Would You Slap Your Father? If So, You’re a Liberal

[CatWoman]

If you want to tell whether someone is conservative or liberal, what are a couple of completely nonpolitical questions that will give a good clue?

How’s this: Would you be willing to slap your father in the face, with his permission, as part of a comedy skit?

And, second: Does it disgust you to touch the faucet in a public restroom?

Studies suggest that conservatives are more often distressed by actions that seem disrespectful of authority, such as slapping Dad. Liberals don’t worry as long as Dad has given permission.

Likewise, conservatives are more likely than liberals to sense contamination or perceive disgust. People who would be disgusted to find that they had accidentally sipped from an acquaintance’s drink are more likely to identify as conservatives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/opinion/28kristof.html?_r=1

[1]

1. "Does it disgust you to touch the faucet in a public restroom?"

faucet?

pretty much everything in there (if you've seen the public restrooms i have)...

[nichomachus]

5. A recent study showed

that there were more germs on the typical public restroom sink and faucet than there were in the toilet.

Ewwwwww.

[merh]

15. Studies show that there are more germs on the average keyboard

than in public toilets.

[DesertFlower]

2. i threw my dad's slippers at him and i

didn't have his permission.

[MADem]

3. Ah. The permission aspect! The violence of the act threw me!

What a funny little test....it's probably accurate, too.

[underpants]

4. Republicans are too busy in public bathrooms

[XemaSab]

6. No

Republicans know where the hands have been that were touching that faucet. x(

[old mark]

7. Yet, if you destroy everyone's air and drinking water,

you are a Conservative.

Not to mention sinking the economy and killing thousands of Americans and many times that many other people for no real reason....

Hey, dad.....


mark

[Marr]

8. Don't ask them *question*. Tell them about a recent incident of police brutality.

A Conservative will *always* defend the police, even when they have no details of the incident. It's a kneejerk reaction that is, in my experience, practically universal among Conservatives.

[supernova]

9. No, I wouldn't

And no, my dad wasn't the vaudeville type. LOL.

But that doesn't make me any less of a liberal.

[Political Heretic]

10. There are so many exceptions to "studies" like this they are hardly worth anything.

[shadowknows69]

11. Who does these studies? And where can I sign up?

Because if it's one thing I love, it's making money for doing something completely silly and useless. That's why I used to be in radio.

[Fleshdancer]

12. I wouldn't slap my father and I'm not afraid of faucets.

Does this make me a moderate?

[Bucky]

13. CatWoman, if you knew my father, you would NOT want to slap him

He's a kind, decent man. Hug him and admire him, or at least just leave him alone.

[Fuzz]

14. I'd lick a public faucet if I could slap my sister a few times.

;)

[Fla_Democrat]

16. Hell no

Permission or not.... he may forget he gave it and beat the crap out of me. For an old timer, he's still a bear of a man. :scared:

As for the faucet... do they still make those? Every restroom I had to visit in the past few years had motion sensors on them... granted, sometimes they don't work.. and you look like you're playing patty cake with the sink..... :evilgrin: