Re: Red Baiting Labor Studies

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

David S. Shemano wrote:

> Hey, you got us conservatives all wrong.  We are not ignorant
> projecting immoral suckups.  According to a recent scientific study
> conducted by a real social scientist at a real university,
> conservatives are instead defined by: (1) fear and aggression, (2)
> dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity, (3) uncertainty avoidance,
> (4) need for cognitive closure, and (5) terror management.
> http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml

Wow. Sounds like some "Marxists" I know!

But don't you think this is a pretty good psychological profile of,
say, George W, Tom DeLay, and Bill O'Reilly? As O'Reilly said once,
"The president has an uncomplicated view of the world, and so do I."
Anything that challenges that closure must be killed or silenced.

Doug