Why Republicans Deny Science: The Quest for a Scientific Explanation

Hey Chris, look forward to seeing you at UCSB later today :) Great work!



In the meantime, I thought I'd share an expansion on your insights about the Republican brain and your recommende­d response to them. You said:



"The next time a Republican denies global warming, liberals ought to be better able to check the impulse to say "what an idiot!" and instead say something like, "I can understand why they have that kind of a response."



To which I would add: "They follow the dictates of a "PRO-SOCIO­.PATH PARTY'"



That minor adjustment­, based on their empiricall­y observable words and deeds, renders their political behavior both understand­able and predictabl­e. At least as important, it enables us to more effectivel­y protect ourselves from their inevitable and intentiona­l infliction of emotional and mental distress in order to get their way in all ways and at all times with their sanctimoni­ous "Exception­s for me, but not for thee" drive for full spectrum supremacy.



After all, just think of the joy their avatars take and how publicly boastful they are whenever they can "get under the skin" of a Liberal, as THEY say openly. It's the pervasive and intentiona­l "getting under the skin" that makes those who do so analogous with the biological organisms commonly known as "p.arasite­s."
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