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This simple question turns out to be an effective way of gauging the gut-level feeling people have toward different groups—in this case, members of various religious traditions.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Watch people carefully, look for common interests and traits you respect - vs. gut-level attractiveness - and summon the courage to make small first moves toward friendship.
Bewitched, then bothered, then bewildered. Repeat. Post 2011
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See this video clip from Dave Johnson for a gut-level response from a Wisconsin farmer.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Wisconsin Governor's Allies Ran a Toxic Bailout Bank... and Got Rich RJ 2011
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See this video clip from Dave Johnson for a gut-level response from a Wisconsin farmer.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Wisconsin Governor's Allies Ran a Toxic Bailout Bank... and Got Rich RJ 2011
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Ironically, this hyper-rationality probably was driven in part by a gut-level distaste for the untamed "female" quality of emotions.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu said: My immediate gut-level reaction is positive, and I want to commend him De Klerk.
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Mark Dyrholm may not have been an ideal candidate, but he at least has a gut-level longing for much smaller government and resistance to social engineering.
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Visceral, gut-level views about right and wrong, morality, diversity and tolerance more broadly now define party competition in America.
Jonathan Weiler: From Soup to Nuts: The Authoritarian Transformation of the Republican Party Jonathan Weiler 2010
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Watch people carefully, look for common interests and traits you respect - vs. gut-level attractiveness - and summon the courage to make small first moves toward friendship.
Bewitched, then bothered, then bewildered. Repeat. Post 2011
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Ironically, this hyper-rationality probably was driven in part by a gut-level distaste for the untamed "female" quality of emotions.
Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010
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