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Vivian Darkbloom
Jul 14, 2004


Jenner posted:

I was talking to a family member who is also a psychiatrist a few days ago. They are center-Liberal and probably biased but he was saying Psychologists should do a study on extreme right wing individuals because, in his experience, they all seem incredibly unhinged, detached from facts and reality, and unstable.

The psychologist Bob Altemeyer did a series of studies on personality traits common to conservatives, which are summed up under the variable right-wing authoritarianism. That article gives a good overview but Altemeyer's book is interesting too, and free to download.

I don't think the basic message is that right-wingers are crazy or unstable, but the danger posed by people who love authority and reactionary social values is real enough to be worried.

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