Its my guess that it is more a product of your environment. All of the more assertive kids I know grew up to be conservative. the whiny ones were all democrats and they still whiny.
Joe Miller - 01:03pm on 03/22/2006
Hmmm. Let’s see. So, the kids with tendencies that would make them conservative, while growing up in a liberal environment, felt persecuted, and thus were perceived as whiny?
Andy - 01:03pm on 03/22/2006
What really irks me is those two pinheads probably did this study at UC Berkley at my expense.
Excuse me while I whine LOUDLY.
Or is that assertiveness?
I give up. So should they. Dumb and dumber research.
Gene Redlin - 01:03pm on 03/22/2006
First of all, when this study commenced decades ago, it wasn’t designed to point out that Conservatives were whiny kids. It’s was designed as a comprehensive study of personality among a group of closely studied and observed children which would go on with the intention of drawing correlations between patterns of behavior and adulthood results.
Secondly, many observations have come from this study over the years and this correlation between whiny children and Conservative Political leaning is just one of them . . . and not anywhere near central to the study.
Thirdly, could someone here please address the methodology of the study or errors of conclusion . . . if they can. Otherwise it’s funny witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
CV Rick - 02:03pm on 03/22/2006
When I read this today and saw that most of the kids were from Berkley and immediately winced.
I think just growing up in Berkley is enough to breed you as a liberal.
Dave Miller - 05:03pm on 03/22/2006
We conservatives do our fair share of whining, you’ve got to give that to us.
FreeRepublicans.com - 08:03pm on 03/22/2006
CV Rick said, Otherwise it’s funny witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
You think people are whining about the "study"?
FreeRepublicans.com said, We conservatives do our fair share of whining, you’ve got to give that to us.
We’ll give it to you. You’re like a different kind of John McCain Dustin. Can’t really say that you’e a “conservative”. You have certain conservative-like beliefs and ways of thinking to be sure, but all in all? I don’t see it.
Its my guess that it is more a product of your environment. All of the more assertive kids I know grew up to be conservative. the whiny ones were all democrats and they still whiny.
Hmmm. Let’s see. So, the kids with tendencies that would make them conservative, while growing up in a liberal environment, felt persecuted, and thus were perceived as whiny?
What really irks me is those two pinheads probably did this study at UC Berkley at my expense.
Excuse me while I whine LOUDLY.
Or is that assertiveness?
I give up. So should they. Dumb and dumber research.
First of all, when this study commenced decades ago, it wasn’t designed to point out that Conservatives were whiny kids. It’s was designed as a comprehensive study of personality among a group of closely studied and observed children which would go on with the intention of drawing correlations between patterns of behavior and adulthood results.
Secondly, many observations have come from this study over the years and this correlation between whiny children and Conservative Political leaning is just one of them . . . and not anywhere near central to the study.
Thirdly, could someone here please address the methodology of the study or errors of conclusion . . . if they can. Otherwise it’s funny witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
When I read this today and saw that most of the kids were from Berkley and immediately winced.
I think just growing up in Berkley is enough to breed you as a liberal.
We conservatives do our fair share of whining, you’ve got to give that to us.
CV Rick said, Otherwise it’s funny witnessing a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
You think people are whining about the "study"?
FreeRepublicans.com said, We conservatives do our fair share of whining, you’ve got to give that to us.
We’ll give it to you. You’re like a different kind of John McCain Dustin. Can’t really say that you’e a “conservative”. You have certain conservative-like beliefs and ways of thinking to be sure, but all in all? I don’t see it.