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LEFTISTS ON THE EDGE
They’re even crazy in their sleep:
A dream researcher from John F. Kennedy University in California has discovered fundamental differences between the dream worlds of people on the ideological left and the ideological right.
Among his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered that liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams—including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters. Conservatives’ dreams were, on average, far more mundane and focused on realistic people, situations and settings ...
“While some of my colleagues think my research reinforces the stereotype of repressed, uptight conservatives, it also shows that many liberals may he hanging on the edge of mental well-being,” Mr. Bulkeley said. “There may be a lot of hidden distress and unpleasantness in the liberal mind.”
It’s not exactly hidden.
(Via andycanuck)
What’s wrong with dreaming about a wide variety of sexual encounters? And why do the lefties have the monopoly?
Lord Karl, can you explain this?
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 09 28 at 12:47 AM • permalinkMuch as I like the idea that science confirms liberals as paranoid fantasists, this ‘study’ is classic academic BS, straight from the University of Laputa. The ‘affect’ of dreams - the way they feel to the dreamer - is unquantifiable and incommunicable, and any attempt to define it belongs more to the realm of literature than psychology.
Funny that.
I dreameed the other night that every 747 on the planet was chartered by the Left for a mass evacuation to Saudi Arabia so that they could all get an intoxicating whiff of Sharia Law in person.The really weird bit was that most of them (druggies, sodomites, adulterers, and those who attempted to form a protest rally in Riyadh), were never seen nor heard from again.
oh god, I can’t believe I’m actually going to attempt to explain this, but here goes…
According to the article, the only robust finding is the difference in sexual scenarios. But how did he define “conservatives” when he selected these people? If sexual conservatism, family values, and belief in monogamy was part of his criteria, then of course those dream more about monogomous sex. If that’s the case, then the finding is banal. If he used voting patterns, or attitudes to gun ownership, capitalism, or Iraq, then the study is more interesting, but the article doesn’t say how “conservative” was defined. I’m guessing it’s the banal version, which makes it a no-brainer.Posted by daddy dave on 2006 09 28 at 01:15 AM • permalinkand vice versa, if he classified people as “liberal” based on their sexual attitudes, then naturally those people are going to have more bizarre sex dreams.
Posted by daddy dave on 2006 09 28 at 01:20 AM • permalinkyeah, I guess there’s that angle to it as well…
Posted by daddy dave on 2006 09 28 at 01:30 AM • permalinkAmong his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered that liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams—including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters
For Bill Clinton it came true.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 09 28 at 01:32 AM • permalinkDoes quantity or depravity of the dreams make it more or less “liberal”?
If one right winger has a dream involving a midget, a donkey, a football team Osama bin liner and a lot of effort does that cancel out 2 dreams of wife swapping for the other side?
Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2006 09 28 at 01:51 AM • permalinkJFKU, which is based just a couple of miles from me is mostly famous for its
Holistic Studies Department and its semi-accredited law school. In the 1970s, they offered degrees in “paranormal” studies, although I trust that’s all been folded into the Holistic Studies department.For what its worth, it doesn’t really have a campus—it’s in an office park a half a block behind an Outback Steakhouse.
liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams—including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters.
Does that mean that Paris Hilton is turning me to the left? Or maybe I’m a closet leftist…dammit, oh well- I’m off to the mainstream media, nice knowing you guys, errr I mean see you in hell fascist pigs.#23 - Paris Hilton? You do know that your dreams can include anyone? She’s seen more pricks than a second hand dart board. Why limit yourself to that vacuous slag.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2006 09 28 at 03:11 AM • permalink#23, you too? Although, in a weird twist, I ran off with her best friend after 5 minutes.
I’m not going to admit any more for fear of accusations of being a leftie spy.
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2006 09 28 at 04:02 AM • permalinkAm I the only one here who uses sleepy dream time for useful pursuits such as planning enhancements to the landscaping around my home?
Y’all are such wastrels. You should all be ashamed. And, as soon as I figure out how to get the grass to actually grown in evenly spaced and manicured 6 inch cubes suspended in the air in a staggered column pattern, y’all are gonna be so jealous too!!
What’s wrong with dreaming about a wide variety of sexual encounters? And why do the lefties have the monopoly?
You’re missing the point—some people dream because they cannot do.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 09 28 at 05:30 AM • permalinkAm I a left-wing moonbat dreaming I am a right-wing death beast or a right wing death beast dreaming I am a left-wing moonbat?
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 09 28 at 05:55 AM • permalink#34. MF that’s too hard for me. I’m just a bogan. Can’t remember half my dreams, and those I do are all over the shop anyway.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 09 28 at 06:41 AM • permalinkLEFTISTS ON THE EDGE
Kosh
JUMP…. JUMP NOW
/KoshPosted by Patrick Chester on 2006 09 28 at 07:07 AM • permalinkI realize California has a shitload of institutions of higher learning, but JFK University? Never heard of it.
Overall, conservative males appear to sleep the most soundly and remember the fewest dreams, while liberal women are the most restless sleepers and fantastical dreamers.
Could it be that liberal women are left so unsatisfied during their waking hours, they have to make up for it when they’re asleep? Doesn’t say a lot for liberal men, does it? And apparently conservative males go to sleep well satisfied which does speak volumes about conservative females.
For the record, even though I consider myself fairly down-to-earth and steady (and not the least bit repressed nor uptight), I do have some outrageously bizarre and colorful dreams (though logical—they’re always logical in their way and sexual encounters are indeed monogamous). Quite entertaining, really. I love ‘em!
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2006 09 28 at 11:12 AM • permalinkJFK university is an SF Bay Area franchised “night school” for part-time working students, much like the University of Phoenix or Golden Gate U.
Not exactly a top-flight research university. On the other hand the teachers at these places are often working professionals themselves, and very practical-minded folks as opposed to wool-headed academics.
“Among his findings, Kelly Bulkeley discovered that liberals are more restless sleepers and have a higher number of bizarre, surreal dreams—including fantasy settings and a wide variety of sexual encounters.”
Unfortunately for the leftys, most of these dream “encounters” involve various types of barnyard animals.
And, if you take a good look at your average lefty females, it isn’t hard to see why.
Posted by Dave Surls on 2006 09 28 at 02:18 PM • permalinkErm, I’m not exactly sexually conservative (at least that’s what John Norman told the judge when he requested the TRO), but my dreams are fairly mundane. Perhaps that’s why?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 09 28 at 08:04 PM • permalinkIts all very well to talk about dreams but what about “vision” we know us conservatives don’t have any “vision” because the lefties tell us so.
Posted by the nailgun on 2006 09 28 at 09:26 PM • permalink#43. Erm, I’m not exactly sexually conservative (at least that’s what John Norman told the judge when he requested the TRO), but my dreams are fairly mundane. Perhaps that’s why?
My youth was so misspent that I used to dream I was reading books. Just about every night, I dreamt books. Nonfiction; I read plenty of fiction in real life.
After I got married, my dream life definitely turned peculiar.
Well, that explains the Carter Administration.
Posted by Michael Lonie on 2006 09 28 at 09:31 PM • permalink“There may be a lot of hidden distress and unpleasantness in the liberal mind.”
Spaer a thought for us libertarian types. We have the bad dreams, the angst, the unpleasantness, and no world peace and phoney brotherhood of all men.
if there are any liberals out there, I’ll see your distress and raise you some unpleasantness…
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Don’t these people have more worthwhile things to research? Like how to stop global wooling?