Shock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO acceptable [View all]

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Source: The Hill

A poll found 41 percent of adults under 30 consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson acceptable, more than the 40 percent in that demographic who consider it unacceptable.
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The survey from Emerson College Polling found 68 percent of all respondents found the actions of the person who shot and killed Thompson unacceptable.

But a startling 24 percent of those aged 18-29 found it “somewhat acceptable,” and 17 percent of that group found it completely acceptable.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5044269-poll-finds-41-percent-find-killing-unacceptable/

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There has been a lot of handwringing over the generational divide on supporting the rule of law. Maybe the generational divide is that younger people have never lived in a time when the rule of law meant something when the criminal was named Trump. They have watched the Supreme Court and the presidency sold to the highest bidder without legal intervention. They have grown up hiding under desks in active shooter drills and watched the laws enabling mass shootings remain unchanged despite polls showing overwhelming public support for reform. When laws fail to protect people there should be little surprise when they look to extralegal means of self-defense.