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Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by antisthenes on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:57AM (#11830676)
> how is this statement different than e.g. "the democratic party is the party of socialists and communists"?

Because socialists and communists does not actually carry the negative connotations you ascribe it, while creationists and climate deniers does.

One is a valid policy stance, while the other is just flat out rejection of reality.

Re:Why Are the Highly Educated So Liberal? by gallonofmilk on Saturday June 04, 2016 @04:52AM (#11835571)
> Because socialists and communists does not actually carry the negative connotations you ascribe it

Tell that to North Korea, Venezuela, China, the Soviet Union, etc etc

Your statement is purely subjective which was my original point that classifying an entire group based on what a fraction of that group says isn't really valid. In the US we only have two major political parties so chances are people will either fall into one or the other based on various factors and influences including but not limited to education.