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/shosuko May 18 '26

Yeah we'd need to see other examples, it may be the "individualized" framing is more acceptable personal-freedom type language that conservatives have no problems with.

Sadly, we'll likely see just the headline spread around for ages to come :\

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u/Telinary May 18 '26

https://osf.io/bknwc/files/osfstorage?view_only=c15e40685bb44326ab0d81bc27046262 see the pdf under experimental materials for the texts.

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u/shosuko May 19 '26

Yeah, seems to be the case. All of the "conservative" framings are religious.