25% Americans open to armed action against government

[SmarterthanYou]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...nst-government

Survey of 1,000 registered US voters also reveals that most Americans agree government is ‘corrupt and rigged’

More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might “soon be necessary to take up arms” against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed.

This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me”.

The data suggests that extreme polarization in US politics – and its impact on Americans’ relationships with each other – remain strong. These statistics come as a congressional committee is holding public hearings on the January 6 insurrection.

The survey indicates that distrust in government varies among party lines. While 56% of participants said they “generally trust elections to be conducted fairly and counted accurately”, Republicans, Democrats and independents were dramatically split on this point. Nearly 80% of Democrats voiced overall trust in elections, but that number dipped to 51% among independents and a mere 33% of Republicans.

Per the poll, 49% of Americans concurred that they “more and more feel like a stranger in my own country”. Again, this number reflected sharp political divisions: the sentiment was held by 69% of self-described “strong Republicans”, 65% of self-described “very conservative” persons, and 38% of “strong Democrats”.

Of the 28% of voters who felt it might soon be necessary “to take up arms against the government”, 37% had guns in their homes, according to the data.

One-third of Republicans – including 45% of “strong Republicans – hold this belief about taking up arms. 35% of independent voters, and 20% of Democrats, also agreed, the poll said.

[BartenderElite]

I guess a lot of people had to settle for 60" TV screens instead of 70". It's just so brutal here.

[Doc Dutch]

I guess a lot of people had to settle for 60" TV screens instead of 70". It's just so brutal here.

I have no doubt that many women who just got fucked by their own government wouldn't mind shooting a lot of Republican assholes.

STY wants to imply all 25% of those taking up arms will be shooting at Mike Pence and the Democrats, but I doubt that's true. The 51% of Independents are probably split on whether to shoot Democrats, Republicans or both.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...nst-government

Survey of 1,000 registered US voters also reveals that most Americans agree government is ‘corrupt and rigged’

More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might “soon be necessary to take up arms” against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed.

This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me”.

The data suggests that extreme polarization in US politics – and its impact on Americans’ relationships with each other – remain strong. These statistics come as a congressional committee is holding public hearings on the January 6 insurrection.

The survey indicates that distrust in government varies among party lines. While 56% of participants said they “generally trust elections to be conducted fairly and counted accurately”, Republicans, Democrats and independents were dramatically split on this point. Nearly 80% of Democrats voiced overall trust in elections, but that number dipped to 51% among independents and a mere 33% of Republicans.

Per the poll, 49% of Americans concurred that they “more and more feel like a stranger in my own country”. Again, this number reflected sharp political divisions: the sentiment was held by 69% of self-described “strong Republicans”, 65% of self-described “very conservative” persons, and 38% of “strong Democrats”.

Of the 28% of voters who felt it might soon be necessary “to take up arms against the government”, 37% had guns in their homes, according to the data.

One-third of Republicans – including 45% of “strong Republicans – hold this belief about taking up arms. 35% of independent voters, and 20% of Democrats, also agreed, the poll said.

considering all the good supreme court decisions that have come down recently, i don't advise fanning the flames of violence.

good is winning on the merits of its own arguments.

might makes right is a luciferian notion.

i do support extreme noncompliance, however.

that is enough to topple the regime.

mass noncompliance with evil is the golden elixir.

[archives]

considering all the good supreme court decisions that have come down recently, i don't advise fanning the flames of violence.

good is winning on the merits of its own arguments.

might makes right is a luciferian notion.

i do support extreme noncompliance, however.

that is enough to topple the regime.

mass noncompliance with evil is the golden elixir.

Don’t fool yourself, those “good Supreme Court decisions” didn’t come from “winning on the merits of …… arguments,” it came solely from Mitch playing the game, completely void of merits or principles

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Don’t fool yourself, those “good Supreme Court decisions” didn’t come from “winning on the merits of …… arguments,” it came solely from Mitch playing the game, completely void of merits or principles

no. they are decisions in concordance with the constitution.

I know that's a foreign concept to you.

you should make it a goal to rediscover your american civic understandings.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

government can be ideal if we are steadfast against corruption and corporatism/fascism.

[Joe Capitalist]

government can be ideal if we are steadfast against corruption and corporatism/fascism.

Do you deny the corruption by Donald Trump?


Donald J. Trump Pays Court-Ordered $2 Million For Illegally Using Trump Foundation Funds*
Trump Ordered to Pay Eight Separate Charities $250,000 Each
Remaining $1.8 Million in Trump Foundation Bank Account Disbursed Among Charities
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Donald J. Trump was forced to pay more than $2 million in court-ordered damages to eight different charities for illegally misusing charitable funds at the Trump Foundation for political purposes:
“Not only has the Trump Foundation shut down for its misconduct, but the president has been forced to pay $2 million for misusing charitable funds for his own political gain. Charities are not a means to an end, which is why these damages speak to the president’s abuse of power and represent a victory for not-for-profits that follow the law.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

if you're not an idealist, why have ideas?

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no. they are decisions in concordance with the constitution.

I know that's a foreign concept to you.

you should make it a goal to rediscover your american civic understandings.

As I said, stop fooling yourself, they were all 100% political, they just pimped the Constitution to rationalize their decisions for lemmings as yourself

[SmarterthanYou]

As I said, stop fooling yourself, they were all 100% political, they just pimped the Constitution to rationalize their decisions for lemmings as yourself

anyone who believes that only one side is corrupt and political is a moron of the highest caliber. In case you are too stupid to understand what I just said, YOU are a moron of the highest caliber.

[Into the Night]

Don’t fool yourself, those “good Supreme Court decisions” didn’t come from “winning on the merits of …… arguments,” it came solely from Mitch playing the game, completely void of merits or principles

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Mitch isn't on the Supreme Court!!!

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Getting preemptively violent is all the government needs to call us terrorists.

do not fall into this trap.

[floridafan]

Getting preemptively violent is all the government needs to call us terrorists.

do not fall into this trap.

You are a terrorist, supporting the violent overthrow of our government.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

You are a terrorist, supporting the violent overthrow of our government.

i support the constitution and our constitutional government.

i am a pacificist.

your assertions are based on nothing.