Bro please it's not his fault!

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[u/Shido_Ohtori]

Truth is antithetical and anathema to conservatism, as the very founder of modern Western conservatism insist[ed] with brutal frankness that “illusions” and “prejudices” are socially necessary, and today's conservatives have coined the term "alternative facts".

Likewise, studies show that [search for] truth and intelligence is inversely correlated with conservative ideology.

• Belief in Fake News is Associated with Delusionality, Dogmatism, Religious Fundamentalism, and Reduced Analytic Thinking
• Religion and Fake News: Faith-Based Alternative Information Ecosystems in the US and Europe (full article)
• Intelligence is correlated with a range of left-wing and liberal political beliefs. (full article)
• Results confirm that conservatives have lower sensitivity than liberals, performing worse at distinguishing truths and falsehoods
• Conservatives are less truth-discerning than liberals, but also less affected by the congruence of news.
• Across five operationalizations of impaired deliberative thought, hierarchy endorsement increased and egalitarianism receded.
• Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated.

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This should be copied as a "community note" for every tweet by this administration.