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				 Aha! 
 
			
			Keyser Söze  wrote: Well, this explains some of the boys here...
 
 https://tinyurl.com/yc7ub7zv
 
 Excerpt:
 
 There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and
 prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to
 stir public controversy.
 
 The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely
 to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a
 vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a
 psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults
 tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study
 found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to
 change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an
 email to LiveScience.
 
 "Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical
 that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he
 said.
 
 Controversy ahead
 
 The findings combine three hot-button topics.
 
 "They've pulled off the trifecta of controversial topics," said Brian
 Nosek, a social and cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia
 who was not involved in the study. "When one selects intelligence,
 political ideology and racism and looks at any of the relationships
 between those three variables, it's bound to upset somebody."
 
 Polling data and social and political science research do show that
 prejudice is more common in those who hold right-wing ideals that those
 of other political persuasions, Nosek told LiveScience. [7 Thoughts That
 Are Bad For You]
 
 "The unique contribution here is trying to make some progress on the
 most challenging aspect of this," Nosek said, referring to the new
 study. "It's not that a relationship like that exists, but why it exists."
 
No wonder Donnie is homophobic and racist in his comments.
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