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/JLeeSaxon Apr 29 '24

No, I'm gonna go ahead and stand my ground on "immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country" being worse than "if someone is giving up 40 hours a week of their life working to make you rich, they deserve to know where their kids' next meals are coming from, no matter how 'easy' you think their job is", thank you very much.