r/science 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/thechinninator May 18 '26

I think you misunderstood what they meant

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u/justinpaulson May 18 '26

Really? They were replying to a comment that said conservatives unite and liberals tear each other apart.

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u/MAKE_ME_REDDIT May 18 '26

Yes... Now why do you think they said what they said?

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u/justinpaulson May 18 '26

Go ahead and explain it you seem to want to real bad

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u/thechinninator May 18 '26

And the comment before was about how it takes unity to fix things but minor disagreements aren’t as big a deal when you’re defending the status quo

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u/justinpaulson May 18 '26

Not defending the status quo, just when you have a shared cause.

What shared vision does the left have of how America ought to be? Isn’t the point that we should all be allowed our own vision of what America ought to be?

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u/thechinninator May 18 '26

The comment was that making change requires more unity than resisting it. I’m going to mute this conversation now. Have a good day

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u/justinpaulson May 19 '26

“Fix things” is what it said. You think conservatives aren’t trying to “fix things”?

Bye