7/29/2014, 12:45 pm
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Research conducted by Princeton University's Sociology Department discovered a surprising and ugly trend in our culture: liberals are nearly 8 times more likely to ban an assault rifle based on its color. Another surprising find: conservatives were found to be significantly more accepting of assault rifles of different colors and countries of origin than liberals.
The study was a thorough, double blind experiment involving 200 participants from different regions of the country. 100 of the subjects identified themselves as conservative.
Conservative participants were screened on such qualities as patriotism, military service, church attendance, giving to charity, and a fondness of Duck Dynasty. Typical conservative beliefs included acknowledgement of God, self-reliance, limited government, sanctity of life for the unborn, helping others with their own means, and tolerance for opinions with which they disagreed.
The 100 subjects who identified themselves as liberal were screened on such qualities as revulsion at images of Ronald Reagan, a reflexive tendency to protest military action, affiliation with a wiccan coven, demanding from charity, and a desire to lynch Phil Robertson.
Typical liberal beliefs included worship of Gaia and such notions as expansive government, the inability of minorities to accomplish without a government program, seeing abortion as a positive experience, helping others by wearing ribbons and demanding government action, and understanding tolerance to mean uniform agreement with their opinions.
The results of the study showed that liberals were 7.62 times more likely to demand the ban of a black assault rifle than a rifle of lighter color.
One participant, an anonymous House minority leader, was shown a "Hello Kitty" version of the AR-15. She smiled, and said, "How cute! I'm going to get one for my granddaughter!" When showed a black AR-15, the same subject ran to the door, locked it, and dove behind the interviewer's desk. When the interviewer told her that there was nothing to fear since the black AR was identical to the "Hello Kitty" version, the subject, visibly shaken, began sobbing, "Is it gone yet? Is it gone yet?"
Conversely, conservatives seemed much more at ease when shown assault rifles of different colors. Researchers were surprised to find that they were 5.56 times more likely to actually prefer a black assault rifle to the "Hello Kitty" version which, in many cases, was already owned by the subjects' daughters.
When shown different color schemes, conservatives demonstrated a significant degree of acceptance toward various mixed, camouflage arrangements. Even foreign-made assault rifles were received with a higher degree of tolerance. One subject who was shown an AKM stated, "Now that Kalashnikov feller sure knew how to make a good 'un!"
"The results are surprising and a bit disturbing for those who pride themselves on tolerance," said department head Dr. Stoner. "We need to consider acquainting children with assault rifles of different colors at an early age to overcome what seems an irrational phobia, and I think we can begin with more government funding for public school rifle ranges."
Research conducted by Princeton University's Sociology Department discovered a surprising and ugly trend in our culture: liberals are nearly 8 times more likely to ban an assault rifle based on its color. Another surprising find: conservatives were found to be significantly more accepting of assault rifles of different colors and countries of origin than liberals.
The study was a thorough, double blind experiment involving 200 participants from different regions of the country. 100 of the subjects identified themselves as conservative.
Conservative participants were screened on such qualities as patriotism, military service, church attendance, giving to charity, and a fondness of Duck Dynasty. Typical conservative beliefs included acknowledgement of God, self-reliance, limited government, sanctity of life for the unborn, helping others with their own means, and tolerance for opinions with which they disagreed.
The 100 subjects who identified themselves as liberal were screened on such qualities as revulsion at images of Ronald Reagan, a reflexive tendency to protest military action, affiliation with a wiccan coven, demanding from charity, and a desire to lynch Phil Robertson.
Typical liberal beliefs included worship of Gaia and such notions as expansive government, the inability of minorities to accomplish without a government program, seeing abortion as a positive experience, helping others by wearing ribbons and demanding government action, and understanding tolerance to mean uniform agreement with their opinions.
The results of the study showed that liberals were 7.62 times more likely to demand the ban of a black assault rifle than a rifle of lighter color.
One participant, an anonymous House minority leader, was shown a "Hello Kitty" version of the AR-15. She smiled, and said, "How cute! I'm going to get one for my granddaughter!" When showed a black AR-15, the same subject ran to the door, locked it, and dove behind the interviewer's desk. When the interviewer told her that there was nothing to fear since the black AR was identical to the "Hello Kitty" version, the subject, visibly shaken, began sobbing, "Is it gone yet? Is it gone yet?"
Conversely, conservatives seemed much more at ease when shown assault rifles of different colors. Researchers were surprised to find that they were 5.56 times more likely to actually prefer a black assault rifle to the "Hello Kitty" version which, in many cases, was already owned by the subjects' daughters.
When shown different color schemes, conservatives demonstrated a significant degree of acceptance toward various mixed, camouflage arrangements. Even foreign-made assault rifles were received with a higher degree of tolerance. One subject who was shown an AKM stated, "Now that Kalashnikov feller sure knew how to make a good 'un!"
"The results are surprising and a bit disturbing for those who pride themselves on tolerance," said department head Dr. Stoner. "We need to consider acquainting children with assault rifles of different colors at an early age to overcome what seems an irrational phobia, and I think we can begin with more government funding for public school rifle ranges."
