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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

1 in 4 Americans say violence against the government is sometimes OK

Author:     Matthew S. Schwartz
Source:     npr
Publication Date:     January 31, 2022 | 5:08 AM ET
 Link: 1 in 4 Americans say violence against the government is sometimes OK
Stephan:   I think everyone needs to be clear that about a third of the American population, this survey makes it 25%, is not only willing to consider a violent civil war, but actually wants it. This is primarily the White racist community, and these people are dangerous, and the rest of us should not have any doubt about that.
Trump supporters climb the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A new survey finds 1 in 10 Americans say violent protests are justified.
Credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP

Nearly a quarter of Americans say it’s sometimes OK to use violence against the government — and 1 in 10 Americans say violence is justified “right now.”

That’s the finding of a new report by The COVID States Project, which asked 23,000 people across the country whether it is “ever justifiable to engage in violent protest against the government?” The report is one of several in recent months that find people more likely to contemplate violent protests than they had been in the past.

Nearly 1 in 4 said violence was either “definitely” or “probably” justifiable against the government. A similar percentage of liberals and conservatives agree on this point.

That’s not surprising when you think about how American history is taught, said COVID States Project co-director David Lazer.

“You know, we begin with the American Revolution against an illegitimate government and so we are, in a sense, taught […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 8:52 am

    Actually, the only REAL Americans are the Native Americans who were here already when WE invaded THEIR country.