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zzyzzx says

It seems like between the lines you are acknowledging something about Trump supporters ?

I get it, you guys aren't in to touting your own virtues. I can't help but wonder though if that has any connection with actually being less virtuous.

It's as if you are saying: "you guys think you're better than me becasue you don't lie nearly as much, and becasue you care about humanity, and the future of the planet. Oh, jeez, it's like all you want to talk about is how you think you're better than me."

My point being that sometimes when people are turned off by lying or evil, and they say so, it's not becasue they are trying to tell you they are better than you.

It's really totally beside the point, but at the same time, possibly true.

marcus says

I can't help but wonder though if that has any connection with actually being less virtuous.

Trust Marcus to come to the wrong conclusion all by himself! No, Marcus, you’re wrong! In fact, touting one’s own virtues is in itself UNvirtuous! People who do this on the regular are known colloquially as “douchebags” and nobody wants to be around them. This attitude is backed up in culture and religious traditions in the West.

Some relevant passages from the Bible:

“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:5-6‬ ‭KJV‬‬
“But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy],”
‭‭MATTHEW‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭AMP‬‬

This attitude is firmly ingrained into Western Civilization, after a couple thousand years of widespread Christianity.

I hope that clears up your question.

Liberals actually do lack knowledge of what conservatives believe:

“In all analyses, conservatives were more accurate than liberals.” Asked to think the way a liberal thinks, conservatives answered moral questions just as the liberal would answer them, but liberal students were unable to do the reverse. Rather, they seemed to put moral ideas into the mouths of conservatives that they don’t hold. To put it bluntly, Haidt and his colleagues found that progressives don’t understand conservatives the way conservatives understand progressives. This he calls the ‘conservative advantage,’ and it goes a long way in explaining the different ways each side deals with opinions unlike their own. People get angry at what they don’t understand, and an all-progressive education ensures that they don’t understand.

https://quillette.com/2018/03/10/psychology-progressive-hostility/

It certainly explains California

Tenpoundbass says

That map seems to indicate high IQ people left CA for TX.

High IQ is correlated with cold weather.

Patrick says

High IQ is correlated with cold weather.

Have to prepare for the abstract future. In sunny climes there is always something to eat.

marcus says

dishonestly rationalizing beliefs that are based on emotions, ignorance and hate. I don't know, could that be it ?

Why do all partisans sound the same?

www.youtube.com/embed/qTNL9oN8tm0

Booger says

Kelly can just marry Kevin and take his money.

Booger says

Since eating eggs is more against the hen's unborn offspring than against the hen itself, a better and more relevant quote is:

"You cannot be against eating eggs and pro-abortion."