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Conservatives Scare More Easily Than Liberals, Say Scientists

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Science has now proven what we knew all along. Conservatives are scared senseless. In reflex tests of 46 political partisans, psychologists found that conservatives were more likely than liberals to be shocked by sudden threats. The results suggest that fear leads to political conservatism.

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