Tiptup said:
Rob said:

The fact that you would even entertain such laughable stereotypes makes you sound like a real dunce. And a big queer.

The stereotype may be laughable, but that doesn't mean that it can't be true:

http://people-press.org/report/215/news-audiences-increasingly-politicized

This is from the fourth page:

"The attentive audience for political, international and financial news tends to be better educated and middle-aged. Whites and blacks express comparable levels of interest (32% for whites, 35% for blacks), but Hispanics are less apt to follow hard news closely (23%). Republicans pay somewhat more attention (at 38%) than do Democrats or independents (30% each)."

I don't how they calculate that last bit, but PEW is a pretty respected source. Perhaps you can tell me how they're wrong.

Anecdotally speaking, my experiences have backed up these studies and so i've never felt the need to look at them closely. (That's probably not something I should do, but . . . eh.) If I want to know which side is arguing hard data, events, and logic, I look to the republican and conservative side. If I want to see who is repeating mindless chants and phrases at rallies, dinging chimes over dead soldiers, or simply expressing raw emotion or general nastiness, I look to socialists. If that makes me a dunce and a queer, then perhaps I need to be educated. In the meantime I don't think my perception is wrong.

I like how both of them are under the majority. So the majority of people on either side have no idea waht the hell is going on, and thats very dangerous.