Posted on 03/16/2021 7:26:22 AM PDT by Heartlander
A recent poll has found that white liberals are more likely to agree that violence is justified to push their political goals than people on the right.
The results were reported by the American National Elections Studies, which was founded by the National Science Foundation in 1977. The Time Series Study has been conducted since 1948 before and after U.S. general elections.
Poll respondents were asked: “How much do you feel it is justified for people to use violence to pursue their political goals in this country?” They were presented with answers including “Not at all,” “A little,” “A moderate amount,” A lot,” and “A great deal.” The poll was conducted with 8,280 interviews.
Part of the study was recently shared on Twitter by commentator Jordan Peterson:
Bad. And getting worse? pic.twitter.com/M2VCBBaeZh
The graph Peterson shared shows several political groups and the percentage of respondents who answered “Not at all” to the question: “How much do you feel it is justified for people to use violence to pursue their political goals in this country?
Those on the right were not much interested in using violence to push their political agenda.
Only 95.8% of “very conservative” white respondents said violence should never be used for a political agenda (93.3% in 2016). “Conservative” respondents were nearly identical, with 95% disavowing political violence in 2020 (93.3% in 2016).
But the question does not look good on the left.
The poll found that only 66.5% of “very liberal” white respondents said it was wrong to use violence. That means that over a third of “very liberal” Americans would justify using some or a “great deal” of violence. In the 2016 survey, the percent of “very liberal” respondents willing to endorse political violence was much higher at 86.9%.
Also, 82.8% who said they were “liberal” also said they were against political violence, down from 88.1% in 2016.
So-called moderates were also not looking great, here. The poll found that 85.8 percent said they were against political violence.
Notice what this means. It means that only those on the right stood against violence.
That goes quite against the lies of the left and their lapdogs in the media, huh?
Social justice jihadis
Now we know what those 3000 Mexican “boys” between 15-18 with no mother and father being housed in Dallas are about to do.
Approve hell. They’re behind it. All the gear that pantyfa and $blm are wearing ain’t free.
I approve of meeting violence with violence.
Who has guns?
Sound like our side needs to get their head out of their azz.
Effective communication is important. If I tell you in Turkish that you may not cross a certain line or there will be violent repercussions, you probably will not understand what I said to you (unless you speak Turkish). I have not communicated effectively and you will probably not be deterred from crossing that line.
If they know that violence on their part may be met with violence on our part they may elect not to cross the line. If they do cross it, then we can “peaceably protest” their crossing the line and then they will understand. Well, the survivors will get the message.
I was stunned at how many of my Democrat and self described as liberal friends were in total support of the Antifa/BLM riots and street violence of 2020.
Close to 100% were not just justifying the burning and looting of our cities, they were cheering the rioters on. There was no reasoning with them - they were totally convinced that the burning and looting were appropriate behavior and that white people deserved what they were getting
Seems odd that any lover of freedom would ever claim that violence is never justified.
They do. In increasing numbers. And uncle sugar is training them to shoot in the new woke army, despite lowered standards.
“White Democrats Approve of Violence to Further Their Political Goals”
Children playing with fire.
These Socialist/Globalists think this ways because they know that in a polite society, no one will retaliate in kind, or they feel they have enough power that if there is retaliation they will be able to overcome it with force. Either way, Conservatives/Patriots need to make a paradigm shift and recognize that violence in on the way and prepare for such.
I am not yet advocating going out and meeting the threat head on. All I am doing is pointing out that it is on the horizon, whether Conservatives/Patriots want it, or not.
That equation could change. And I think that’s why Democrats are scared if things continue the way they are. You push a people who don’t believe in using violence to their wit’s end, and we might find just how vicious things can get.
IOW, nothing has changed.
Young enough, male, American gun owners number more than the top ten armies in the world ... combined.
Duh
Yeah mostly ghetto trash. The real military the DNC fesrs is the 75 million they screwed out of their vote.
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