conservatives: liberal = smart?

What's so funny about the "many friends in high school = future liberal" statistic is that, no matter what the outcome of that study was, both liberals and conservatives will easily spin the conclusion to match their own notions about themselves and "the other side"

e.g.

Option 1: "Study says having a lot of friends in high school makes you a liberal"

conservatives: yeah no kidding, the left is all about following "the in crowd," and never thinking for themselves. Never change, Libtards.

liberals: when you have a lot of friends from different backgrounds you are more likely to be tolerant and see things from someone eles's perspective all your life. diversity is our strength etc

Option 2: (but if the study had said) "study says having few friends in high school makes you a liberal"

conservatives: no wonder! liberals are anti-social grievance mongers and are composed of societies freaks and weirdos. they can't make friends, they're too busy being angry complainers! never change, libtards.

liberals: this is because we liberals are the underdogs, the downtrodden, the repressed in society. we are used to being outsiders looking in...

And it's not too hard to figure out what the rhetoric would be for "not many friends in high school = conservative" and vice versa.easily,