Liberals and Conservatives React in Wildly Different Ways to Repulsive Pictures

To a surprising degree, our political beliefs may derive from a specific aspect of our biological makeup: our propensity to feel physical revulsion

The Atlantic
Feb 5, 2019 · 14 min read
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By Kathleen McAuliffe

I. “My Jaw Dropped”

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