As I’ve tried to explain to people that attitudes often express the world we would like in, rather than the one we actually do. But the point is often lost on people, and that, too, is quite predictable.
The following article from the Washington Post contains some facts about attitudes that everyone should read:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300933_pf.html
