Not even close to half.

whoooboyy 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Note the parent said "voters" not people. Of the people who voted, yes, nearly half voted for this. You are correct it's a small minority of the populace, but not of voters.

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animitronix 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah well maybe the rest should get off their ass and vote then chief

	▲	wat10000 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A third are for it. A third are against it. A third just don’t care.
	▲	righthand 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes that’s a valid emotional criticism, I’m more worried about normalizing authoritarianism and fascism by saying “half support it”. We’re already sliding down because we’re lazy privileged Americans. IMO, stating that half agree signals an okayed complacency. There are emotions (half support) and then reality (less than 30% of Americans). The emotions got us into this mess about misdemeanors at the federal level. The authoritarians want you to say: “50% of people love this, give up already.” When the truth is that 28% of people voted for Trump in 2024. He has lost a percentage of that support through his actions since January. Don’t help them normalize this through emotion. Say it’s “half” is negotiating with fascists.