See also:
36% of Americans support US airstrikes that explicitly kill civilians
51% of Americans support ICE raids against illegal immigrants
52% of Americans support US strikes in Mexico to fight the cartel
53% of Americans support stand your ground laws
55% of Americans support the death penalty
58% of Americans support drone strikes in general
65% of Americans have a favorable view of the CIA
82% of Americans oppose defunding the police
94% of Americans support the troops
Real pacifist crowds you got there
"Feel free to protest, just not in a way that makes my life more difficult. Or in my line of sight. Or on TV. In fact, protest somewhere over there where no one can see or hear you. That's always enacted change!"
occupying public spaces
human domestication is real its just normal neoliberal privatization
burning an American flag
It's my flag I'll do what I want
Yea I’m a free speech absolutist (checking always acceptable to everything)
If it makes y'all feel any better this was a really poorly administered and unscientific poll.
Sample size of 1000, based on people who responded to an e-mail, more than half of the respondents were over 45, more people over 65 than under 30. (Also apparently more Trump voters than Biden voters?)
I do think this is SOMEWHAT representative of the American mind but keep this shit in mind as well.
Thanks YouGov! An ordered list of tactics from least to most effective
Judging by the graph maybe 5-10% of the US are OK people.
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"Burning an amerikan flag" at #4 and "blocking traffic" at #3 really says it all.
Deeply diseased country.
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ie, we only support forms of protest that have never achieved anything in all of history
Boycotting products....
except BDS
I did a survey too. It's just this survey but replace the word "unacceptable" with "most effective"
Anything non-violent on that list is as useful as electronic toilet paper.
I wonder what happened when Palestinians marched for long distances?
Also it's telling that the language is measured in terms of acceptability. It's so vague and doesn't tell anything about what should be done for the unacceptable actions.
I'd be curious in a grim sort of way how this survey would turn out if the respondents were asked what level of force is a legitimate response for such actions.
They wouldn't, because putting these sorts of questions in material terms would reveal more than they'd like. I want them to say outright if they think state murder is an acceptable response to any of these forms of protest.
"Marginalized people fighting back against the violence of their oppressors is pearl clutchingly unacceptable"
"State sanctioned violence by the oppressor is cool and good because it's legal and doesn't disrupt anything or make me uncomfortable. Support our troops and maintain the police state!"
Twisted ass people that don't know their own history
Well well well, looks like Americans are a bunch of authoritarians
If anyone tries to give you shit about "reasonable forms of protest", look how literally the same percentage approve of either defacing property ot rioting, and scarcely any more approve of blocking traffic.
These fuckers are to the right of actual Enightenment figures in American history.
Sorted in order of getting shit done.
Why isn't assassination of public officials on the last?
Get creative.
Do the things that are viewed as acceptable to such a degree that the regime is forced to respond with force. Then do the violence in self defence, have a team prepared for it in advance as well. The Chilean Primera Línea method.
Considering they questioned USA adults, the redder the results it is the better the effect.
Also, I'm surprised "refusing to pay taxes" isn't super popular lmao
Defacing property as the second worst and "rioting" (i.e. breaking and stealing shit, in their minds) as the worst really show how cucked we are to capital.
The worst possible thing they can imagine is gasp property damage.
Carbrain as number three makes sense too.
This is beyond cuckholdry. At least cucks have a marriage. This is just complete submission to the dominant civil religion of the United States.
Exactly how cool or uncool is the protest? That's literally all that matters. The cooler the protest the more is permissible.
Same objection as the "authoritarian axis" on political compasses. Are you using your authority to be cool or uncool? Where's that axis?
Creating a petition only has 87% support what the fuck? People writing their names on a piece of paper?
Surprised that defacing property is so low. I mean I knew bootlickers get hella mad about it, but I didn't expect it to be that low.
If I'm reading this correctly, it seems like
inflects around Hunger Strike. It's a great song, but I don't see what it has to do with protests.spoiler
usians are the most propagandized people on earth
lol @ burning the flag
I find it funny that picketing is okay when it's one of the most economically destructive on the list. Like, I've ruined small buisness owners with that shit.
joker was right
no more half measures walter
Truly nothing is going to get better until the US is......
This graph assume Americans have thier own opinions. When in reality most Americans run solely off of outrage porn in two different flavors. The only reason they hate defacing property is "their news" told them "violent rioters bad"
The average American knows so little of their own history they don't know about the whisky rebellion. Much less of the struggles of commies in the 1920s-1930s.
Blocking traffic being more unacceptable then burning the flag or disrupting events
America really is pathetic
So... everything that would enable the poors to actually effect change.
cars are a sacred treat and tantamount to freedom to the lib brain
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