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[quote=Anonymous]I like the in group/out group and the five/six moral foundations theory.   Basic gist is that liberals care more for out groups while conservatives care more for in groups. Liberals prioritize empathy over all else while conservatives balance the moral foundations. I also think this explains why studies show liberals are very poor at understanding conservative positions. Finally, I think the emphasis on empathy is precisely what Carville’s preachy females comment was getting at.

Five/six moral foundations wiki summary (key highlight to me):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory

[i]Researchers have found that people's sensitivities to the five/six moral foundations correlate with their political ideologies. Using the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, Haidt and Graham found that libertarians are most sensitive to the proposed Liberty foundation, liberals are most sensitive to the Care and Fairness foundations, while conservatives are equally sensitive to all five/six foundations.

According to Haidt, the differences have significant implications for political discourse and relations. Because members of two political camps are to a degree blind to one or more of the moral foundations of the others, they may perceive morally driven words or behavior as having another basis – at best self-interested, at worst evil, and thus demonize one another.[/i][/quote]

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