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I sincerely hope you are correct, but it's difficult to know the following: 1. just how many citizens were sympathetic to the rioters as they saw those events
by bigtiger 6y ago
I sincerely hope you are correct, but it's difficult to know the following:
1. just how many citizens were sympathetic to the rioters as they saw those events on unfolding on their screens
2. how their collective behavior will change as a result
I wouldn't say that "existential threat" is hyperbole, I'd say that its accuracy depends on the answer to the above questions.
I wasn't worried about the immediate collapse of the America at the hands of the Capitol mob.
- mostlove 6y agoNot an answer to your question, but a few interesting data points nonetheless: "From @YouGov poll: among Republican voters, 45% approve of the storming of Capitol, 30% think the perpetrators are 'patriots', 52% think Biden is at least partly to blame for it, and 85% think it would be inappropriate to remove Trump from office after this. This is not a fringe." https://twitter.com/SMerler/status/1347089854958596098?s=20 https://twitter.com/SMerler/status/1347089854958596098?s=20
- wutbrodo 6y agoFwiw, a more recent PBS/Marist poll puts Republican support for the attack at 18%. https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/news/533452-poll-18-percent-of-republicans-support-capitol-riots%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/news/53345... Full poll (pdf): http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PBS-NewsHour_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_202101081001.pdf#page=3 http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PBS-...
- mckirk 6y agoDamn, those are depressing numbers...