People high on both right-wing and left-wing authoritarianism read as extreme hostility

Evidence

So Unauthoritarians showed almost no hostility nor dogmatism. Neither did Low-Highs (Left-Wingers). By contrast, High-Lows (Right-Wingers) always displayed significantly more hostility and dogmatism than these first two groups did, and so did the Wild Cards. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2960 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Right-wing authoritarians resist learning they are prejudiced. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 916; Hostile censorship advocates on campus are likely wild-card authoritarians; High-high authoritarians are mostly anti-Semitic militia-leaning right-wingers (+6 more)

Broader Connections