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Originally posted by Cowboy+Aug 16 2004, 02:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowboy @ Aug 16 2004, 02:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Bingo@Aug 16 2004, 01:27 PM
Another string where a few people basicallyl equate those that think differently than themselves as less intelligent.
A very dangerous way to live one's life.
"smarter ones that saw the light"
"ignorance on the right"
Yikes.
I do think more "young" people, that is university level people tend to lean left. They get that from the University experience, their professors and such. Many continue to be left the rest of their lives, but a good chunk of those start to drift right in my estimation as they get a little older. I know I did.
The university left seems to be very much about fighting the establishment (government, the US, big companies), something that often changes quite quickly once they realize they will likely need a job with a government body or a big company.
Hope I didn't offend.
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The reason why I said intelligence tends to make more people liberal is for one, my friends are great case study, and two, because Liberal people tend to come out of University...so I don't necessarily think that intelligence and University have and even relationship.
I also thought that older people remain where they are and everybody else becomes more liberal, rather than the older generations moving more right [/b][/quote]
I think people are idealistic when they're younger and more become more cynical - realistic - with experience.
The Protest Generation of the 1960's, the baby boomers who are the most numerically profuse group in the USA, are now the crotchety old farts who might re-elect GW Bush.
Prior to the Iraq conflict, a young man at an anti-war protest rally was holding up a sign that said: "Peace In Our Time." Obviously a kid who had no clue as to the historical significance of the phrase.
Are we talking about intelligence or experience married to intelligence?
Cowperson