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Harvard/Harris Poll: Some Americans Who Describe Hamas Attacks as ‘Genocidal’ Say They Were Justified Anyway
National Review ^ | October 24, 2023 | Philip Klein

Posted on 10/29/2023 2:28:05 AM PDT by equaviator

...Noah already highlighted the Harvard/Harris poll showing a slight majority of younger Americans siding with Hamas, but I wanted to flag another eye-opening finding in the survey: A statistically significant group of them who describe the October 7 attacks as “genocidal” nonetheless support them.

Specifically, when asked, “Do you think that the attacks on Jews were genocidal in nature or not genocidal?” 62 percent of respondents aged 18 to 24 said yes. However, when asked, “Do you think the Hamas killing of 1200 Israeli civilians in Israel can be justified by the grievances of Palestinians or is it not justified?” a 51 percent to 49 percent majority said the attacks were justified.

To repeat: Sixty-two percent say the attacks were genocidal, but only 49 percent say the genocide against Jews wasn’t justified.

Unfortunately, it was not limited to this age group.

Among 25- to 34-year-olds, 71 percent said the attacks were genocidal, but only 52 percent said they weren’t justified; among 35- to 44-year-olds, 72 percent said they were genocidal compared to 61 percent who said they weren’t justified.

Only after age 45 do the numbers start to become more rational, with more people saying the attacks weren’t justified than saying they were genocidal.

There are two ways to interpret this finding. One is to think there are millions of Americans who are okay with genocide against the Jews. Another explanation is that there are millions of people who don’t know what “genocidal” means.

Or, as Sonny Corleone put it, “Did you go to college to get stupid?“


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Israel; War
KEYWORDS: genocide; hamas; islam; israel
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Palestinian educators who instilled the fierce hatred that made such brutality likely should be tried as war criminals.

They are just as guilty as Josef Goebbels.


21 posted on 10/29/2023 4:52:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: equaviator

It surprising how many morons calling themselves Americans are also some of the biggest azhos on the planet.


22 posted on 10/29/2023 4:53:30 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't be an attention ho. Country Music Stars aren't given Grammys by the retarded, "woke" left. )
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To: equaviator
millions of Americans who are okay with genocide against the Jews.

Many activists and academics over the past few years said that racism and oppression won't end until white people cease to exist.

Why are Jews surprised that leftists feel the same way about Jews?

The left isn't singling out Jews. The left is simply treating Jews like any other whites.


23 posted on 10/29/2023 4:54:11 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: equaviator
For anyone who ever asked, "How could the Germans allow the Holocaust to happen?", this is how it started!
24 posted on 10/29/2023 4:55:05 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: equaviator

It’s what happens when radicals take over the “education system”....they have no sense of right and wrong and they place no value on human life.


25 posted on 10/29/2023 4:57:38 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: RoosterRedux

Marxism has no love for Islam.

American ‘Marxists’ are really just power and money hungry people without productive talent.


26 posted on 10/29/2023 4:59:09 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Angelino97
"Why are Jews surprised that leftists feel the same way about Jews?"

Do you think Netanyahu is "surprised"? I don't think there are many Jews at all who are surprised.
27 posted on 10/29/2023 5:03:42 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: equaviator

Pedo Joe and the Democrats supporting the next Jewish holocaust!

sick and disgusting, especially coming from the promoters of microaggressions!


28 posted on 10/29/2023 5:11:38 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Brian Griffin

It wasn’t just the teachers. Hatred pervades the entire society.


29 posted on 10/29/2023 5:15:17 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Brian Griffin
"Palestinian educators who instilled the fierce hatred"

I don't care if they're Irish or Aboriginese. If they're doing that in our schools and universities, and it certainly does appear to be that way, they're doing the world a disservice, especially here.
30 posted on 10/29/2023 5:16:38 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Brian Griffin
...I find it impossible to believe that God would want a Buddhist killed.

A clear example of using reason and your own mind to determine right from wrong. The American way is to let people decide for themselves which is why it worked so well (and took so long for Collectivists to corrupt it).

31 posted on 10/29/2023 5:18:20 AM PDT by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: airborne

“How could the Germans allow the Holocaust to happen?”

By fear-mongering, by threats of violence, by violent force, by deadly force, by any means necessary.


32 posted on 10/29/2023 5:21:14 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: equaviator
Re: "There are two ways to interpret this finding."

Actually, three ways.

The USA age 18-24 cohort is close to 50% non-white.

In recent USA Presidential elections...

Young Blacks - vote 90%-95% Democrat

Young Hispanics - vote 65%-70% Democrat

Young Asians - vote 65% Democrat

Young White Females - vote 55% Democrat

Young White Males - vote 40%-45% Democrat

33 posted on 10/29/2023 5:26:41 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: equaviator

I gave some serious thought to your suggestion that cognitive dissonance and schizophrenia are related or the same. I’ve dealt with two schizophrenics. A schizophrenic by himself can function. But combine him with societal interactions and his craziness is easily spotted. It might be that the liberal doctor I know who can simultaneously support Hammas and their cruelty and admit Israel has a right to exist may be a schizophrenic on a spectrum like an autistic man. The result for me is I give them both a wide berth.


34 posted on 10/29/2023 5:38:50 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Angelino97
Many activists and academics over the past few years said that racism and oppression won't end until white people cease to exist.

Which is an incredibly racist thing to say.

Racism won’t die when whites are gone because racism exists in the left, such as these folks who hate whites.

35 posted on 10/29/2023 5:40:17 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: equaviator

The fun would be watching the squirming of people who say that the attack was genocidal and yet support it anyways.

Confronting them that that means they support genocide. Let them explain that away.


36 posted on 10/29/2023 5:50:47 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Brian Griffin
American ‘Marxists’ are really just power and money hungry people without productive talent.

Is this a conclusion you have reached based on actually knowing people who are Marxists...or is this based on what you have read or studied in books and articles?

37 posted on 10/29/2023 6:19:24 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Nateman

“ Religion provides a short cut. The trouble is this: was your particular religion actually written by God? ”
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Here’s a hint: if your religion requires you to hate (much less murder) or enslave everyone who believes differently than you, it wasn’t written by God…and you need a new religion.


38 posted on 10/29/2023 6:28:56 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Brian Griffin

“ By fostering fierce hatred, Palestinian educators make it impossible to resolve those grievances.”
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For those leading them, this is a feature and not a bug.


39 posted on 10/29/2023 6:30:41 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Blennos
There is no "indiscriminate" carpet bombing as we saw in WWII and other conflicts.

You mean like Dresden or Tokyo? Who did that?

40 posted on 10/29/2023 6:36:12 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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