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[–] NotAGamer@lemmy.org 150 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nearly half of Americans don't understand that when an illegal and immoral tactic is used against someone you don't like, it can then be used against you too. Dumb fucking Americans.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to start finding ways to take away the rights of Evangelical Christians. Let them see how it feels for once.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you considered wishing them Happy Holidays?

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 125 points 1 month ago (5 children)

So over half of Americans aren't concerned with accelerating authoritarianism? Great.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They will be, when it affects them personally.

In other words, typical Republican thinking.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 month ago

It's already affecting them personally, they've just been brainwashed into blaming the wrong people

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[–] albert180@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

They voted for it in the first place

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A lot of Americans barely understand how the government actually functions.

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago (12 children)

If "nearly half" disprove that means more than half approve.
That's fucking disgusting.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

There's always a good percentage that are indifferent or "don't know". But they're no help.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So basically the same outcome as the election. People haven't changed.

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Which is the exact same as approving it.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Per the article:

47% of U.S. adults disapprove of of deploying the Marines to LA, with 34% approval.

45% disapprove the National Guard deployment, while 38% said they approve.

That leaves 19% and 17% that are undecided. The question for those would be are they uninterested or uninformed?

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

These are some depressing numbers.

47% of U.S. adults disapprove of of deploying the Marines to LA, with 34% approval.

45% disapprove the National Guard deployment, while 38% said they approve.

... An equal share — 45% — also disapprove of the protests against ICE, per Monday YouGov polling.

36% said they approve of the protests, and 19% said they are not sure.

58% of Democrats said they approved of the anti-ICE protests, compared to 15% of Republicans.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

58% of Democrats said they approved of the anti-ICE protests, compared to 15% of Republicans.

I wonder how does it compare to previous iterations of large protests.

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[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

That's because there are hundreds of millions of racist fascists here.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 42 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's a lot of people who saw a reporter get shot and went "I'm cool with that".

I'm joking. Most of them probably aren't paying enough attention to have seen that.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most Americans probably haven't even seen the video. The average person is unbelievably clueless. My friends Instagram reels is animated screaming cucumbers and more brain rot. 0 news, 0 information, just straight retardation. Each of our media spheres is individually tailored and that is a massive problem when it comes to getting people on the same page.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

I feel like most of my friends follow the news, but I bet you're right that most people are just in a haze of screaming cucumbers.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That percentage is insanely low. What is wrong with the fuckers that approve?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

A significant lack of education mixed with misguided hatred.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Less than the majority is depressing, but don't forget how the media is covering this. MAGA eats this shit up, obviously, but even your standard semi-informed people are getting "riots on the street of LA" bullshit on their local news outlets.

I'm actually a little surprised it's "almost half" in disapproval, given how badly this is covered. I wonder if TikTok and Bluesky are helping, the latter being obvious but the former being surprisingly good at showing what's actually happening on the ground-- at least a lot better than Meta and X options.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Yeah, also even though it's "almost half" there's more people saying disapprove than approve, so there's a large number in the "unsure" category right now, and the more we find out about who's being deported and how and what the cops will do to suppress these protests the more that disapprove number will go up

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 37 points 1 month ago

NEARLY HALF?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

45% disapprove the National Guard deployment, while 38% said they approve.

So 38% are enemies of Constitution and country.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Anytime there's a poll, it's always the same 30-39% of shitheads liking the bad thing.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Authoritarians- a book by Prof. Altmeyer- says there's about 1/3 of the population who are authoritarians and that percentage is pretty constant no matter what one does. SO it sounds about right

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[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"nearly half" so over 50% of US adults are mentally challenged it seems

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Well, remember George Carlin when he said something along the lines of "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half the population is dumber than that."

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That means a majority approve or don't care. We're fucked

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Wow, we got ALMOST half of America to understand that it's bad when presidents send the military to threaten Americans.

That almost makes me think our inevitable decline as a nation will happen slower than I originally thought.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So more than half are okay with it or don't care about it.

Nothing has changed since the election.

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[–] oh_@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This country continues to depress me. It really should be way higher.

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[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So a majority approves. Fuck this country.

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[–] bizza@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago

There's something that needs to be done, and that something is drastic, and a lot of people don't want to hear, or see it. But we can't keep going forward as a country where more than half of people are violent sociopaths, or enablers of the latter.

[–] SRo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago
[–] Nomad_Scry@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Between 33% and 38% of Americans shouldn't be allowed to make decisions because they are incompetent or vile. That's how many have never wavered in their support of Trump.

But I am shocked here at the extra 12+% who aren't outraged by what's happening now. Is that the 11% of Libertarians? (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/08/25/in-search-of-libertarians/)

[–] albert180@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Libertarians are just right wing fascists who don't like paying taxes

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[–] nul42@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago

If a majority of Americans approve then the problem will not go away if Trump goes away.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago

lol we are cooked

[–] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago

"nearly"..?

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

More than half of US citizens are fascists? That does not surprise me.

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

The other half are as dumb as a bag of hammer.

That’s right. Just one hammer. With measles.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Nearly half eh? Yeah less then half checkes out.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 1 month ago

The other half voted for him.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be honest part of me wants his raids to spread to other cities, especially in middle America, so it hits home to more voters. Especially his wavering voters. Some people can only recognize something if they experience it first hand.

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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