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The Psychological Allure of Hating Political Correctness

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the tell-it-like-it-is dept.

hubie writes:

Melanie Tannenbaum has written several interesting blog posts about ambiguity intolerance and its connection to the early popular support Donald Trump is currently enjoying. Roughly speaking, people who are not comfortable without a plan of action or a path forward are said to have more ambiguity intolerance.

What may be surprising, however, is the research showing that people high in ambiguity intolerance feel so profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of uncertainty, they will often prefer a slightly negative yet certain outcome to a potentially-more-positive, uncertain one. In other words, people may find Donald Trump to be disagreeable, abrasive, or downright unlikeable. But because of his reputation for "telling it like it is" and "being honest to a fault," they also feel certain that they can believe Trump when he says he's telling the truth.

Tannenbaum points out that despite a record of Trump making contradictory comments in the past, people tend to believe his convictions on what he says because nobody would say those "non-normative" things if they really didn't believe it.

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  • (Score: 1) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday August 19 2015, @06:55PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday August 19 2015, @06:55PM (#225123) Journal

    He very likely can't get an erection (at least, not while doing anything legal) and is taking it out on half the human race, whose fault, after all, it is. As Any Fule Kno (TM), we have mysteeeeerious powers, something something menstrual blood, etc etc etc.

    This guy's such a pathetic limp biscuit he targets little kids because they're the only ones who won't immediately laugh him to scorn.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @04:13AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @04:13AM (#225699)

    Hey look: a cunt bitch being a cunt bitch.

    What do you know!

    This is why men married girl children in the past.

    Remeber: Deuteronomy supports it.

    • (Score: 1) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday August 24 2015, @02:35AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday August 24 2015, @02:35AM (#226788) Journal

      I know who you are FizzBuzz. I know where you live too, or at least where your traffic comes from, since you don't bother with proxies when you're on IRC.

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...