https://apnorc.org/projects/compare...ice-who-cause-harm-need-greater-consequences/ Polls, schmolls, sample size, yadda yadda..... I've never put a lot of faith in polls, but I still find them interesting. So for the sake of conversation, here's an interesting one According to this poll support for the protests is dropping. Black support has dropped from 81% in June to 63% in September. White support has dropped from 53% to 34%. Overall support has dropped from 54% to 39%. People are also starting to recognize the so-called "peaceful protests" aren't really that peaceful after all. (Even as CNN and MSNBC have both been mocked for news coverage claiming the protests are "mostly peaceful" while fires burn behind them, LOL.) In June only 20% of whites thought the protests were mostly violent, in September 33% of whites recognize the violence. In June only 7% of blacks thought the protests were mostly violent, in September 10% of blacks see the violence. In June 44% of blacks thought the protests were mostly peaceful, now that number has dropped to 35%. Support for the police also seems to be increasing. As credible (or not) as polls might be, I still find this one encouraging. Also, this poll was done before the Breanna Taylor grand jury verdict. I suspect those protests will only turn people off even more regarding protests. Thoughts?
I think they ought to keep acting like a bunch of fools.....and hopefully that will destroy the democrat party for life.
Approval is dropping, but whether the protests have been peaceful or violent isn't a subjective opinion. Studies have shown the protests to be overwhelmingly peaceful.
Well these protestors need to distance themselves fromt the ones that are causing some form of violence. These protests are more grass roots than organized and because others have abused the situation, unless they get more organized and distant from those others, their approval will continue to drop.
Now that we know the feds are listening in to "peaceful protesters" cell phone calls, we may be in for an interesting "October surprise". Snip, "A current DHS official described a colleague with expertise in electronic surveillance who was being deployed to Portland. But for what purpose? “Extracting information from protester’s phones,” the DHS official said. While in Portland, an interagency task force involving DHS and the Justice Department used a sophisticated cell phone cloning attack—the details of which remain classified—to intercept protesters’ phone communications, according to two former intelligence officers familiar with the matter. Cell phone cloning involves stealing a phone’s unique identifiers and copying them to another device in order to intercept the communications received by the original device. The former intelligence officials described it as part of a “Low Level Voice Intercept” operation, declining to go into further detail—one of them citing the sensitive nature of the surveillance tool and the other an ongoing leak investigation within I&A. “You’re getting an inside view into your targets, who they are, who they’re talking to—the hierarchy,” the former intelligence officer said, explaining that many within the DHS believe that antifa is an organized group." https://newsthud.com/trumps-oct-surprise-shakes-the-media-and-demsits-about-to-get-juicy/
Agreed, but from what I've seen, much if not most of the violence happens at night, after many of the protesters have gone home. There's not a whole lot more they can do.
Yep, the left's attempt to spread chaos in attempts to impact the election and blame Trump have backfired.
Those polls do indicate people are growing tired of the continuation, and the greater want it stopped and removed.
*shrug The protesters are now firmly associated with high IQ enlightened Democrats, rioters and looters. Admit it.
Like this? "Peaceful" can be subjective. Some idiots think this fiery scene is "mostly peaceful". Others are sick of things like vandalism, looting, destruction of monuments, blocked roadways, and having mobs of people standing around yelling profanities and chanting idiotic slogans, etc., even though the left would surely argue these things aren't technically "violent". You can split hairs about whether fiery protests are "mostly peaceful", but most people are getting sick of this sh*t and are starting to see through the "mostly peaceful" lie.
Indeed. Trump looked a no hoper, not least because of his dealing of Covid 19 and making a fool of himself so often - suggesting people drink bleach/disinfectant and what not. There were very definite peaceful protests going on. Trump went for the old 'tough on law' and after the refusal of the army, orderd and sent the Feds to Portland who acted in a violent way and stirred things up. Interesting article here comparing support for BLM with support for equal rights in the 6o's. It also points out there that how much support there was, depended to a great degree on how politicians and the media fed the population. The one difference between then and now they see is that this time there has always been a majority of American Adults supporting them. I think there polling which is from Pew is different to the OP. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09...ped-some-historians-say-theyre-not-surprised/
The protestors want to abolish police, but when they become the victim they scream for help from the police. If it weren't so dangerous it would be comical.
And I agree with that myself. I'm just saying that the impression of violence isn't necessarily based on the reality.
Peaceful protests where? Never has there been peaceful protests since all this mania began just a few short months ago. NEVER! Keep dreaming!! And now they are killing police officers, but I hear NOBODY from the liberal left condemning these acts! Hence, four more years of Donald Trump as President of the United States! Thank you libs!
I am proud of myself for ignoring the voices of trolls. Here is a brief education on the blm movement. It takes just a minuscule amount of common sense to understand this is nothing more than a very organized extortion ring and the useful idiots who support them are just cannon fodder for their agenda which is extracting millions and millions from corporations who are too afraid to stand up to these thugs. A lot of good it Target stores who were among the very first to be raped by these animals. https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1306977529832648704
When considered over the course of years, the Vietnam War was mostly peaceful. People are no longer blindly swallowing Dem Party leadership and leftist media propaganda like they once did. The smoke perpetually wafting from sections of burning Dem Party controlled cities have finally clued them in.
A Massive Study Found That 95% of Protests This Year Were Peaceful Study: 96% Of Black Lives Matter Protests Have Been Peaceful In Ohio Nearly all summer US protests involved non-violent demonstrators, study finds Study says Black Lives Matter protests ‘93 per cent peaceful’