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The Conservitive "Backfire Effect" Do you think that it can be debunked?

And if so, would they refute it? And, furthermore, would they believe it if it were refuted?

Read the study first if you don't know:

http://www.duke.edu/~bjn3/nyhan-reifler.pdf

Update:

The Abstract was kinda vague, sorry.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2008/09/the_...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The abstract was written from the point of view that the reader had already read the entire article and knew what the writer was referring to.

    And I am not going to read a 47 page document to find out.

    You need to summarize it for us.

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