So are you saying Liberals are more intelligent than Conservatives?

Are you a liberal?

This has been researched, and it has been concluded that there is definitely a correlation between lack of intelligence and conservative ideology. Correlation does not always equal causation, and I have been unable to find proof of causation in that department. 

Liberal, left-wing, ANTIFA, call me what you want I guess.

Who concluded that?  How did they arrive at this conclusion?  What were the criteria?  
Just curious.... do you support Antifa?  Do you consider yourself a liberal?

Dr. Gordon Hodson and Dr. Goali Saedi Bocci have studied and/or written about this, to name a few. Here are a couple of articles. I find them very interesting. 

https://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/millennial-media/201304/do-racism-conservatism-and-low-iq-go-hand-in-hand

(note: Dr. Bocci does refer to Dr. Hodson’s study as a source in the second listed article.)

I suppose I do consider myself liberal. As far as being antifascist, I am and support people with the same idealogy. My dad’s family especially has been Antifa for hundreds of years.

Crazy lefts??? Crazy is suggesting a dangerous pandemic is coming and telling the country its just a flu that will be gone in days, in spite of knowing how dangerous it really is. Bat**** crazy is telling people to inject themselves with disinfectant. Sheer lunacy is not setting the example of wearing a mask when surrounded by others. Insanity is holding indoor rallys during a pandemic and insisting audience members don't mask up.

Racist is telling the racists to "stand by". 

Anyone that watched that debate and thinks trump came out ahead is a complete brainwashed idiot. The man made a fool of himself and our country. Biden is right that trump is the worst president in history. He fiddles away while the country is in a pandemic and just lies about it. While the country is at war with itself over racism he just fans the flames to widen the gap. 

He lies about his net worth which is the real reason he won't release his tax returns. The fact that he doesn't pay taxes is just another disgrace. And his debt? He is beholden to many of our enemies that could call that debt at anytime. 

He bribed a foreign country to dig up dirt on a political foe. He is the puppet of Putin. The comies wanted him, they got him and they want to keep him. 

The tax cuts for the rich will have to paid for by future generations. 

And trumpers look at their idiot and question someone else's sanity?? WTF is wrong with you people?? Have you not a shred of common decency?? I can answer that! No, if you are a trumper supporting a lying, racist, bigoted sexist then no, you don't have a shred of common decency. And you are probably a communist too? The commies want him. The racist want him. The bigots want him. The sexists want him. If you want him that's your crowd. And you have Faux News to spead your support! 

If you are talking about Trump telling the multi racial group Proud Boys to stand by, their black Cuban chairman Tarro has already publicly said they understood Trump to mean stand down and let law enforcement do their job.

I wonder which definition of meep meep, Meep Meep relates too.  They all seem fitting especially the cult like shout among friends

OK so you support Antifa.  That tells me a lot.

There are very differing views about what intelligence is. It always has been somewhat controversial.  Surely the psychologists in the studies you provided are devoid of confirmation bias, right?  Liberals love quoting these studies, just like they love quoting anonymous sources. Whatever tests we devise will be capable of measuring only some aspects of intelligence. Intelligence tests have cultural biases, even some of the most up to date ones.

Intelligence testing even in its older cruder versions was to a large extent politically motivated. It was extensively used during the USA’s eugenics movement....an idea popularized by Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. Woodrow Wilson, one of the founders of Progressivism was a big believer in eugenics. Americans saw nothing wrong with eugenics until the Nazis in Germany took up the idea and went further than merely sterilizing those of low IQ.

It is true that people from urban communities perform better on IQ tests than rural communities....but my belief is that we really still don't have consensus on the value of IQ and intelligence testing. The intelligence testing enthusiasts never learned from their eugenics love affair because they then applied the same approach to IQ testing and "race".

IQ tests have also been used to bolster the idea of male superiority over females. (once they measured brain volume, then later measured IQ.)  How do you feel about that?  See how that works?  Of course I believe it's rubbish. Do you?

Those into the intelligence testing also argued that intelligence was/is down one’s genetic inheritance. Again these dubious studies were discredited.

In my opinion, intelligence tests only prove that you good at answering the IQ test questions. People can be coached in answering IQ tests and their subsequent test scores are higher.

This part is key: IQ tests are not predictors of success in life. The world is full of educated derelicts. 

IQ tests as they currently stand are very crude indicators of intelligence. 

Another thing you need to be aware of is that the IQ test is deliberately designed to NOT require much knowledge or skills. It’s a test of INNATE ability - not of LEARNED ability. In theory, someone who takes the test in high school should score the same 40 years later.To my way of thinking, intelligence ought to measure how well an individual can adapt based on past experiences.  That is very difficult to measure.  

Albert Einstein said: “Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life thinking that it is stupid.”

Do you believe this?:

https://reason.com/2020/01/30/trump-supporters-verbal-ability/

Do you believe that the prevalence of mental illness is higher in liberals than conservatives?

Aaand now we see the long excuses as to why proven correlations are false, paired with an article from a propaganda website. Thank you, I think you have proven me correct.

But yes, I think mental illnesses are very prevalent among left-leaning individuals, particularly depression. Ignorance is bliss, after all.

Well we agree on something at least.  Are you depressed?  If so, why?

I am very depressed, and have had to be medicated since I was ten. Much of it stems from human rights. The short answer is that I am empathetic.

I thought you might be.  I'm sorry to hear that.  
Which area of human rights injustices concern you most?

Genocide is a big one. Nobody seems to be talking about the fact that there is essentially a Holocaust going on in China, yet we try to be the police force of the modern world. Recently a whistleblower came forward with allegations of genocide in internment camps on US soil, after countless of complaints, and last time I heard Mexico was the only country investigating this. I would not be surprised if the results turned up confirmation of these allegations, especially since our “leader” has publicly supported eugenics. 

LGBTQ+ right’s are also huge. One of my best friends is a transgender man living in Poland, which is incredibly conservative right now. He’s confessed that he’s afraid people will try to hurt him or his partner simply because of who they are. These fears happen here as well. My cousin, whom I have always been very close with, is a transgender woman working as a mechanical engineer among many conservative colleagues who have hinted or implied some... concerning things. They have not learned that she is trans (she’s been on hormones for a while and has always been rather short), but she’s worried that they will try to hurt her if they figure it out. I’ve been helping her find resources to get her concealed carry license because of this. 

I recently lost my great-aunt to COVID-19. I was not close to her, but I am very close to my grandmother, who was. It broke my heart because my grandmother got a call one night from a nurse, who said that her sister likely wouldn’t make it until morning. One of my older cousins was with her at the time and later told me it was the first time he’d ever seen her cry. This particular cousin was essentially raised by our grandparents for a few years while my aunt was in law school, so this really stung. I’d like for her to be able to have a funeral with the rest of the family, but given a number of pre-existing conditions as well as old age, that would be very dangerous. 

There are countless goings on to be depressed about. Thank you for asking, that was very kind. 

Well, you sound like someone with a big heart, and I mean that. I'm sorry about your great aunt.   I assume you are referring to the Uyghur Muslims in those Chinese "re-education camps".  

Trump was talking about "good genes" the same way people flatter others or themselves with tongue-in-cheek remarks.  He is not a proponent of eugenics.  Actually, it's a little embarrassing to defend against that allegation. 
I am aware of some left wing magazines taking Trump's comments out of context and trying to equate him with Heinrich Himmler.  People in the upper Midwest often talk jokingly about their "Good German genes" or "good Norwegian genes".  Again, they do it as an attempt at tongue-in-cheek humor.  I know, because I grew up there. 
Maybe you haven't lived in the upper Midwest.  He also talked about Ilhan Omar and the influx of tens of thousands of Somali refugees into the middle of Minneapolis....an area referred to as "Little Mogadishu" that is an extremely dangerous area with increasing violent crimes.  Omar is a hate-filled antisemitic extreme left wing Democrat.  I have two married kids who live there, one of whom is a Democrat, and both agree the refugee influx has been very problematic.  

Eugenics in America was a progressive goal, beginning with Margaret Sanger and Woodrow Wilson.  Also, Obama's science czar, John Holdren, once wrote about eugenics, forced abortion, and forced sterilization mainly as a means of population control.

I tried to answer the questions above in Red.  We have our colors backwards.

I am sorry I just have to respond to this.  

 I don't want a cheerleader for a President, althought watching him sort of dance to YMCA at the rally last night was funny as can be. I want more of a Statesman or Woman. 

...but Biden playing Despacito and somewhat moving to the song at an event is more of a statesman.  I was watching it live and almost fell out of my chair laughing.  Guess someone with his campaign goofed again and didn't do their homework.  It was sort of fitting though for Biden...

Edited to add Harris and what a statewoman she is.  In a riveting interview when she was asked about who her favorite rapper alive today was she responded by naming a rapper that has been dead for over a decade.  Now to her credit she did answer the tough question and didn't dodge it.  Guess we are going to rap our way into better healthcare and life in general under a Harris/Biden admin.

Thanks Palopony! 

I hav'nt read all your replys to Bear, and you may have said it already and I may have missed it, But why do you not like Biden? So are you voting for Biden? 

question  i have heard biden say racial slurs  but never heard trump say it

i did see him mock the guy that was handicapped

not talking about trumps companies or eployees or ..  trump himself.  i looked and could not  but biden oh yes

Remember at the debate when Trump said Biden, in a speech to our military guys, had called them "stupid bastards."  Biden kept saying "show the tape, show the tape."  Well they've run it again and again on FOX.  He did call them that in a rather rude and heated fashion, then turned around and said what a dull group they were.  I think the old fart thought he was being funny but it wasn't showing in these soldiers faces.