Interesting poll results released indicating a majority of Americans fear our Democracy is in trouble of collapse. But the results are mostly driven by Republicans who still deny the 2020 presidential election was legitimate. Most astonishingly, Republicans were more likely to accept violence as a legitimate response.
I would say the way this question is worded is of vast importance. While I don't have the poll questions, this line does make one wonder:
Republicans were slightly more likely than Democrats to agree that "it is OK to engage in violence to protect American democracy"; 32% of Trump voters agreed, compared with 22% of Biden voters.
If the question was stated as would you support violence to prevent American democracy from being destroyed, I would agree. But protect it from what? That's at least as important. The insurrection of Jan 6 WAS the threat, not the protection. That is objective fact.
Story here: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/106976416...poll-jan-6
I would say the way this question is worded is of vast importance. While I don't have the poll questions, this line does make one wonder:
Republicans were slightly more likely than Democrats to agree that "it is OK to engage in violence to protect American democracy"; 32% of Trump voters agreed, compared with 22% of Biden voters.
If the question was stated as would you support violence to prevent American democracy from being destroyed, I would agree. But protect it from what? That's at least as important. The insurrection of Jan 6 WAS the threat, not the protection. That is objective fact.
Story here: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/106976416...poll-jan-6
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
