Mooney,
who has an English degree from Yale, wrote two other books, “Republican War on
Science” and “Unscientific American.”
According
to Mooney, political differences are no longer just about divergent
philosophies, wealth, or lobbying, but about “political psychology.” “Political
psychology” is psychobabble for pseudo-science. We know how many times
throughout history real science has been wrong.
“Political
psychology” is the ultimate euphemistic leftist talking points interpretation of
why liberals and conservatives “hold wildly incompatible views on issues
ranging from global warming to whether the president was born in the U.S. to
whether his stimulus package created any jobs.”
As
a conservative economist, I can address with most certainty that the
President’s stimulus did not create any jobs, shovel-ready, green or otherwise,
did not save jobs, and wasted billions and billions of taxpayer dollars while doubling
our national debt in less than four years.
Mooney
brands conservatives as “intellectually contorted and inconsistent” because they
oppose Obamacare on the grounds that it was passed by a Democrat when Mitt
Romney, a Republican, passed a similar law in Massachusetts.
I
can speak for many friends who are logical conservatives. They oppose Obamacare
not because it was passed by a Democrat in the middle of the night by twisting
arms, through bribery and chicanery. They oppose it because it robs Americans
of having control over their own bodies and their excellent health care. They
oppose it because it is an unprecedented wealth and power shift of monumental
proportion to the executive branch of the government. Conservatives oppose it
because it is unconstitutional, we cannot afford it, it is bankrupting our
country like most of his policies, it will destroy our current health care
system and replace it with a sub-standard one, and last, but not least, Obamacare
includes a 15-member death panel composed of non-medical personnel.
The
unfortunately named The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009 subsidizes care
for all union members, union retirees and community organizations such as ACORN
(p. 65, section 164)
Obamcare
will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here
illegally. (p. 50, section 152)
The
government will have real-time access to an individual’s bank account and will
have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts. (pp.
58-59)
This
bill does not apply to members of Congress who have well-funded private plans
and are exempt from the Social Security system.
The
government specifies which doctors can write an end-of-life order. (p. 429,
lines 13-25)
The
government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Social Security
recipients will be required to attend an “end-of-life planning” seminar every
five years. (p. 425, line 4-12)
I
got Orwellian shivers when the author said, “There is now a large body of
evidence showing that those who opt for the political left and those who opt
for the political right tend to process information in divergent ways and to
differ on any number of psychological traits.”
What
non-sensical psychological surveys decided this outrageous piece of
information? Freud studied five subjects when he made his monumental
pronouncements on human behavior that had become the codex of liberals. Are we
supposed to process information identically and think, act, and exhibit
identical psychological traits? In addition, who would dictate the correct
psychological traits that we must follow?
Liberals
score higher on “openness to experience,” one of the “Big Five” personality
traits, said Mooney. Conservatives are “less open, less exploratory, less in
need of change.” Conservatives are “more conscientious, a trait that indicates
they appreciate order and structure in their lives” but are “resistant to
change.” How is that openness to laser-focused destructive change working out for
liberals with 25 percent unemployment rate among young college graduates?
The
religious right is so irrational, he says, that 43 percent of tea party people
polled do not believe “that humans are the product of evolution.” Since when
are polls and surveys scientific? Conservatives are called derisively the”religious
right and the tea party people,” all rolled into one. He admits liberals have
their irrationality but it is more rational, based on recent science such as
vaccines causing autism. On the other hand, conservative irrational beliefs are
over 100 years old such as the non-belief in evolution.
Mooney
talks about the conservative divide over reality and the “need for cognitive
closure.” Conservatives have a greater need for closure and are thus
closed-minded while liberals are known for their openness.
A
University of Maryland psychologist developed a scale to measure the need for
closure. This study is based on non-scientific opinion survey statements such
as, “I dislike questions which could be answered in many different ways,” and
“In most social conflicts, I can easily see which side is right and which is
wrong.”
I
hate to burst this journalistic scientists’ bubble but most humans have a need
for closure, regardless of political ideology. I do not consider a five-point
scale opinion survey a scientific method that would show with measurable and
visual accuracy how brains function differently in conservatives vs. liberals.
He
continued, “Anti-evolutionists have been found to score higher on the need for
closure.” Does the author label conservatives anti-evolutionists? My question
is, are anti-evolutionists necessarily all conservatives?
“In
the global warming debate, tea party followers not only strongly deny the
science but also tend to say that they ‘do not need any more information’ about
the issue.” Could that be because global warming is not a debate, it has been
settled by liberals and only their opinions count? Could it be because a lot of
the science has been doctored, hidden, altered, and misrepresented by
environmentalist liberal agenders and we are tired of hearing about the glaring
lies? Must liberals pick on tea party followers who tend to be conservative,
are fiscally responsible, supporting the rest of the legal and illegal population,
and are Taxed Enough Already?
According
to the author, liberals do not have a monopoly on truth, however, “when they’re
wrong, they are wrong differently.”
Does that mean, if you are wrong and a liberal, you get a prize anyway because
you participated in a competition and your self-esteem would be devastated
without it?
I
am still scratching my head trying to put order to this blatant propaganda
attack on conservatism, tea party, religious beliefs, and intellectual ability
of Americans who disagree with liberals.
Mooney
concludes his piece with “Did the founders intend this to be a Christian
nation?”
Yes,
our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles and the attempt by
liberals to revise history does not change this fundamental truth, no matter
how they spin it.
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