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:* They have something criticized by conservatives in their personal background, and feel compelled to defend it rather than let it go.

:* They have something criticized by conservatives in their personal background, and feel compelled to defend it rather than let it go.

:* Slavish adherence to the ideals of liberal parents

:* Slavish adherence to the ideals of liberal parents

*Brainwashed:  

 

*Brainwashing and deceit:  

:* They pride themselves on doing well in school or reading the newspaper, can't accept that what they were taught was incorrect or biased.

:* They pride themselves on doing well in school or reading the newspaper, can't accept that what they were taught was incorrect or biased.

:* Dangerous professors who impose their opinions upon vulnerable youth.

:* Dangerous professors who impose their opinions upon vulnerable youth.

:* Television programs posing as comedies, such as [[South Park]], [[Family Guy]], and [[Hannah Montana]], which inject liberal beliefs and mock conservative values

:* Television programs posing as comedies, such as [[South Park]], [[Family Guy]], and [[Hannah Montana]], which inject liberal beliefs and mock conservative values

:* A possible root cause: Standard American kindegardens up to the fourth grade.  Wastes the potential of most children—does not expose them to foreign languages and other learning tasks their minds are obviously and mysteriously suited for.  All helping to make them think they need liberal man-made structures that in fact limit their potential in a self-defeating sort of cycle.

:* Exposed to incorrect liberal ideas throughout education. Standard American kindergartens up to the fourth grade.  Wastes the potential of most children—does not expose them to foreign languages and other learning tasks their minds are obviously and mysteriously suited for.  All helping to make them think they need liberal man-made structures that in fact limit their potential in a self-defeating sort of cycle.

*Peer Pressure: They have liberal friends, and want their approval or acceptance.

 

*Peer Pressure:  

:* They have liberal friends, and want their approval or acceptance.

 

*Poor abstract thinking:  

*Poor abstract thinking:  

:* They are more comfortable discussing simple issues like race and poverty than complex issues like globalism.

:* They are more comfortable discussing simple issues like race and poverty than complex issues like globalism.

:* Intellectual myopia - failure to heed the long-term consequences of ideological positions that seem beneficial in the short term.

:* Intellectual myopia - failure to heed the long-term consequences of ideological positions that seem beneficial in the short term.

*Systemic bias:  

*Systemic bias:  

:* Some people are [[The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness|inherently irrational]], and are thus driven to liberal ideology.

:* Some people are [[The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness|inherently irrational]], and are thus driven to liberal ideology.

:* Media bias acts to caricature conservatism, making it seem unpalatable, conditioning people to reject its teachings.

:* Media bias acts to caricature conservatism, making it seem unpalatable, conditioning people to reject its teachings.

:* Schools reward politically correct, liberal answers on tests.

:* Schools reward politically correct, liberal answers on tests.

 

*Naivety:  

*Naivety:  

*: Non-conservatives demonstrate just how prone mankind is to arrogance.

*: Non-conservatives demonstrate just how prone mankind is to arrogance.

*: Impressionable individuals buying into [[Bush derangement syndrome]], and reacting with emotion rather than reason.

*: Impressionable individuals buying into [[Bush derangement syndrome]], and reacting with emotion rather than reason.

*: Reliance on charisma: Charismatic leaders trading on image, rather than experience, can dupe the unsuspecting.

*: Reliance on charisma: Charismatic leaders trading on image, rather than experience, can dupe the unsuspecting.

*Self-destructive or contrarian behavior:

*Self-destructive or contrarian behavior:

:* Some choose to do what is irrational.

:* Some choose to do what is irrational.

:* Use of mind-altering drugs, which encourages one to become a liberal to reconcile the cognitive dissonance, or dulls mental acuity resulting in mindless conformity.

:* Use of mind-altering drugs, which encourages one to become a liberal to reconcile the cognitive dissonance, or dulls mental acuity resulting in mindless conformity.

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