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Anyone who has spent time on OKCupid can speak to the correlation of cat ownerships and political perspective, and the more cats owned the more magnified the po
by howmayiannoyyou 4y ago
Anyone who has spent time on OKCupid can speak to the correlation of cat ownerships and political perspective, and the more cats owned the more magnified the political/social passion.
- WaxProlix 4y agoDoes that lay intuition match with the proposed findings in TFA? I can copy the relevant sentence from the abstract, in case you didn't see it: > Infected women scored higher in tribalism and lower in cultural liberalism
- willcipriano 4y agoWe picked terrible words for political stuff. Cultural liberalism is a pro free speech, "classical liberal"[0] (in modern times considered conservative) view. > Cultural Leftists are people who believe “that minorities must be protected from psychological harm arising from forms of dominant culture, and that a radical transformation of science, institutions, narratives and culture can redistribute power from dominant to subaltern groups.” > Cultural Liberals, on the other hand, “prioritise freedom of expression, equal treatment without regard to identity, the scientific method, freedom of conscience and the primacy of classical liberal traditions of law.” > And finally, Cultural Conservatives are people who “prioritise the defense of national, ethnic and religious traditions. The dominant form of cultural conservatism in Britain is cultural patriotism.”[1] [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism [1]https://iea.org.uk/the-rise-of-cultural-socialism-a-review-of-two-reports/ https://iea.org.uk/the-rise-of-cultural-socialism-a-review-o...
- bena 4y agoWe must also consider where we source our definitions from. The IEA is a right-wing think tank. They have a vested interest in promoting certain points of view. And to portray those opposed to them in certain ways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs
- willcipriano 4y agoFirst one that I found and it matches with my education. Happy to use any other you provide, but liberalism as a concept isn't something only occupied by the left wing even though they tend to be conflated.
- bena 4y agoIt's really the portrayal of "cultural leftism" that leaves something to be desired. It's framed in such a way to make "cultural leftism" seem not only more paternalistic than they would describe their goals but to portray the issues facing minorities as more abstract and ephemeral than they actually are. I notice how you only focus on the defensible definition as if the conflation of liberalism with some conservative goals could be the only objection to your post.
- giardini 4y agoYou mean "the more cats owned the more Democratic they vote?" Just making sure.
- insanejudge 4y agoWeird, I've only encountered the exact opposite.
- 86J8oyZv 4y agoBased on the actual article, it's more like "the more cats owned, the more liberal/progressive/socialist men vote and behave, and the more conservative/tribal/fascist women vote and behave." Which fits well with my experience tbh. The 5+ cat ladies I know are all surprisingly conservative.
- midoridensha 4y agoI have one long-time cat lady in my family and she is extremely liberal.
- jonathanlb 4y agoIf so, then we're not that far off from it being spun as "cats cause anti-Patriotic" beliefs, followed by a witch hunt.
- mardifoufs 4y agoI own 3 cats by accident, and I didn't really "get" owning a cat before the first one's mom decided to abandon her new born kitten right in front of my house hahaha. Yet I don't think my political beliefs have really changed since, but maybe I need more cats for that to happen!