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Nearly 3 in 4 fear losing personal liberties because of coronavirus: Poll
The Washington Examiner ^ | 21 April 20 | Madison Dibble

Posted on 04/21/2020 3:21:01 AM PDT by Bruiser 10

Almost three-quarters of adults living in the United States are afraid that the coronavirus will diminish their personal freedoms.

According to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Monday, 74% of respondents said they fear losing liberties as a result of the pandemic. The survey, which was taken from April 6 to 7, was conducted as governors around the nation began implementing aggressive social distancing policies.

At that time, many governors had placed bans on gatherings of more than 10 people and barred residents from eating in restaurants, visiting movie theaters, and going to work for businesses deemed nonessential. The survey was taken before many states had ramped up their restrictions, triggering protests across the nation, including demonstrations against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's ban on selling nonessential items.

With many states barring nonessential workplaces from functioning, 43% of respondents reported fears of losing their jobs. More than 21 million people have been added to the jobless numbers since the pandemic hit the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; freedom; liberty; shutdown
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To: real saxophonist

breakroom propaganda chart


21 posted on 04/21/2020 5:25:05 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bert

What?


22 posted on 04/21/2020 5:34:29 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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To: real saxophonist

The chart came from the breakroom rather than from engineering or treasury


23 posted on 04/21/2020 6:03:46 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bert

Yeah. It’s humor. NOT propaganda, NOT serious. Humor.


24 posted on 04/21/2020 6:05:40 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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To: real saxophonist

... And the best humor is based in truth...


25 posted on 04/21/2020 6:06:55 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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To: Bruiser 10


26 posted on 04/21/2020 6:10:51 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Bruiser 10

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel


27 posted on 04/21/2020 7:20:18 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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