OK. You did not qualify earlier thus my earlier response.Belinda wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 9:47 amThe evidence I bring to the table is political, especially present day British politics, and to a more limited extent American politics, including South America.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 5:58 amDo you have researched evidence on the above?
It is more likely due to your prejudice and confirmation bias.
Yes, there are extremes from both side, but on average the left-wingers are the worst of the lot in term of rational discussions.
E.g. how can left-wingers like those from Antifa have high emotional intelligence.
From my personal experience with left-wingers, they are more "emotional" than being emotional intelligent.
In most cases, I have came across, left-wingers do not persist in rational discussions with arguments and reasons but they merely get emotional with all sort of outbursts or avoidances.
Note this emotional outburst and madness from Ben Affleck had while Bill Maher and Sam Harris were trying to argue rationally with facts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60
For instance the British Conservative Party neglected to lay up stores of personal protective equipment against an inevitable pandemic, and moreover starved the National Health Service of powers and money. The British Conservative party, while there are a few good men in it, tends to neglect welfare of the poor while steering profits from economic growth towards the already rich.
I agree in this specific case, the UK government handling of the Covid19 pandemic is a great embarrassment.
I read some reports, there is a shift of the majority of the left to the center and what is representing the "left" at the present are the irrational and emotional "progressives."
On the other hand, the dominant right has also shifted to the center this is why many on the left since 5 years ago has converted to the right. The extreme right are not that dominant at present.