Dems More Likely to Think Celebrating Public Figure's Death Acceptable—Poll

[Ross Dolan]

Maybe but my point was to achieve some common ground with a poster I generally disagree with because what they wrote was correct.

As to the survey I personally can't think of any leftist I would happy about their being killed. I think there are some despicable leftists but none that should be killed for their beliefs. This maggot that shit Charlie should be shot because of his actions not his beliefs.

Not right

I agree with you, Yakuda. Nobody...on either side...should be killed or physically harmed for expressing their opinions.

 

[Yakuda]

I agree with you, Yakuda. Nobody...on either side...should be killed or physically harmed for expressing their opinions.

Well the end of the world must be approaching we agreed on something. Lol nice to know there's at least something we could work at together.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Sure I do. Unless they made up the numbers, 11% of 2623 (286) people who responded to the poll think its a-ok to use violence against a political opponent while only 6% (157) do. Those are hard numbers and are indisputable. Almost twice as many of you evil assholes think violence is a justified response to political opponents. Grow the fuck up

Now you are just making up numbers. There were not 286 people that said it was a-ok to use violence. The poll was of 2623 people. You assume that all 2623 people were Democrats to get your 286 number then you assume that all 2623 people were Republicans to get your 157 number.

Could you be any stupider? (100% of Democrats in that poll say you are stupid so that poll had 2623 people calling you stupid. )

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Sure I do. Unless they made up the numbers, 11% of 2623 (286) people who responded to the poll think its a-ok to use violence against a political opponent while only 6% (157) do. Those are hard numbers and are indisputable. Almost twice as many of you evil assholes think violence is a justified response to political opponents. Grow the fuck up

Then to show how you are even stupider, the question was not "is violence OK?"
The question was this -
Do you generally consider it to be acceptable or unacceptable for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose?

There is nothing in the question about violence toward the person that died. The question only asks if it is OK to be happy about the death. Were you happy when Osama Bin Laden was killed? Or did you support Osama?

 

[BartenderElite]

Feels like there has been a mad scramble to "prove" one side is more violent than the other. That's been as much of a focus since last week as anything.

There isn't a significant difference. No one has the high road here.

 

[Yakuda]

Now you are just making up numbers. There were not 286 people that said it was a-ok to use violence. The poll was of 2623 people. You assume that all 2623 people were Democrats to get your 286 number then you assume that all 2623 people were Republicans to get your 157 number.

Could you be any stupider? (100% of Democrats in that poll say you are stupid so that poll had 2623 people calling you stupid. )

You're right I did use the wrong number now that I see it. I will go back and see if they evenly chose between dems and repubs to take the poll. You better hope they did

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

You're right I did use the wrong number now that I see it. I will go back and see if they evenly chose between dems and repubs to take the poll. You better hope they did

ROFLMAO. You don't know the first thing about polling.

What are you going to do if they didn't pick the same number of Independents as Republicans?

 

[Yakuda]

ROFLMAO. You don't know the first thing about polling.

What are you going to do if they didn't pick the same number of Independents as Republicans?

If the numbers don't reflect the percentages registered voters in each category then the poll is a waste of time because you don't have a representative sample. But that's secondary to the number of Democrats vs Republicans who think violence is fine.

 

[Lionfish]

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

If the numbers don't reflect the percentages registered voters in each category then the poll is a waste of time because you don't have a representative sample.

If the numbers of respondents don't reflect the percentages, then the pollster adjusts to compensate for that. That is the way all polls work. if they had 50% GOP responses, 25% Democrat and 25% Independent, they simply adjust for the totals but each category would be based on the persons in that category.

But that's secondary to the number of Democrats vs Republicans who think violence is fine.

The question had nothing to do with violence. It only asked "Do you generally consider it to be acceptable or unacceptable for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose?"

Then it asked if it was OK for a person which included people other than the responder.

Another take on this is Democrats say it is OK for Republicans to be happy if Biden dies of old age so Democrats are less likely to attack the feelings of others.

 

[Yakuda]

If the numbers of respondents don't reflect the percentages, then the pollster adjusts to compensate for that. That is the way all polls work. if they had 50% GOP responses, 25% Democrat and 25% Independent, they simply adjust for the totals but each category would be based on the persons in that category.


The question had nothing to do with violence. It only asked "Do you generally consider it to be acceptable or unacceptable for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose?"

Then it asked if it was OK for a person which included people other than the responder.

Another take on this is Democrats say it is OK for Republicans to be happy if Biden dies of old age so Democrats are less likely to attack the feelings of others.

It's a poorly cited poll. No direct access to the breakdown of dems vs repubs. All I'm interested in is the real numbers because they represent the real threats. Stats can be manipulated raw numbers can't.

 

[Phantasmal]

Feels like there has been a mad scramble to "prove" one side is more violent than the other. That's been as much of a focus since last week as anything.

There isn't a significant difference. No one has the high road here.

I beg to differ and statistic prove it. This “both sides” statements do not hold up to statistics.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

It's a poorly cited poll. No direct access to the breakdown of dems vs repubs. All I'm interested in is the real numbers because they represent the real threats. Stats can be manipulated raw numbers can't.

Where is the threat in this question? Point out where it specifically says the person answering is pro-violence?

Do you generally consider it to be acceptable or unacceptable for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose?

 

[Yakuda]

Where is the threat in this question? Point out where it specifically says the person answering is pro-violence?

Do you generally consider it to be acceptable or unacceptable for a person to be happy about the death of a public figure they oppose?

Its always unacceptable. My problem is people who are happy about, in this case, the death of a political opponent, potentially encourages violence. It certainly doesn't suggest they oppose violence to silence a political opponent.