Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views:

TTQ64 said:
Interesting poll. I generally don't put too much stock in polls, but since I was basically having this conversation with sailor in another thread, I thought I'd post for him. Maybe it will give him and the rest of the so called "no party" people a different prospective.

A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white supremacist views.

The Ipsos poll, for Thomson Reuters and the University of Virginia Center for Politics, was conducted online from Aug. 21 to Sept.*5 ― in the weeks following the deadly*white supremacist rally on the University of Virginia campus. It sampled around 5,360 American adults, asking questions about race that respondents could agree or disagree with to varying degrees.
“While there is relatively little national endorsement of neo-Nazis and white supremacists,” according to*the release*describing the poll’s findings, “there are troubling levels of support for certain racially-charged ideas and attitudes frequently expressed by extremist groups.” *While the vast majority of Americans polled expressed support for racial equality when asked in so many words ― 70 percent strongly agreed that “all races are equal,” and 89 percent agreed that all races should be treated equally ― people’s responses got murkier when it came to expressing their viewpoints on particular issues related to race and extremism.

Thirty-one percent of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that ‘America must protect and preserve its White European heritage.’ For instance, while only 8 percent of respondents said they supported white nationalism as a group or movement, a far larger percentage said they supported viewpoints*widely held by white supremacist groups: For instance, 31 percent of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that “America must protect and preserve its White European heritage,” and 39 percent agreed that “white people are currently under attack in this country.”
“The poll results do show both an American public that overwhelmingly rejects racist affiliations and movements but at the same time is more tolerant of racially insensitive positions,” Kyle Kondik, communications director at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told HuffPost.

“The results may be what you might expect from a country that is arguably defined by racial conflict,” he added. “And one that can vote for an African-American for president who ran on unity less than a decade ago, and then turn around and vote for a vehemently anti-immigrant candidate who exploited white grievances just last year.”


As NAACP Legal Defense Fund staffer Janai Nelson told HuffPost last month:*“Calling out extremists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis is an important but very low bar for where we should be as a society at this stage in our democracy.”

“What we should be [having] is a much more nuanced and deepened understanding of how those ‘isms’ manifest in policy, in systems, in a cloak of oppression that still lives with us,” Nelson said.*



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Perhaps what the "majority" of conservatives are saying is they don't agree with the left preaching anti-racism on one hand while invoking racism against the people whose ancestors founded this nation..i.e., WHITE FOLK. Especially with the democrats actual history concerning minorities and women.

This is laughable, the leftist pot calling the conservative kettle...BLACK. Let's inject just a little history into the equation. The civil rights movement and ratification of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 vote? The republican vote in support in both houses far outnumber the "yes" votes by democrat representatives.

Let's address another blatant lie by a leftist using race in the attempt to justify himself. In the 2000 presidential election Al (father of the internet/carbon credit) Gore is quoted as saying that the only reason his father was kicked out of US Senate (lost election) was because his father had voted in support of the Civil Rights Act of 64...a documented lie according to the congressional record as he voted against the Act. Of course Al Gore was speaking to the NAACP when he told this whopper excepting the audience to be so stupid or gullible that they would never know the truth.

This is simply a couple of examples of how the democrats attempt to use "microcosm"(little lies) in order to re-vise the BIG PICTURE of history actual. The actual history of the democrat party is filled with acts of racism and terrorism (one of the most recent acts of terrorism covered up by the left/media conglomerate structure would be Obama's political friends like Bill Ayers, a convicted terrorist). Then of Course there is Robert KKK Byrd who served in the Senate until 2010.

Just another note: "ALL" (without exception) acts/laws concerning the support of segregation came from the DEMOCRAT PARTY

The democrats are documented in History Actual as being the parent party of Slavery, The Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow, the party that stopped women from voting and owning property for 50 years after the republicans approved such legislation.

The Republicans are the party of anti slavery legislation, anti lynching laws, supporters of women suffrage, the civil rights acts of 1875, 1957, 1960, and 1964.

Now someone on the left will rush out and say, The democrats and republicans have changed parties since the early 60s. Another microcosm lie that is easily debunked. In fact there are just a few examples of any representative changing parties since the 60s. There certainly is no objective evidence to suggest that a majority of the people in the nation were simply playing a game of musical chairs one election day and the majority found themselves sitting in a different political seat.

Why is there more republicans in the south today? The south has become more industrialized (the majority of well paying blue collar jobs are now found in the south)....people move where the work is.......
 
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TTQ64 said:
Interesting poll. I generally don't put too much stock in polls, but since I was basically having this conversation with sailor in another thread, I thought I'd post for him. Maybe it will give him and the rest of the so called "no party" people a different prospective.

A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white supremacist views.
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Indeed. supremacists and neo-Nazis are fringe at best. The less we pay attention to them, the better. Of course they strut and defend themselves when cornered, as are most living creatures. That doesn't mean they are popular or influential, although many would like to pretend they are and hype up their importance as they see fit

“While there is relatively little national endorsement of neo-Nazis and white supremacists,” according to*the release*describing the poll’s findings, “there are troubling levels of support for certain racially-charged ideas and attitudes frequently expressed by extremist groups.” *While the vast majority of Americans polled expressed support for racial equality when asked in so many words ― 70 percent strongly agreed that “all races are equal,” and 89 percent agreed that all races should be treated equally ― people’s responses got murkier when it came to expressing their viewpoints on particular issues related to race and extremism.
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I suppose that agrees with Dr. King's own words, and I can't find anything wrong with esp the highlighted portion.

Thirty-one percent of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that ‘America must protect and preserve its White European heritage.’ For instance, while only 8 percent of respondents said they supported white nationalism as a group or movement, a far larger percentage said they supported viewpoints*widely held by white supremacist groups: For instance, 31 percent of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that “America must protect and preserve its White European heritage,” and 39 percent agreed that “white people are currently under attack in this country.”
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One would have to analyze the poll itself more closely to draw conclusions.

“The poll results do show both an American public that overwhelmingly rejects racist affiliations and movements but at the same time is more tolerant of racially insensitive positions,” Kyle Kondik, communications director at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told HuffPost.
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I agree. When one shouts "black lives matter" and "Pigs In A Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon", of course the general public is less accepting.

“The results may be what you might expect from a country that is arguably defined by racial conflict,” he added. “And one that can vote for an African-American for president who ran on unity less than a decade ago, and then turn around and vote for a vehemently anti-immigrant candidate who exploited white grievances just last year.”
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Increasingly, and I am guessing the trend started when Obama first ran for office, we are focusing on race. It seems to be very lucrative and purposely divisive and beneficial to wrangle certain factions of society, be it politically or racially, against each other.

As NAACP Legal Defense Fund staffer Janai Nelson told HuffPost last month:*“Calling out extremists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis is an important but very low bar for where we should be as a society at this stage in our democracy.”

“What we should be [having] is a much more nuanced and deepened understanding of how those ‘isms’ manifest in policy, in systems, in a cloak of oppression that still lives with us,” Nelson said.*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...55fe4b02da0e141b3c8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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Indeed. Instead of quarreling, we should be having productive conversations. Yet here we are, we are bickering like schoolyard bullies t/o the country and at all levels of society.
 
Huff post spewing more hateful, anti-American propaganda.
It's all in how questions are framed and answers presented. No need for them to emphasize 'white' in the question. Hateful left wing bigotry propagated by Huffington.
 
Cypress said:
Everybody knows that is code for white supremacy. Always has been, always will.

I hold the western, liberal tradition in high esteem, which traces its arc from Aristotle to Voltaire, to Thomas Jefferson.

I don't hold white skin color, which is merely a genetic variation, in high regard. My northern European skin is blinding white, and could use more melanin!

I am proud of my East Slavic heritage, just as others might honor their Asian or pan-African roots . I have never thought of my heritage as "white". That is only something NeoConfederates and Klansmen do!
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You've certainly inherited the Russian propensity to rewrite history.
 
evince said:
and english


And American indian


I a hienz 57 American


most of us are if you could see your DNA report


do you want me to be ashamed of that white german part butthole?
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Yes you are a real dog's breakfast, no surprise there! I am pure Irish going back nearly a millennium.
 
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