By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--May 29, 2018
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Sometimes I’m baffled about the things pollsters choose to examine. I get polling policies or candidates, but stuff like this? I’m shocked that anyone, anywhere, actually thought “hey we really need to get a read on whether people are comfortable calling roving gangs of rapists and murderers ‘animals.'”A majority of Americans in a new poll believe it’s fair to characterize members of the MS-13 gang as “animals,” according to the survey taken after President Trump faced controversy for remarks during an immigration meeting. Fifty-six percent of American adults in the Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll said referring to members of the gang as “animals” is fair, compared to 44 percent who said the characterization was unfair.Now, I would have just assumed this. It feels like common sense to me. However, I suppose there might be a group of folks like Nancy Pelosi who think this sort of language “dehumanizes” rapists and murderers. We can’t have that, right? …Well, turns out we can:
A slimmer majority, 52 percent, added that comments that “dehumanize” members of MS-13 are acceptable.
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Won’t someone please stand for the rapists, murderers, and drug dealers?NEW POLL: Majority of Americans say its okay to call MS-13 gang members "animals" https://t.co/G2WkezyiLo pic.twitter.com/JemBgBMncc
— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2018
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