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Some light genocide (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I tried to find the poll instead of an article about it and I found this.

https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/reuters-ipsos-israel-hamas-war-2024-election

Americans are split on whether Israel’s response has been excessive (50% agree, 50% disagree), Democrats are more likely to agree (62%) than Republicans (30%)

That is to say that 70% of Republicans believe that a bombing campaign that has killed 12,000 of innocent civilians including thousands of children is not excessive. The parody isn't far from truth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're cherrypicking:

Americans are split on whether Israel’s response has been excessive (50% agree, 50% disagree), Democrats are more likely to agree (62%) than Republicans (30%) and 76% say that Israel is doing what any country would do in response to a terror attack and taking of civilians hostages – a majority of Democrats (77%) and Republicans (83%) agree here. However, two in three (68%) of respondents also agree with the statement that "Israel should call a ceasefire and try to negotiate."

TBH, even 30% of Republicans saying it's excessive is remarkable, considering the bullshit FOX has been serving up since Oct 7.

These polls record responses to specific questions. The response indicates their agreement with a specific question, and typically they cover a range of related questions so that you get a picture of sentiments on each one.

By the way, the link includes a PDF version of the non-summarized findings, which are more informative:

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2023-11/Reuters%20Ipsos%20Israel%20Gaza%20Hamas%20War%20Topline%2011%2015%202023_0.pdf

That many people not thinking what's going on is "excessive" is a disturbing statistic of course, but that's a second discussion. I reckon it's mostly the people who aren't seeing footage from on the ground.