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You don’t need a study to confirm this ....just look around at all the liberal woketards and whackos in any liberal community or any university or unhinged liberal Hollywood.
I couldn't find the results (I actually didn't see the study at all, which is possible that maybe I am not seeing it even though it's staring in front of me).
As well, I could not find and information or any background on Slater star codex.
Am I the only one who is a little suspicious of what the OP's source?
If you’re over 40 and still liberal you are either an idiot or a lazy freeloader.
Or for many people, not trusting of conservatives. There are gay men over 40. There are also alot of Black people over 40 who vote Democrat, who aren't freeloaders.
Really not surprising but now we have actual data on the connection between being very left wing and being mentally ill.
According to the data from SSC's most recent survey, the more left-wing you are, the more likely you are to have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
Slate Star Codex is a blog. This isn't a study, let alone a scientific, peer-reviewed study. So much for the "data."
Consider this: there are 330 million in the US, about 300 million of whom are adults. Roughly half would identify as "liberal." So, this "data" suggests that there are 150million mentally ill people in this country. One hundred fifty million people. Mentally ill. In the United States.
Doesn't that seem just a tad off to you, OP?
So if liberals are "mentally ill," then, like, 90% of the populations of Europe/UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are all "mentally ill," too. And God knows how many millions are "mentally ill" in Mexico, Central and South America.
Holy Moly. That's got to be freaking scary to be the only clear thinking, emotionally balanced people in, like, the entire Western world! Do you ever leave your homes?
That has actually been known for years that liberals have a much higher incidence of affective disorders (depression/mania).
A quick tour of inpatient mental wards will show very few, if any, conservatives.
It could be that conservatives are less likely to make use of mental health resources than liberals are. Consider this. New Jersey is as liberal as they come in terms of politics. And yet, it has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country. States like Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, West Virginia, those states have some of the worst suicide rates in the country. These states are conservative states.
And I will bring something else up. Black Americans vote Democrat more than anyone else. I notice Blacks are the least likely to seek out psychiatric help.
It could be that conservatives are less likely to make use of mental health resources than liberals are. Consider this. New Jersey is as liberal as they come in terms of politics. And yet, it has one of the lowest suicide rates in the country. States like Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, West Virginia, those states have some of the worst suicide rates in the country. These states are conservative states.
Residents of states with the highest rates of gun ownership and political conservatism are at greater risk of suicide than those in states with less gun ownership and less politically conservative leanings, according to a study by University of California, Riverside sociology professor Augustine J. Kposowa.
So if mental illness is what leads to suicide then the conservatives are winning.
Really not surprising but now we have actual data on the connection between being very left wing and being mentally ill.
According to the data from SSC's most recent survey, the more left-wing you are, the more likely you are to have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.
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