Posted on 03/21/2021 2:06:10 PM PDT by John Semmens
While the media and the Democrat Party have been touting the threat of right-wing violence to our democracy, recent poll results suggest a greater threat comes from the left.
The American National Elections Studies has been conducting polls before and after presidential elections in this country since 1948. One of the questions in these polls is "How much do you feel it is justified for people to use violence to pursue their political goals in this country?" Respondents were given the following choices: "Not at all," "A little," "A moderate amount," "A lot," and "A great deal." This year's poll surveyed 8,280 persons.
Among respondents who self-identified as "very conservative" 95.8% chose the "not at all" answer. Among respondents who self-identified as "very liberal" 66.5% chose the "not at all" answer. This leaves us with 4.2% of "very conservative" people endorsing some level of violence vs. 33.5% of "very liberal" people endorsing some level of violence in order to achieve political goals.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) distinguished between "the righteous wrath expressed by social justice warriors against America's inherently racist system and the unwarranted efforts to continue oppressing minorities. Those treated unfairly by the system have a right to fight against it. Those supporting the system have no right to resist those who want to change it. Political violence to tear down capitalism and replace it with socialism is meritorious. Opposition to socialism, whether violent or not, is never justified."
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Not even funny. Just fact. Antifa is the military arm of the democrat party.
They aren’t liberals
While it often is, to my knowledge John has never claimed “even funny”.
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