy and they tend to accept covert > governmental activities such as illegal wiretaps. They are more willing to > suspend constitutional guarantees of liberty such as the Bill of Rights and > they tend to be ethnocentric and prejudiced against racial and ethnic > minorities, and homosexuals. All of those claims are Altemeyer's, which are > based on research. Here is the quote in full (I don't want to spoil the > surprise but notice how they all die in the end): > > According to research by Altemeyer, right-wing authoritarians tend to > exhibit cognitive errors and symptoms of faulty reasoning. Specifically, > they are more likely to make incorrect inferences from evidence and to hold > contradictory ideas that result from compartmentalized thinking. They are > also more likely to uncritically accept insufficient evidence that supports > their beliefs, and they are less likely to acknowledge their own > limitations. Nevertheless, there is no connection between authoritarianism > and either low or high intelligence. In terms of the five factor model of > personality, authoritarians generally score lower on openness to experience > and slightly higher on conscientiousness. > > Altemeyer suggested that authoritarian politicians are more likely to be in > the Conservative or Reform party in Canada, or the Republican Party in the > United States. They generally have a conservative economic philosophy, are > highly nationalistic, oppose abortion, support capital punishment, oppose > gun control legislation, and do not value social equality. The RWA scale > reliably correlates with political party affiliation, reactions to > Watergate, pro-capitalist attitudes, religious orthodoxy, and acceptance of > covert governmental activities such as illegal wiretaps. Although > authoritarianism is correlated with conservative political ideology, not all > authoritarians are conservative, and not all conservatives are > authoritarian. It is also worth noting that many authoritarians have no > interest in politics. > > Authoritarians are generally more favorable to punishment and control than > personal freedom and diversity. For example, they are more willing to > suspend constitutional guarantees of liberty such as the Bill of Rights. > They are more likely to advocate strict, punitive sentences for criminals, > and they report that they obtain personal satisfaction from punishing such > people. They tend to be ethnocentric and prejudiced against racial and > ethnic minorities, and homosexuals. > > In roleplaying situations, authoritarians tend to seek dominance over > others by being competitive and destructive instead of cooperative. In a > study by Altemeyer, 68 authoritarians played a three hour simulation of the > Earth's future entitled the Global change game. Unlike a comparison game > played by individuals with low RWA scores, which resulted in world peace and > widespread international cooperation, the simulation by authoritarians > became highly militarized and eventually entered the stage of nuclear war. > By the end of the high RWA game, the entire population of the earth was > declared dead. > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
