Posted on 07/23/2022 5:34:11 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A large study confirms one in five Americans believes violence motivated by political reasons is—at least sometimes—justified. Nearly half expect a civil war, and many say they would trade democracy for a strong leader, a preprint posted today on medRxiv found.
“This is not a study that’s meant to shock,” says Rachel Kleinfeld, a political violence expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who was not involved in the research. “But it should be shocking.”
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He and his colleagues surveyed more than 8600 adults in English and Spanish about their views on democracy in the United States, racial attitudes in U.S. society, and their own attitudes toward political violence. The respondents were part of the Ipsos KnowledgePanel—an online research panel that has been used widely, including by Wintemute for research on violence and firearm ownership. The team then applied statistical methods to extrapolate the survey results to the entire country.
“The fact that basically half the country is expecting a civil war is just chilling,” Wintemute says. And many expect to take part. If found in a situation where they think violence is justified to advance an important political objective, about one in five respondents thinks they will likely be armed with a gun. About 7% of participants—which would correspond to about 18 million U.S. adults—said they would be willing to kill a person in such a situation.
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Cut off the use and availability of fertilizer and it’s on.
And the other half know it’s already taking place and has for at least since Reagan. Of course, only one side is truly fighting that battle, and the other side wants to place nice.
I’m ready. I’ll be the grandma out in front.
“...trade “democracy”....”
Democracy now means ‘Rat Rule.
and many say they would trade democracy for a strong leader
These surveys are push news..............
A civil war will end Gorebal Warning?
Garen Wintemute.
A name that is well known to the RKBA folks.
If he’s talking or writing, he’s lying. The only challenge is to figure out how.
To reduce the threat of political violence, Braddock says, the first step is to call out the disinformation online and in right-wing media, some of which is taken directly from extremist propaganda. “We need to call that out for what it is before we can begin to address the problems it is causing.”
Yup. It's only those on the political right who are violent, and therefore, we must 'stop' the right-wing media.
Jesus, is the Nazification of America a forgone conclusion?
A Democracy is what they are forcing on us, so get us back to a Republic with a limited central government as promised by our founders, and codified with the blood of millions of Patriots.
I don’t see any other way the two sides are ever going to come to agreement on anything. Lord knows I hope I’m wrong but I just don’t see any other way.
Correct it has been a Cold war for quite some time. Atifa BLM and the Democrats were trying to make it hot last election season. I wouldn’t be surprised if they try it again
I’m surprised it’s only half. When you have a nation where the “elites” basically reduce the production of petroleum products to the point it becomes a luxury which only they can afford, and at the same time create a shortage of basic food items, what do you think will happen?
I saw a report on this the other day and thought about posting it, but it was so biased.
the two sides
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There aren’t 2 sides.
There are Americans
and communists overthrowing America.
Personally, I don’t see any other way to resolve the question if America is going to remain a free Republic or is going to dumbsh*t it over to being a communist slave state. The question needs to be resolved and a war is the only method that will take care of the problem.
I’m way ahead of the curve. I wrote Surviving Civil War II ten years ago and updated it last year. I nailed it, but publishers won’t touch it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1461126967
That possibility is an image long lost in our rear view mirror. Voting is dead in an unmarked grave. The only way out is through.
So you just discribed two sides ;)
Us and them.
It’s not civil war
It’s a communist Revolution.
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