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Kazi1212 posted...

Ok. Is there any other way to evaluate your claim that conservatives wouldnt do this as much as liberals? How do you measure compassion? To me, I dont think it would matter whether the person was liberal or conservative. These are merely political ideologies that we entertain from the comfortability of our couches. But when shit hits the fan and you have to make a decision that impacts a life directly in front of your eyes, its much more visceral, and thus our political ideologies dont carry as much weight when deciding what to do. I guess what Im saying is political ideology is not necessarily correlated to character, surely you can agree someone can be equally a good person and do good deeds regardless of whether they are liberal or conservative?

But perhaps your view is far more reasonable. I just think theres enough examples in the world that people from all walks of life have the capacity to show pure compassion at the heat of the moment, thats pure instinct. I just dont thinks that sort of compassion is divided along political lines or any other beliefs the person may have

Of course everyone can do good deeds, but where you go wrong is thinking that your political ideology isn't correlated to your character. Your personality and temperament are the biggest indicators of your political affiliation.

And I guess I need to amend my statement, I said most conservatives wouldn't while most liberals would. That's wrong. The correct way of stating is more liberals would than conservatives.

But compassion is quite literally divided along political lines, this is quite clearly detailed in modern psychology. Conservative people skew far more towards orderliness and conscientiousness whereas liberals skew more towards agreeableness and openness.

This guy explains it all very clearly and simply if you're actually interested in learning more about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwibFhqh5k0
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