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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUh Oh, Almost Half of Republicans Think an Armed Revolution "Might Be Necessary"
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/uh-oh-almost-half-republicans-think-armed-revolution-might-be-necessaryTheres plenty of proof of an authoritarian streak and animus toward democratic ideals in todays conservative movement. There was the movements use of its judicial power to halt a vote recount and instead install a president who had lost the popular vote. There is the ongoing GOP effort to make it more difficult for people to cast a vote in an election. There is the GOPs record use of the Senate filibuster to kill legislation that the vast majority of the country supports. There is a GOP leaders declaration that what the American people want from their government simply doesnt matter.
Up until today, you might have been able to write all that anti-democratic pathology off as one infecting only the Republican Partys politicians and institutional leadership, but not its rank-and-file voters. But then this morning Fairleigh Dickinson University released this gun control-related pollshowing that authoritarianism runs throughout the the entire party.
Take a look at the cross-tabs on page 3 of the national survey. Thats right, you are reading it correctly: Almost half (44 percent) of all self-described Republican voters say they believe an armed revolution might be necessary to protect our liberties. Just as bad, more Republicans believe an armed revolution might be necessary than believe one isnt necessary.
This poll raises two obvious questions, each more disturbing than the next.
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Uh Oh, Almost Half of Republicans Think an Armed Revolution "Might Be Necessary" (Original Post)
xchrom
May 2013
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Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)1. sounds like a bs poll to
Me.
Nonsense like this only makes us look silly. Allb of this based on what 863 people think.
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BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)3. Don't forget that pukes are less than 1/2 of the population
and so, we're back to that 27% who are f*ing nuts.
Iggo
(47,548 posts)5. Yep. Almost half of almost half.
Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)4. You think that's crazy?
Go and look at the same thread in the gungeon, now that's crazy.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)6. 18 Percent of Democrats believe that as well - or a little less than 1 in 5