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> 51% of Democrats support a law that requires Americans use transgender people’s preferred gender pronouns. That is pretty absurd. > 65% of Republicans say N

> 51% of Democrats support a law that requires Americans use transgender people’s preferred gender pronouns. That is pretty absurd. > 65% of Republicans say NFL players should be fired if they refuse to stand for the anthem. This more absurd. EDIT: maybe I got the order of absurdness wrong.

gfodor 9y ago
The first indicates that the government should regulate verbal speech of pronouns of its citizens, the second indicates that NFL team owners a) should have the right to terminate employees for not standing for the anthem and b) ought to do so since (assumingly) it is interpreted as being disrespectful to the dead by either themselves or the fans. The latter seems to be a controversial but sane thing to expect someone to believe in. The former is 1984-level insanity. Not sure how you can compare the two.
- ggggtez 9y ago
  Or, you know, the questions chosen could have purposely been such that no matter what the results, the liberal responders would come out looking worse.
- pcardh0 9y ago
  > Not sure how you can compare the two Lack of education.
- humanrebar 9y ago
  Also, professional athletes are basically in the entertainment industry. If they do something that bursts the entertainment bubble, it's undermines interest of the entire company.
- XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
  Yeah I suppose I mixed up the ordering of things. I view the NFL thing as less about whether employeers should be able to fire due to stating public opinions. If their public image is important to their job or they are doing it on company time that's perfectly reasonable. Trying to get people fired for not conforming to behavior associated with patriotism is worrying because forced or expected nationalism can be pretty painful. When I was going to public school there was frequently an expectation to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance. I was pretty uncomfortable with that and maybe view the NFL thing through that lens.

gfodor 9y ago

The first indicates that the government should regulate verbal speech of pronouns of its citizens, the second indicates that NFL team owners a) should have the right to terminate employees for not standing for the anthem and b) ought to do so since (assumingly) it is interpreted as being disrespectful to the dead by either themselves or the fans. The latter seems to be a controversial but sane thing to expect someone to believe in. The former is 1984-level insanity. Not sure how you can compare the two.

ggggtez 9y ago
Or, you know, the questions chosen could have purposely been such that no matter what the results, the liberal responders would come out looking worse.
pcardh0 9y ago
> Not sure how you can compare the two Lack of education.
humanrebar 9y ago
Also, professional athletes are basically in the entertainment industry. If they do something that bursts the entertainment bubble, it's undermines interest of the entire company.
XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
Yeah I suppose I mixed up the ordering of things. I view the NFL thing as less about whether employeers should be able to fire due to stating public opinions. If their public image is important to their job or they are doing it on company time that's perfectly reasonable. Trying to get people fired for not conforming to behavior associated with patriotism is worrying because forced or expected nationalism can be pretty painful. When I was going to public school there was frequently an expectation to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance. I was pretty uncomfortable with that and maybe view the NFL thing through that lens.