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  • The statistics linking mental illness and leftism are insane

    From Frodo@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 27 05:36:45 2025
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20250625153116im_/https://ohiosenate.gov/asset s/newspaper-articles/thumbnails/medium/the-statistics-linking-mental- illness-and-leftism-are-insane_medium.jpg

    Democrats have a common sense crisis.

    They have taken the crazy side of every issue since the election of
    President Trump.

    What in the world could explain such bad judgment?

    That includes opposing the deportation of violent foreign criminals,
    supporting men playing in women's sports, and supporting antisemites on
    campus.

    For years now, scientific studies have shown leftists are their own worst enemies.

    The evidence linking leftism and mental illness is overwhelming.

    "A large number of studies have found that conservatism is correlated with sound mental health whereas leftism is associated with poor mental
    health," said the scientifc survey most often cited on the subject,
    conducted in 2020.

    Making matters even worse, Trump Derangement Syndrome seems to have turbocharged the left's cognitive impairment.

    We look at what that means for Ohio and our nation.

    Garth Kant is Senior Press Secretary of the Ohio Senate Majority Caucus.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20250625153116/https://ohiosenate.gov/news/on- the-record/the-statistics-linking-mental-illness-and-leftism-are-insane

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to Frodo on Sat Jul 5 23:11:54 2025
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    Frodo wrote:


    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797611421206

    Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower
    Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice
    Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup
    Contact

    Abstract
    Despite their important implications for
    interpersonal behaviors and relations, cognitive
    abilities have been largely ignored as
    explanations of prejudice. We proposed and tested
    mediation models in which lower cognitive ability
    predicts greater prejudice, an effect mediated
    through the endorsement of right-wing ideologies
    (social conservatism, right-wing authoritarianism)
    and low levels of contact with out-groups. In an
    analysis of two large-scale, nationally
    representative United Kingdom data sets (N = 15,874),
    we found that lower general intelligence (g) in
    childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and
    this effect was largely mediated via conservative
    ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set
    confirmed a predictive effect of poor
    abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice,
    a relation partially mediated by both
    authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact.
    All analyses controlled for education and
    socioeconomic status. Our results suggest that
    cognitive abilities play a critical, albeit
    underappreciated, role in prejudice. Consequently, we
    recommend a heightened focus on cognitive ability in
    research on prejudice and a better integration of
    cognitive ability into prejudice models.

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