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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago

I mean, "Broadly gesturing to everything"

[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 9 points 2 hours ago

They also claim that they want more equality, universal healthcare, less student debt, etc. And then a ton of them proceeded to vote for Donald Trump. I can't take anything they say seriously.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 32 points 6 hours ago

That sounds extremely low. What young voters are they polling? The Amish?

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 49 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

41% of people they asked! Who knows what criteria they used to get their sample set, so the number may even be higher.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Also, do we know the specific wording? The wording of the questions around it? Those can have a significant impact on the answers.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 33 points 9 hours ago

Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers!

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 hours ago

Only 41%?

We still have work to do.

[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 30 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Many things people find despicable are common place in the fog of war. I will never agree with gunning down a poor person no matter what they did, justice is served for the poor daily on a cold lead plate. For the 1%??? Who can we call when insurance kills our loved ones? When Dr's make intentional mistakes and your loved one is dead? Can you call the police and expect them to go snorkeling to find evidence? Or can you maybe expect a call in a few weeks with a maybe update? We have seen how they respond when one of their masters is murdered. Until there is actual justice for all citizens, there will be no peace. Eat the rich.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

The poor can't even get justice wrenched from the poor, much less the rich.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

A person has to ask themselves the question of does this person help or hurt humanity, and if you look at this company denials since he took over he definetely hurts humanity as a whole.

Not every human life is valuable or worth keeping. We need to treat our weakest members of society better, which is elderly, disabled and children. He hurts those people the most, when he should've trying to protect them. He chose to chase profits over human life.

This is simply a logical consequence. Income equality now is FAR worse than the french revolution, I'm just suprised it took this long.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Every life is valuable and sacred. Every death a tragedy. But I will not cry when tragedy comes for those who grow rich by permitting tragedy.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

some murderous douche bag asked that same question of a brave doctor doing late term abortions and had the same conclusion as you.

But then again I'm also against the death penalty, so, maybe different strokes different folks.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago

Pretty shocking it’s that low honestly.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 63 points 13 hours ago

Yeah that is shocking. My guess is lots of people declined to say for obvious reasons. The number has to be closer to 80%

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 27 points 11 hours ago

That low? That is a shock.

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I don't understand what's shocking about that?

I would have called that predictable.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 hours ago

It seems pretty low

[–] RedC@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

59% are trust fund kids

[–] melisdrawing@lemmy.world 27 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Young, like under 26? Like never having had to supply their own health insurance maybe?

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Exactly this. I suspect this group is both young enough to not have to supply their own insurance, or at least young enough to not have faced significant health costs yet. Many people have not yet experienced just how trash the US healthcare system is.

[–] Womdat10@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 16 hours ago (7 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 34 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think of it this way. 41% are willing to say the killing was justified to a perfect stranger.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Guessing here, but an absolutely a MINIMUM of an additional 20% find it secretly acceptable.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 12 hours ago

After the shooting, hundreds [if not thousands] of doctors and nurses were posting stories about how insurance companies had literally killed people by withholding treatments.

If you live your life in a way that makes a lot of people want to kill you, you can't be surprised when you get shot.

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago

Seems low. Like if they polled exclusively young conservatives or something.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

A further 19% were neutral.

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[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 29 points 14 hours ago

110% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Shock poll? Who is shocked?

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm shocked that the number isn't higher, does that count?

[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 25 minutes ago

Indeed it does. Take my upvote.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 41 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

Many of these polls are written in way to ellicit a biased response.

Others have already covered how this works, but I'll add to it anyway.

If you ask a question like "do you condemn violence against healthcare CEOs?" A lot of people are going to say yes, because they view themselves as people against violence and respond mostly to that first part.

If you ask "did brian thompson deserve to die for his crimes? Many of the same people will say yes to that too, because people have an innate desire for justice.

Polls do this all the time. It's part of social engineering and plays on the phenomenon that the Asch Conformity Experiments analyzed. Around 35% of people will change their opinions to fit everyone else's even if the answer or opinion is very obviously incorrect.

Don't let them take the narrative back.

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Just 41%?

The pain felt in the US is still not high enough.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You better believe they skewed this poll to get the result they wanted

I'm willing to bet that most people are indifferent, end of the remainder the vast majority are in support of the killing

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 51 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

That is shocking. Get your shit together, 59%!

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