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The liberals do it too argument is not entirely correct. Though both sides do engage in this kind of political theater, conservatives dominate and have disgust
by m0llusk 5y ago
The liberals do it too argument is not entirely correct. Though both sides do engage in this kind of political theater, conservatives dominate and have disgust sharing as a central pillar of their politics. This is in part because the nature of conservative politics is to be more easily disgusted and to have moral judgements that instead of considering only harm focus on fairness and include purity, loyalty, and sanctity.
Some supports for this include The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt: righteousmind.com, the Is disgust a "Conservative" emotion? paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31619133, and the study of conservatives on social media by Politico in cooperation with the Institute for Strategic Dialog: isdglobal.org, www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643. Outrage drives much media, but favors conservative views and outlets.