Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil
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Re: Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil
#2It's a rough position for a country to be in, that's for sure. I have to believe we can talk our way out of it, cause I don't want a civil war
Re: Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil
#3It's a rough position for a country to be in, that's for sure. I have to believe we can talk our way out of it, cause I don't want a civil war
> we can talk our way out of it
Yup, we sure can, but we have to be willing to talk and need to dispense with the notion that "people shouldn't discuss politics". I firmly believe the opposite, we should very much discuss it. The more we discuss it, the more civil the discussions become, not less.
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#5It's a rough position for a country to be in, that's for sure. I have to believe we can talk our way out of it, cause I don't want a civil war
It's exactly the sort of thing George Washington warned about in his farewell address.
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#6What's the role of the Qanon Belief System in this? Seems to me like an important part of it, and yet Qanon beliefs are so stupid that everyone feels dumb talking about them.
Re: Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil
#7The question: "The [Outpartyl are not just wrong for politics, they're downright evil".
I suspect a lot of people polled interpreted "The Republicans" or "The Democrats" as referring to the small group of politicians and party officials, not anyone who has voted for that party. That's how I would have interpreted it, at least. I don't think this means that half of Americans think half the country is evil.
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#8It's a rough position for a country to be in, that's for sure. I have to believe we can talk our way out of it, cause I don't want a civil war
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Re: Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil
#10The chart seems somewhat unfair, because there's no line item for Republicans as a whole. Republicans are broken down into two groups, but Democrats aren't broken down into groups. The article never even says what % of Republicans are election deniers.
In any case, my view is that the leaders of both parties often don't believe their own BS and are simply self-centered power-seeking unprincipled liars. As always, they offer their followers convenient scapegoats, to distract from their own personal corruption. Unfortunately, this strategy works. Indeed it has always worked, throughout history.