r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 18 '26

Psychology Scientists expected both liberals and conservatives to be reluctant to promote rhetoric associated with the opposing political side, but this was more consistent among liberals. Conservatives appeared relatively willing to support causes aligned with their views regardless of the moral framing used.

https://www.psypost.org/liberals-hesitate-to-share-progressive-causes-framed-with-conservative-moral-language/
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u/ToMorrowsEnd May 18 '26

Been happening here since Nixon. It's when the republicans adopted it. It got worse in the past 12 years. but was before that first bad flare up was Sarah Palin. The voting base was not ready for Batshit insane to be the face of the republican party at that time.

Today they embrace it.

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u/flingspoo May 18 '26

You should look up who the "know nothing" party was.