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Title: Scientists Find 'Liberal Gene' (Is A Cure On The Way?)
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NBC
URL Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/wei ... Dd-Liberal-Gene-105917218.html
Published: Oct 28, 2010
Author: ERIC S. PAGE
Post Date: 2010-10-28 07:18:36 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 3099
Comments: 15
Researchers have determined that genetics could matter when it comes to some adults' political leanings. According to scientists at UC San Diego and Harvard University, "ideology is affected not just by social factors, but also by a dopamine receptor gene called DRD4." That and how many friends you had during high school. The study was led by UCSD's James Fowler and focused on 2,000 subjects from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Scientists matched the subjects' genetic information with "maps" of their social networks. According to researchers, they determined that people "with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene were more likely to be liberal as adults." However, the, subjects were only more likely to have leanings to the left if they were also socially active during adolescence. "It is the crucial interaction of two factors -- the genetic predisposition and the environmental condition of having many friends in adolescence -- that is associated with being more liberal,” according to the study. "These findings suggest that political affiliation is not based solely on the kind of social environment people experience,” said Fowler, who is a professor of political science and medical genetics. The researchers also said their findings held true no matter what the ethnicity, culture, sex or age of the subjects were.
Poster Comment: We can only pray that a cure is on the way. So they can't help it it is a genetic defect?
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Liberals = French Aristocracy circa 1789. Why have them?
The dopamine receptor D4 is a G protein-coupled receptor encoded by the DRD4 gene. It is linked to many neurological and psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia, Parkinsons disease, bipolar disorder, addictive behaviors including sex addiction, and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. I always new that leftists were nuts. I guess this proves it. ROTFLMAO.
Yeah, I always figured you were a French Prince or Princess, at least.
How would you best describe your political moniker, Jimbo? I mean we know you're an anarchist and Marxist who hates Christians and capitalism and loves regulation and Statism. But seriously.... And were you actually a "dirty %$#@*! hippie back in the day? And still?
Just updated Wikipedia: The dopamine receptor D4 is a G protein-coupled receptor encoded by the DRD4 gene.[1] As with other dopamine receptor subtypes, the D4 receptor is activated by the neurotransmitter dopamine. It is linked to many neurological and psychiatric conditions including schizophrenia, Parkinsons disease, bipolar disorder, liberalism [2], addictive behaviors including sex addiction, and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. ROTFLMAO!!!!!
Where do you go when you leave here? Think time stands still til you get back? 8D I believe we have finally breached the tipping point in the socio-political landscape of the United States of America. There will be no going back from here. Everyone on all levels of society including the elites must make a choice. Will you stand for real reform and an end of the feudalistic rule of the oligarchs and their paid-off puppets that line the streets of Washington D.C., or will you keep your mouth shut and play the old and dying game in the context of a completely different cultural environment?
How would you best describe your political moniker, Jimbo? I mean we know you're an anarchist and Marxist who hates Christians and capitalism and loves regulation and Statism. But seriously.... And were you actually a "dirty %$#@*! hippie back in the day? And still? Are you now defending Liberals!?
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LOL! You certainly don't expect any thing even close to a clear or rational answer from jimmy the burnt out pin head insane libTURD do ya L?
Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
SEE? Watch me mimic the posting habits of the red tuffed commie retarded wingnut sap sucker his own jimmy boyness his ownest self see ? Did I mention that evacuation of the entire region of the GoM is starting even as we speak?????????
Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
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Cause EVERYTHING that jimmy the red tuffed commie sap sucker says is jes SO damned important HE just gotta post three times in a row cause ya know he's SPECIAL eh? Did I mention that the submarines filled with north Koreans have been paid off by the big oil cult for starting the blow out so they could KILL the GoM cause they're jest so damned ebil CONSERVATIVES neico neoco neoco neocon neocon neocon neocons. Eh jimma boy? Jimma? JIMMA? JIMMA?
Living in mouth breather's empty noggins 24/7/365 totally rent free!
Should society handle this genetic abnormality they way liberals feel Downs baby children should be handled?
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Stupid cracker...you never did graduate from ESL, did you?
Racist boy is back after his one day bottom fest with his political position coach. " _____ needs a bullet in his forehead, what can I say?" Fred Mertz posted on 2005-07-09 0:16:45 ET Has your top given you your positions today? -----------------------------------------------------------
#2. To: A K A Stone (#0)
(Edited)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
#3. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Liberals = French Aristocracy
#4. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
Liberals = French Aristocracy circa 1789.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#0)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson
#6. To: Liberator (#4)
#7. To: Liberator, All (#4)
Liberals = French Aristocracy circa 1789.
#8. To: hondo68 (#3)
#9. To: Liberator, mctoejam aka mcgowanjm (#4)
How would you best describe your political moniker, Jimbo? I mean we know you're an anarchist and Marxist who hates Christians and capitalism and loves regulation and Statism. But seriously....
#10. To: Liberator, mctoejam aka mcgowanjm (#4)
How would you best describe your political moniker, Jimbo? I mean we know you're an anarchist and Marxist who hates Christians and capitalism and loves regulation and Statism. But seriously....
#11. To: mcgowanjm (#8)
Chicago in mild air as Great Lakes storm develops ... blog.chicagoweathercenter...s-weather-world-tuesdays-.
#12. To: Liberator, mctoejam aka mcgowanjm (#4)
How would you best describe your political moniker, Jimbo? I mean we know you're an anarchist and Marxist who hates Christians and capitalism and loves regulation and Statism. But seriously...
#13. To: A K A Stone (#0)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#14. To: WhiteSands (#13)
#15. To: Fred Mertz, I-would-like-to-see-a-bullet-in-his-forehead-fred (#14)
(Edited)
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
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