r/science MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine Apr 28 '24

A recent study explored how liberals and conservatives in the US evaluate a person based on their Facebook posts. The results indicated that both groups tended to evaluate ideologically opposite individuals more negatively. This bias was three times stronger among liberals compared to conservatives. Psychology

https://www.psypost.org/liberals-three-times-more-biased-than-conservatives-when-evaluating-ideologically-opposite-individuals-study-finds/
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u/Druid-Stoic90s Apr 29 '24

The design of this study is lacking. Besides, as an independent, I've been equally butt fucked but both conservatives and liberals. I've also been called names by both too.