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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: eyeeatingfish on August 15, 2023, 12:40:14 AM
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This is very troubling. 30 million Americans believe violence is justified to keep Trump out of evidence while 18 million Americans believe violence is justified to return him to office. In total that is almost 20% of the USA population supporting violence for their position on a candidate.
I think these numbers do help to illustrate how people on those two sides feel that censorship, slanted news reporting, and government thumbs on the scales are justified when it comes to Trump and his opposition.
It is also interesting that anti-trump people are twice as likely to justify violence as pro-trump people.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-chicago-report-30-million-americans-believe-violence-justified-to-keep-trump-from-presidency/
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Those 30 million also want the government to end private firearm ownership, supported concentration camps for the unvaxxed, and insist that they could run a "good" communist government even though historically it always turns into a bloodbath.
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"The use of force" =/= "more people favor using violence"
If you don't know the difference, I'm sure many "activists" will be happy to inform you. The OP should appreciate the difference. Not symantics.
Are there Americans who are "radicalized"? Sure, but that's for many facets of society, politics, etc. . .
And THIS is the type of crap reporting with twisted narratives that are "feeding" the minds of those looking for "breaking campus news". ::)
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Those 30 million also want the government to end private firearm ownership, supported concentration camps for the unvaxxed, and insist that they could run a "good" communist government even though historically it always turns into a bloodbath.
The study did not cover those issues.
Also, when you look closer at the numbers, approximately 7 percent of republicans also held the belief that force was justified to keep Trump from being president so that 30 million isn't only liberals.
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"The use of force" =/= "more people favor using violence"
If you don't know the difference, I'm sure many "activists" will be happy to inform you. The OP should appreciate the difference. Not symantics.
Are there Americans who are "radicalized"? Sure, but that's for many facets of society, politics, etc. . .
And THIS is the type of crap reporting with twisted narratives that are "feeding" the minds of those looking for "breaking campus news". ::)
This is a very fair point because when push comes to shove a lot of people would wuss out. By that I mean people could talk big but not actually show up and use violence. Many of them might think force is justified but hope someone else be the ones to use force.
I wouldn't consider it crap reporting though, beliefs don't always translate into action, but can still be something to look at as a measure of the health of a society.