This is the way birds think January 03, 2007 10:26 PM
but on them it's cute. Human beings are supposed to have greater intelligence.
"This intolerance of ambiguity can lead people to cling to the familiar, to arrive at premature conclusions, and to impose simplistic cliches and stereotypes," the authors argue in the Psychological Bulletin.
Fear of the unknown or Chicken Little "sky is falling" mindset is what drives Moderates as well as the Radically Right. The Moderates may not be as vocal but they prop up the Radical Right by going along with them. Moderates don't speak out against the Radical policies because they think the Radical Right are protecting their "security".
Not "all" Moderates of course but the vast majority.