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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by Sir_Substance on Friday June 03, 2016 @06:46AM (#11829482)
>"The more education you have, the more you're prepared to accept the possibility that you're wrong."

I've never met or seen anyone who self-identifies with a specific political label who was willing to accept they might be wrong.

That includes liberals. To be honest, the inability to consider alternative viewpoints is an attribute I associate strongly with liberals in particular.

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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by aaronhoffman on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:01AM (#11829546)
"Libertarianism is wedded to an epistemological humility...we know we don’t know as much as we think we know."
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