Fjorgynn said:

I think its funny that you are disgusted by me poking fun at conservatives.

Yes, I'm endorsing the study and all that jazz. I am not 'similarly loose' with contrary studies because science proves time and time again conservatives have more in common with faeces throwing apes than civilized people - no such studies exist. I DEFY you to demonstrate otherwise.

BTW I'm not a liberal but American conservatives are some of the most deranged creatures on the planet so how could the study be wrong.

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Like Seuss said I was not arguing about conservatives' integrity, I was arguing about you accepting a ridiculous study to prove things- some which the study didn't even claim to explore.

Apparently you think that if I disagree with a conclusion's support that must mean I think its wrong or support the ideology benifiting from the conclusion being wrong.  Guess what?  No.  I was disagreeing with your conclusions and saying they are silly.  This is why I say I don't want to discuss your other claims- it has nothing to do with anything.  Seems like you just want to argue "but they're really bad people" when this is completely irrelevant.  It also seems to reveal what you plainly state: that you don't care about the science you just want to bitch about conservatives and will abuse statistics and science to do that. 


And I'm disgusted you would believe harmful and prejudicial things about a large group on bullshit evidence, yes.  But I guess you show your colors when you say you only accept this ridiculous study because of your prejudices.  This is the bullshit I was disagreeeing with.  That isn't science and you seem to have one standard for studies that confirm your prejudices (ironically though you say the prejudices are based upon the studies, nice circular logic) and one for ones that oppose it- talk about confirmation bias!  How would you refuse the same study methodology that showed liberals have higher murder rates or drug dealing/abuse arrests?  Maybe corelation isn't confirmation?  Maybe you should read up on some stats and stop trying to be intellectually dishonest when it suits you're admitedly preconceived notions.

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Because my background is in economics and not religion or media, the media malpractice that gets me worked up the most usually involves numbers. No matter which newsroom I’ve worked in, the presence of numbers or numerical analysis seems to make journalists lose any brainpower. You should see what it’s like when reporters try to analyze polling data or governmental budgets. It’s just not pretty.

A reader sent along a story about a new nationwide study about porn usage. The story appears in the New Scientist. I have to be honest, if this story is any indication, that name must be satirical. There is literally nothing scientific about the report, headlined “Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers.”

There is literally not one scintilla of evidence to back up the claim, written by reporter Ewen Callaway. I’m not saying conservatives aren’t the biggest consumers of porn. I’m just saying that there is nothing in the story to substantiate that

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zappaisgod said:

Yep, the reporting and the OP

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Virus_with_Shoes said:

I don't think I did in my post but then again aren't all of those Moral Majority types from the right end of the spectrum anyway?

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I'd sure slather you up in a vat of pork renderings before I

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I need an adult! I need an adult!

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Let's just say that your a victim of a misperception.

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Fjorgynn said:

Please don't judge me, for I am just a humble man here to learn about conservatives and their porn consuming behavior patterns.

BTW way to dodge my challenge for you to demonstrate that conservatives aren't pre-cambrian apes. Very telling.

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johnm214 said:

I'm saying I will not... dispute your assertion that conservatives are apes

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The Christian Left sometimes differs from other Christian political groups on issues including homosexuality. This is often not a matter of different religious ideas, but one of focus — viewing the prohibitions against killing, or the criticism of concentrations of wealth, as far more important than social issues emphasized by the religious right, such as opposition to homosexuality.

Other members of the Christian left affirm that homosexual practice is compatible with the Christian life and believe common biblical arguments used to condemn homosexuality are either wrong, misinterpreted, or irrelevant to modern same-sex relationships.

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Are you claiming that church goers are only right leaning? I've yet to see a Christian church support porn

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The religious nut logs may well be mostly Conservative but that does not mean most Conservatives are religious nut logs.

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