Sunday, January 2, 2022

Poll: One In Three Americans Say Violence Against Government Justified

Riot police face protesters in Lafayette Park, yards from the White House, on Sunday night. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters  

Washington Post: 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic 

Phil Spampinato had never contemplated the question of whether violence against the government might be justified — at least not in the United States. 

But as he watched Republicans across the country move to reshape election laws in response to former president Donald Trump’s false fraud claims, the part-time engineering consultant from Dover, Del., said he began thinking differently about “defending your way of life.” 

“Not too many years ago, I would have said that those conditions are not possible, and that no such violence is really ever appropriate,” said Spampinato, 73, an independent.  

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WNU Editor: Details on the poll are here (link here). 

Poll: One In Three Americans Say Violence Against Government Justified  

One in three Americans say violence against government sometimes justified: poll -- The Hill 

34 percent of Americans say violence against government justified: poll -- NYPost  

One in three Americans say violence against government justified – poll -- The Guardian 

The number of Americans who think violence against the government is justified is on the rise, poll finds -- Business Insider  

Third of Americans ready to justify violence against government - poll -- RT

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm sure there are some Republicans & independent voters who feel the same way regarding massive postal vote fraud used to steal elections. Keep ducking 🙈

Anonymous said...

Cursory research shows Phil Spampinato to be something like an elevator tech or a high performing, narrow minded engineer.

He is concerned that Republicans are changing elections law? Has he not noticed that Democrats have for the last year changed the way elections are run in a massive way and oftentimes without passing any laws. I have a very low opinion of him. A conversation with him outside of technical subject would be fraught with ignoramatic peril.