Researchers Find the 'Liberal Gene'

[thundley4]

Don't hold liberals responsible for their opinion -- they can't help themselves.

A new study has concluded that ideology is not just a social thing; it's built into the DNA, borne along by a gene called DRD4. Tagged "the liberal gene," DRD4 is the first specific bit of human DNA that predisposes people to certain political views, the study's authors claim.

And the key to it all: Liberals are more open, said lead researcher James H. Fowler, a professor of both medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego.

"The way openness is measured, it's really about receptivity to different lifestyles, for example, or different norms or customs," he told FoxNews.com. "We hypothesize that individuals with a genetic predisposition toward seeking out new experiences [a measure of openness] will tend to be more liberal" -- but only if they had a number of friends when growing up, Fowler cautioned.

This isn't a typical gene association study," he said. "There's a combination of genes and environment that matter."

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/28/researchers-liberal-gene-genetics-politics/

I don't have the gene.  I had plenty of friends, so I must not have the gene. Now scientists just have to find a cure.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I would have thought it was an entire extra chromosome...one with no detectable function, except to spread its lobes to try to sucker the more productive chromosomes into making copies of it, and then forcing the parent cell to work all the harder to support the useless Liberal chromosome and its copies...

 

[JohnnyReb]

I would have thought it was an entire extra chromosome...one with no detectable function, except to spread its lobes to try to sucker the more productive chromosomes into making copies of it, and then forcing the parent cell to work all the harder to support the useless Liberal chromosome and its copies...

 

In plain language...the one with both hands out.

[ColonialMarine0431]

I always figured it was due to a lack of oxygen at birth.

[true_blood]

Just like teh gheys now, the libs do not know what they do/think, due to their genes.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Just like teh gheys now, the libs do not know what they do/think, due to their genes.

[Chris_]

I think Obama put the same curtains in the Oval Office.

[DixieBelle]

Somewhere there is pic of Obama hanging a curtain.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Somewhere there is pic of Obama hanging a curtain.

"Faaaaaaaabulous!"

[thundley4]

I think Obama put the same curtains in the Oval Office.

That looked more like the material from one of 'Chelle's dresses.

[true_blood]

That looked more like the material from one of 'Chelle's dresses.

It can't be. It's not big enough.

[TVDOC]

I would have thought it was an entire extra chromosome...one with no detectable function, except to spread its lobes to try to sucker the more productive chromosomes into making copies of it, and then forcing the parent cell to work all the harder to support the useless Liberal chromosome and its copies...

 

To be optimistic, assuming this is true, it would mean the potential for retroviral gene therapy to develop a cure.......imagine a world without liberals!!

doc

[Eupher]

To be optimistic, assuming this is true, it would mean the potential for retroviral gene therapy to develop a cure.......imagine a world without liberals!!

doc

I dunno, Doc. I'm thinking they'd want to put a couple in the Smithsonian - hang it up there next to the "Spirit of St. Louis" or, if security is a concern, in the next room over from the Hope diamond.