Are conservatives really less fearful than liberals?

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Anonymous wrote:Ignorance is not bliss. Studies show that liberal beliefs are more associated with high IQ than conservative beliefs.

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/62392/1/intelligent-people-are-more-likely-to-be-left-wing-iq-politics-says-science

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/high-iq-genetics-politics/

https://theconversation.com/do-smart-people-tend-to-be-more-liberal-yes-but-it-doesnt-mean-all-conservatives-are-stupid-57713

There are also studies showing that higher IQs are associated with greater happiness.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22998852/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/abs/relationship-between-happiness-and-intelligent-quotient-the-contribution-of-socioeconomic-and-clinical-factors/852640AC984DB7EC623D9D2C1A2D0A5A

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/if-youre-happy-youre-probably-really-smart-science-says-so.html

Maybe but there are actually a lot of studies showing conservatives are happier.

I think if you actually read the linked articles you might see things differently. If not please post a link to the many studies you know about showing conservatives are happier. Or even one.

This isn’t really in dispute. You can start here.

https://equityresearch.tufts.edu/why-being-conservative-is-correlated-with-higher-happiness/

It’s consistently true in studies. Conservatives are, on average, happier than liberals, even when controlling for wealth, income, etc.

Or you can start here where there is evidence that conservatives are more likely to PROCLAIM they are happy while "liberals are more likely to provide clues indicating they are experiencing actual joy"

“Self-reports of happiness and life satisfaction ... are susceptible to self-enhancing distortions,” they write in the journal Science. “Our studies found that political liberals exhibited more frequent and intense happiness-related behavior than political conservatives.”

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_conservatives_really_happier_than_liberals

There are more studies that come to similar conclusions. I guess you can find a study to support whatever it is you want to believe, right?

What an absolute joke of a study. They analyzed the smiles of linked in photos to see if they looked fake. Really?! So a researcher looks at someone’s squint in a photo and tries to judge their mental health from one snap shot? Get real.

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Anonymous wrote:During the pandemic, a common refrain from conservatives was "I refuse to live in fear." But then they fear Chinese bioweapons, trans kids, 15 minute cities, dead electors casting votes, microchips in vaccines etc.

They do not fear chinese bioweapons, trans kids, 15 min cities, dead electors casting votes, microchips in vaccine. Stop with the propaganda.

Then why are there threads in this forum and in the right wing media eco-system expressing outrage over these and other issues?

If you aren't scared of 15 minute cities, why rally against them?
If you don't care about trans-kids, then why do you care? Let them live their lives!

I could go on, but just scan the last 10 pages of this forum for the various "issues" the right expresses outrage over.

On the left, people don't like racism, authoritarianism and the stripping of rights for people. That is their outrage.

Yes. Fear of the “other”, fear of change. All hallmarks of conservatives.

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Conservatives are afraid of books and change.

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The pastor of the 9th largest church — and a Trump advisor — has apparently been outed for molesting a 12-year-old.

This is why evangelicals support Trump. They don't see sexual abuse as disqualifying for men.

It can even bolster their reputation.

To answer OP's ? nope not fearful of child molesters.