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[quote=Anonymous]I think the problem is that you can't really have a factual debate with the new breed of American "conservative".  They've been subject to authoritarian way of thinking for so long, that the particulars of an actual debate or meaningless.  All they're left with is "What did right-wing celebrity X say about this?"  Terms become meaningless:  Obama's a "socialist".  Or an "Islamist".  Or a "fascist".

There's actually a rather interesting article on fanaticism, anti-scientific thinking, an the Tea Party that deals with some of these issues:

[quote]According to Psychologist Bob Altemeyer this is classic authoritarian behavior. Altemeyer’s book is a fun (albeit rather scary) and eye-opening read, and he has a comment on his website about the tea party. If Altemeyer is correct about authoritarian behavior, then there is no amount of evidence, no matter how solid and convincing that will sway tea partiers from their belief that the planet is not warming and that scientists are manipulating data etc. They will accept claims that agree with their view without any pre-qualifications, and they have no idea how silly they look to others outside their very tight circle[/quote]

http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2011/09/08/science-the-tea-party-and-the-dunning-kruger-effect/[/quote]

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