Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
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Re: Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
#2…among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States
Re: Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
#3…among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States
It's funny, I've mentioned this for surveys in the past and I keep getting told I don't understand statistics.
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#4The even crazier story is this: In 2006, 61% of Democrats thought it was unacceptable, and in 2013, 34% of Democrats think it is unacceptable. I vote as Democrat as the next guy, but that's some crazy double-think going on there.
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#5Keep in mind many Americans have never traveled outside the country, they are fed a constant diet of bullshit by our media alternating between frantic fear-mongering and gushing American paternalism, and simply don't stop to think about what is actually going on.
I would call them complete morons but that is unkind. Incurious and ignorant and perhaps far too trusting is perhaps more polite.
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#6…among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States
A fully adequate population imo and I don't think it's far off at all.
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#7…among a national sample of 1,004 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States
It's funny, I've mentioned this for surveys in the past and I keep getting told I don't understand statistics.
If the survey was properly randomized, then it's actually probably true that you don't understand statistics...
Re: Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic
#8That's because a majority of Americans don't believe they have anything to hide, or that the stuff they do want to hide is probably so mundane to the average government official that they assume they wouldn't care. I'm guessing the way the survey question is posed has a lot to do with the outcome. Take out the word "terrorism" and I'm sure support would drop. Add the phrase "personal information" and I'm sure it would drop even further. Or perhaps ask "Would you be comfortable with the government tracking your activity on Facebook, Gmail, and Skype?" I'm guessing support for that would be close to 0%.
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#9Anyone with strong views about privacy would never answer an opinion poll so how can this be considered accurate?
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#10And I have no problem with them opting in to have their lives and data tracked. The real problem is that everyone is tracked, including those in the minority who do not want their lives and data tracked. But such is democracy.