>NoBody wrote:
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>> On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 16:07:36 -0500, David Hartung <junk@nogood.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 8/6/24 11:20, Lee wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> JD Vance falsely accuses Algerian
>> >> Olympic boxer of being transgender
>> >> & weirdly blames Kamala Harris
>> >> Aug 5
>> >>
>> >> In a contentious and misleading
>> >> post on social media, JD Vance,
>> >> the Republican vice-presidential
>> >> nominee, launched an attack on
>> >> Vice President Kamala Harris�s
>> >> support for LGBTQ+ inclusivity.
>> >> Vance falsely accused Algerian
>> >> Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of
>> >> being transgender, causing
>> >> widespread condemnation and
>> >> backlash from human rights
>> >> advocates.
>> >>
>> >> In his tweet, Vance commented,
>> >> �This is where Kamala Harris�s
>> >> ideas about gender lead: to a
>> >> grown man pummeling a woman in
>> >> a boxing match. This is
>> >> disgusting, and all of our
>> >> leaders should condemn it.�
>> >> Kirk�s post, which Vance
>> >> retweeted, falsely claimed,
>> >> �The Olympics just allowed a
>> >> biological man, Imane Khelif,
>> >> to pummel Italian Olympian
>> >> Angela Carini. Her life�s work
>> >> was stolen by a man who beats
>> >> up women for sport. Will
>> >> someone have to die before
>> >> people wake up?! This entire
>> >> ideology is pure evil.�
>> >
>> > Nothing bizarre here.
>> >
>> >> Contrary to these claims,
>> >> Imane Khelif is a cisgender
>> >> woman who has never identified
>> >> as transgender.
>> >>
>> >> https://www.advocate.com/news/jd-vance-criticizes-boxer-harris
>> >
>> > And yet there is this:
>> >
>> >
>https://www.iba.sport/news/statement-made-by-the-international-boxing-asso
>ciation-regarding-athletes-disqualifications-in-world-boxing-championships
>-2023/
>> > [...]
>> > The disqualification was based on two tests conducted on both
>> > athletes as follows:
>> >
>> > Test performed during the IBA Women�s World Boxing Championships
>> > in
>> > Istanbul 2022.
>> > Test performed during the IBA Women�s World Boxing Championships
>> > in
>> > New Delhi 2023.
>> >
>> > For clarification
>> >
>> > Lin Yu-ting did not appeal the IBA�s decision to the Court of
>> > Arbitration for Sport (CAS), thus rendering the decision legally
>> > binding.
>> > Imane Khelif initially appealed the decision to CAS but withdrew
>> > the appeal during the process, also making the IBA decision legally
>> > binding. [...]
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Don't you know that "science" doesn't matter when it interferes with a
>> leftie agenda?
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> Conservatives who deny the science
>behind everything from climate change
>to evolution to vaccinations dare to
>accuse others of science denial?
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Follow the science, rightists have inferior intelligence.

Study links low intelligence with right-wing beliefs
Wency Leung

Researchers have found a possible explanation for why certain people are
prejudiced: they're less intelligent.

Children with lower general intelligence are more likely to become
prejudiced as adults, according to a Brock University study.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, examined data
from two large-scale British studies, and found lower intelligence scores
in childhood were predictors of greater racism in adulthood, which the
researchers controversially explain is brought about by adopting right-wing
ideologies.

A secondary analysis of data from a U.S. study also showed those with poor
abstract-reasoning skills were more likely to have anti-homosexual
prejudice, partially linked to authoritarian attitudes.

Lead researcher Gordon Hodson told LiveScience that the results of the
study indicate a vicious cycle, in which people with low intelligence are
drawn to socially conservative ideologies. In turn, those ideologies can
contribute to prejudices.

"Socially conservative ideologies tend to offer structure and order," he
said, explaining why those with lower intelligence may gravitate toward the
right. "Unfortunately, many of these features can contribute to prejudice."

The researchers found that people with lower intelligence also tended to
have less contact with other races and groups, which, Dr. Hodson said,
supports previous research that determined interacting with other groups is
mentally challenging and cognitively draining.

Dr. Hodson explained the findings do not mean all liberals are smart and
all conservatives are stupid, LiveScience.com reports. "There are multiple
examples of very bright conservatives and not-so-bright liberals, and many
examples of very principled conservatives and very intolerant liberals," he
said.

Previous research has suggested that the brains of conservatives and
liberals are wired differently.