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Looking at the poll https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HHP_Oct23_KeyResults.pdf https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/H

Looking at the poll https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HHP_Oct23_KeyResults.pdf https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HHP... Here are two questions on it: > Do you think the Hamas killing of 1200 Israeli civilians on Israel can be justified by the grievances of Palestinians or is it not justified? [call this question "Justified"] Overall, 24% say "yes" to this. Among ages 18-24, "51%" say yes! > Do you think that the attacks on Jews were genocidal in nature or not genocidal? [call this question "Genocidal"] Overall, 75% say "yes" to this. Among ages 18-24, 62% say yes. What on Earth is going on here? There's at least a 13% overlap of young people saying that the Hamas attack was both Genocidal and Justified.

yorwba 3y ago
It's 18-24 year-old people (or people claiming to be 18-24 years old) answering survey questions under who knows what circumstances. A large fraction is likely intentionally trolling the pollsters to rile up oldsters, and some might be more like 13 and don't quite understand the questions. I think the funniest example is this pair of questions: There was an explosion at a Gaza hospital. Do you think the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike or by a terrorist rocket that went off course? 45% say "Caused by Israeli airstrike", 55% say "Terrorist rocket that went off course" But then... Given that US intelligence and Israeli intelligence have said and shown evidence that the hospital explosion was caused by an off-course terrorist rocket do you think the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike or by a terrorist rocket that went off 61% say "Caused by Israeli airstrike", 39% say "Terrorist rocket that went off course" Mentioning the involvement of intelligence services makes people less likely to agree with their explanation! (This seems to affect age groups up to 44 to some degree.)
seba_dos1 3y ago
I guess a genocidial answer to a genocide may be considered "justified" by some.

yorwba 3y ago

It's 18-24 year-old people (or people claiming to be 18-24 years old) answering survey questions under who knows what circumstances. A large fraction is likely intentionally trolling the pollsters to rile up oldsters, and some might be more like 13 and don't quite understand the questions. I think the funniest example is this pair of questions: There was an explosion at a Gaza hospital. Do you think the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike or by a terrorist rocket that went off course? 45% say "Caused by Israeli airstrike", 55% say "Terrorist rocket that went off course" But then... Given that US intelligence and Israeli intelligence have said and shown evidence that the hospital explosion was caused by an off-course terrorist rocket do you think the explosion was caused by an Israeli airstrike or by a terrorist rocket that went off 61% say "Caused by Israeli airstrike", 39% say "Terrorist rocket that went off course" Mentioning the involvement of intelligence services makes people less likely to agree with their explanation! (This seems to affect age groups up to 44 to some degree.)

seba_dos1 3y ago

I guess a genocidial answer to a genocide may be considered "justified" by some.