answer:Yep. I’ve been reading a book on this sort of thing by Jonathan Haidt, as mentioned in the article. However I don’t think Haidt would say as the article does that this is an accidental angle of the Republican Party. Haidt describes the moral principles of liberals and conservatives, and says they overlap, but that conservatives has a few more than liberals do, one of them being Authority, as discussed here. That gives conservatives and advantage in understanding liberal thinking compared to liberals trying to understand conservatives, at least according to this interesting and evidence-supported way of understanding the differences in their moral sensitivities. I first heard of this idea from Haidt back in 2008, when he gave a nice TED talk about it. It gives good insight into what’s going on with conservatives, which liberals may have a hard time understanding. I don’t think it’s a perfect model, but I think it offers a lot of insight and potential for improved understanding and communication. I actually used to be less restrained than I have been since 2008 in my OMG WTF reactions. ;-)