A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.

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    1 year ago

    Yeah I really didn’t word that as well as I should have. What I was thinking about was the overall rise of accepting political violence. 33% of Republicans, 20ish% of independents, & 13% of Democrats feel political violence can be justified. All those numbers are higher today than they were a couple years ago. What does that mean for our future?

    I wasn’t trying to imply that the far right isn’t the vast majority of the violence or that the left is equally culpable.

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      1 year ago

      How dare you word something badly on the Internet.

      Yeah I getcha. One missing bit of data here is if they think the violence is justified to initiate or if it’s justified to defend. It’s a very key difference. I think the violence can certainly be justified if you’re protecting people, but not if you’re the one attacking people.