If I were feeling particularly roguish I might then note that various studies have shown liberals tend to have higher IQs, hinting that yours may not be quite up to snuff. You might then counter that it is a cultural artifact that liberal states tend to have better educated populaces and lower crime, and you would likely question my cited 'studies,' as well as my IQ.
No, I wouldn't. I'd question the relevance that liberals tend to have higher IQs. In part, because the differences are, although perhaps not statisticly insignificant, very small indeed. I'd also point out that the differences in the average IQ is higher between races in America than between liberals and conservatives. (I'm not either, BTW) For example, the highest IQ race? Ethnic Jews. "Wait, what? Aren't Jews, as a race, predominately liberal?" Why, yes, they are. "Why is that?" Because most of them grew up in cities dominated by liberal politics, such as NYC, Chicago and LA; and it's damn difficult to shake off false politics even with a high IQ. "Why did they grow up there?" Because their parents and grandparents lived in urban areas, because they tended to avoid rural racism that may or may not have existed when they emigrated to the United States, many of whom came immediately prior to and after WWII, fleeing even worse racism in Europe.
Going further, I personally don't put much value in IQ as a measurement of intelligence, because it was never intended to measure high intelligence. It is a ratio that measures the rate of free association (learning curve) between a subject and the average child peer. It was originally developed to predict the odds of independent success of a mentally challenged child as they approach adulthood. It was never intended to measure high, or even average, function of adults in comparison to one another, and thus has little meaning in this context.
And homeschooled children, regardless of class, race or political ideology (or any other comparison) tend to absolutely destroy their institutionally educated peers (both public and private) on any standardized test that could measure IQ with any acceptable accuracy. How would that fit into your predictive argument model?
Okay, so most of my post was overwritten, but it's a little better now at least.
Obviously I can't predict what another person is going to give as an argument. My point was simply that debates about political ideology masquerading as nationalistic bickering tend to go nowhere. (Much like actual nationalistic bickering.) We all want to live in different worlds.
