I don’t know if Liberals are more intelligent than Conservatives…

…but they certainly can sound more arrogant:

If you’re going to spend your days complaining how the media is supposedly liberally biased, cialis sale view then become a journalist. Ask yourself why those journalists happen to have (perceived) biases (for instance, are you seriously claiming that when they’re hired they’re given some kind of political litmus test?), and why so few conservatives are willing to do the legwork journalism on their own. What is it about journalism, in your mind, that is inherently liberally biased? Don’t just start with the assumption that it’s true. What is your hypothesis for why it’s true? And, in your opinion, why is it that these journalists, the people who are getting the information firsthand, directly from the sources, conducting the most research into topics as a group, happen to side with the left? Why are academics, another group constantly attacked by the right as being biased, the most educated in their fields, usually left of center? Why are scientists, yet another group constantly attacked by the right as being biased, who also happen to be incredibly knowledgeable in their fields, usually left of center?

CNN’s 2006 exit poll did show that 58% of folks with graduate degrees voted for Democrats that year compared to just 41% that voted for Republicans.

I guess that 41% was comprised entirely of the dumb graduate students.

Seriously, the “I’m Liberal, because I’m smart and know more than everyone else” meme’s got to end.

There are some very intelligent Liberals (Barack Obama, for example) and some brilliant Conservatives (George Will and Antonin Scalia come to mind). Neither political philosophy has a monopoly on intelligent adherents. There are many reasons people choose a political philosophy. I suspect that native intelligence and level of education may actually be two of the least important factors.

Besides, everyone knows the most intelligent folks are all Libertarians like me, but that’s a topic for another post. ;)

7 comments October 1st, 2008


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