'What is the explanation for the ABC always treating the Greens with kid gloves?

because they are the mouthpiece of the godless policies.

Dear Robert LePage,

I've just come across an article that explains
the situation. The author tells us that -
"Research shows conservative and progressive brains
are physically different with right-wingers being
much more susceptible to fear."

This is backed up by research found in "Current Biology."
Which found that progressive brains were associated with
increased grey matter volume in the arterior cingulate cortex
or ACC whereas greater conservatism was associated with
increased volume of the right amygdale or RA.

A large ACC (progressives) is associated with:

1) tolerance for uncertainty
2) effortful deliberate reasoning - and -
3) acceptance of change.

Whereas a domiant RA (conservatives) is associated with -
1) quck, efficient and low effort processes - and -
2) fear as a dominant emotion.

This goes a long way to explaining Mr Abbott's strategies.
As the author points out - in the last 3 years we've had :

1) Cost of living crisis.
2) Productivity crisis.
3) Retail slump crisis.
4) Government debt crisis.
5) Emergency low interest crisis.
6) The threat of sovereign risk crisis.
7) The carbon tax catastrophe crisis.
8) The budget emergency crisis.
9) The perenially popular border protection crisis.

The author confirms that not one of which is or was an actual
crisis. But Mr Abbott never saw an amygdale he didn't want to
terrify.

Progressives, largely Labor and Greens supporters say:

"We need to stop people from drowning at sea. But these
folk are genuine refugees and we have international
obligations to think about, so we need to tread a careful path."

Meanwhile, conservatives (largely Coalition supporters)
being collectively RA dominant say:

"They're illegals. Be afraid, be very afraid!"

Conservatives are not really mean and insensitive - it's
(according to the author) just their amyglatae talking.

Same with climate change.

Progressives talk about the serious complex science and
how we face a large problem that will take decades to solve.

The RA dominant conservatives simply say:

"Global Warming is crap!"

Being RA dominant makes life easy.
For a while anyway until the reality becomes inescapable.

cont'd ...

cont'd ...

Dear Robert LePage,

The author gives the government's refugee policy
as another example. He tells us that Scott Morrison
who exhibited the classic RA dominant symptoms -
he'd sung the scare song for years and took one
look at the situation and said:

"Don't think about it. Deny, deny, deny!"
Suddenly boat arrivals became secret. The perfect RA
response.

So the author's advice to us is if you enter a discussion -
on this forum, figure out if they're Labor or Greens or
a Coalition supporter and then either make them think or
scare the life out of them.
As the author says -
Piece of cake!

Foxy,

I can vouch for that. During election campaigns when I get a chance to talk with voters of all political persuasions, I can quickly identify the arch conservative voter. Many coalition supporters, the arch conservative types at least, are always preoccupied with these distorted notions of fear and loathing of the other side. As a Green I also cop the same from the rusted on conservative Labor voter. I must say I find some Liberal supporters, although very conservative on economic issues, extremely open minded on many social justice issues. Something that rarely if ever gets highlighted. and you would only see if you scrutineer on election night is that about 20% of Liberal voters preference The Greens second and above the likes of the CDP or Labor. In most cases its not just random voting there is a pattern which shows the desired intention of the voter.

Foxy,

I am continually reminded of the depths of gullibility of the left whingers. This "study" that you gleaned from "the independent Australia" is yet another of a long list of half baked studies with purported ground breaking results from years ago that have passed into obscurity other than being circulated on left whinge blogs.

In fact in trying to find the actual study I tried several cited links that went nowhere. Even then the study seems to have been on a very small sample of people from a very isolated section of the population, which appears not have been repeated.

I wonder which part of the brain that makes people conservative also makes them more science orientated wealthier and better educated?

SM,

"I wonder which part of the brain that makes people conservative also makes them more science orientated wealthier and better educated?"

That's rather amusing...as we see from the mob of privileged twats who presently run the joint. This govt is the best example I've seen that that old chestnut of the conservative upper-crust possessing brains and acumen is an overblown fable.

We'd have to go a long way to see such blatant "dumb". Every step of the way we've been confronted by ineptitude on a scale we've rarely seen before. They can't even lie intelligently - and being that spin and lies and favourable Murdoch press delivered to them their exalted position, it was a real shame that they jumped the gun in unloading their real agenda so soon into their tenure.

There's no finer example of the palpable stupidity of this govt than that prissy hysteric Pyne shrieking last night after UWA decided to reject Lomborg in favour of retaining its credibility.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/08/climate-contrarian-bjrn-lomborgs-centre-dropped-by-wa-university

Now there's a great instance of a born-to-rule rightie getting his comeuppance while simultaneously being exposed as an "educated" dud whose only contribution has been (like the rest of 'em) to institute policy based solely on his own and his masters' ideology.

Next.....