Liberal Bias vs Conservative Bias

[cegman]

I've been reading a lot of things lately about Bias and whether it is a liberal or conservative bias. I would like to hear peoples opinion on what each means.

My idea of a liberal bias is Super-Size-Me It calls for government intervention and companies to stop doing things because people are to stupid choose good food.

A conservative bias example would be the FatHead Movie which argues that people aren't stupid when it comes to food choices and the government should let people make their own choices.

I understand that this definition won't be the same for everyone and that people could argue why me thinking these are liberal vs conservative is wrong but they are just good examples of how I view Liberal and Conservative Bias.

Please don't argue about a persons idea of liberal vs conservative I just think it would be a good idea for us to start getting out there what our idea is so that we can understand where the other person is coming from.

Edited to make it easier to understand what I feel the movies are about.

 

[GenMarshall]

In the US, it's pretty divided and partisan. So you're going to see two sides dukeing it out.

 

[Perfection]

I have a strong bias for truth.

 

[JollyRoger]

A conservative bias example would be theFatHead Movie which argues that people aren't stupid and the government should let people make their own choices.

Is that the movie about the lesbian gay married couple that have dual abortions?

 

[cegman]

Is that the movie about the lesbian gay married couple that have dual abortions?

No it is the movie that says the Supersize me movie is full of bologna.

 

[Perfection]

In the context of skepticism it's spelled "Baloney"

 

[JollyRoger]

No it is the movie that says the Supersize me movie is full of bologna.

But the movie I described would be coinsidered to have a conservative bias, right?

 

[cegman]

But the movie I described would be coinsidered to have a conservative bias, right?

If you would consider it having a conservative bias then yes in your mind it would have a conservative bias.

 

[JollyRoger]

If you would consider it having a conservative bias then yes in your mind it would have a conservative bias.

If

the government should let people make their own choices

were my criteria of what constitutes conservative bias, I should likely reach that conclusion.

 

[BuckyRea]

In the context of skepticism it's spelled "Baloney"

If that guy had eaten baloney sandwiches instead of Big Macs, he wouldn't have been super-sized.

 

[Shadowbound]

The problem is, reality has a well-known liberal bias.

 

[Shekwan]

Reality has a liberal bias.

The Magic Man In The Sky Who Talks To The Paedophile King has a conservative bias.

 

[Traitorfish]

My idea of a liberal bias is Super-Size-Me It calls for government intervention and companies to stop doing things because people are to stupid choose good food.

A conservative bias example would be the FatHead Movie which argues that people aren't stupid when it comes to food choices and the government should let people make their own choices.

Given that it is generally conservatives who argue for the innate and unshakable stupidity of the working man, hence their firm conviction that he must put his faith in priests, bankers and generals, I would suggest that you are picking two less-than-wholly representative examples.

...Although, even then, I honestly can't remember the scene in Super-Size Me where he argues for state intervention in controlling people's diet. Educating people about healthy eating and obliging companies to make the nutritional value of their food known, but those aren't exactly the paternal, authoritarian policies you imply.

 

[GamezRule]

I have a strong bias for truth.

I agree.

 

[Formaldehyde]

If you want to understand bias, pick three or four current event topics and read about them in the NY Daily News, Washington Post, Fox News, and the NY Times websites. I think you should be able to discern the difference regardless which topics you pick.

 

[countrygrl]

The problem is, reality has a well-known liberal bias.

And sparing most economic matters, it has a factual bias as well.

 

[GamezRule]

Liberals tend to know facts better then conservatives, but the conservatives know their propaganda. That is why they get so confused in the face of truth.

(too much?)

 

[Traitorfish]

Liberals tend to know facts better then conservatives, but the conservatives know their propaganda. That is why they get so confused in the face of truth.

(too much?)

Not by an inch!

 

[Glassfan]

Liberals tend to know facts better then conservatives, but the conservatives know their propaganda. That is why they get so confused in the face of truth.

At least you recognize your own bias.

In my experience, political opinion and factual truth are independent variables. There are smart and dumb, well and poorly informed, optimistic and pessimistic, liars and truth sayers on both sides. By its' very nature, bias suggests a digression from truth.

Liberals think of conservatives as jingoist, racist, intolerant and stupid.
Conservatives believe liberals are immoral, politically correct, intolerant traitors.

Both sides are probably wrong, except concerning intolerance.

 

[Bill3000]

And sparing most economic matters, it has a factual bias as well.

just use the global sense of the word and it stands to be true universally