Liberal Science

There's No Arguing With Conservatives ... No, Seriously, Scientific Studies Prove It

Donk Science- For the Birds

“ A new study out of Yale University confirms what argumentative liberals have long-known: Offering reality-based rebuttals to conservative lies only makes conservatives cling to those lies even harder. In essence, schooling conservatives makes them more stupid. From the Washington Post article on the study, which came out yesterday: ” Wow, a Yale study no less.  Horry Clap! I'm going to try and mend my ways. Look, read the Post article and come to your own conclusion.  The "scientists" involved,  as the Post points out, are all Democrats. Here's an example of their work. “ A similar "backfire effect" also influenced conservatives told about Bush administration assertions that tax cuts increase federal revenue. One group was offered a refutation by prominent economists that included current and former Bush administration officials. About 35 percent of conservatives told about the Bush claim believed it; 67 percent of those provided with both assertion and refutation believed that tax cuts increase revenue. ” Unless I'm misreading, they infer that if, even after I'm shown  (as I have been)  a study by a prominent  economist showing Reagan tax cuts had no effect on revenue, and I continue to say, after all that, "Why sir, I do believe you're quite daft"(as I do), then that makes me a recalcitrant Neanderthal. Right? Blow me. A bit of irony here. While Sweeny lectures us about our  inability to recognize the truth of things, the Huff&Puff header gasps that Karl Rove types are stopping the Troopergate investigation.  The words I reach for are still "stuck on stupid."  (Gateway boy has a nice update on the Trooper farce.)