• Chart of the Week – Conspiracist Thinking and the Left/Right Spectrum

    This morning, some kind soul pointing me to PPP’s latest round of conspiracy-theory related questions, which you may find in complete form here: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2013/PPP_Release_National_1002.pdf

    In case you’re wondering whether it’s really worth looking into, I’ve made a couple of charts to tease you just a bit:

    gunz-yo

    This is pretty much what I would have expected, on this issue. Gun paranoia has become a proxy for conservative authenticity here in deep red Oklahoma, I’m not surprised to hear that it isn’t just us.

    sharia-Q13

    Once again, the “somewhat liberal” folk (people like myself) are the most likely to forthrighly reject conspiracist wackaloonery.

    Okay, okay, just one more chart:

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    Category: Damned Lies and StatisticsPolitics

    Article by: Damion Reinhardt

    Former fundie finds freethought fairly fab.