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The data for this survey were obviously collected before the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish people in Israel, and the subsequent demonstrations by some people in the U.S. in support of Hamas. This revealed a fundamental division in peoples' beliefs in the legitimacy of extreme violence to allegedly remedy anti-democratic abuses of a less lethal nature (by the conservative Israeli government). I suspect that a poll on this issue would reveal a substantially higher tolerance for left-wing violence of this type within the Democratic Party than among Independents and Republicans. That's why I don't criticize MAGA Republicans for having anti-democratic leanings without pointing out that many "Progressive" Democrats are Marxists and anti-white racists who are just as bad.

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I can't speak for every demonstrator but I believe that the demonstrations are for the Palestinians NOT Hamas. They flags shown are Palestinian flags NOT the flags of Hama that are green and white.

As for the Middle East, please show me some clean hands. I can't find any. Hama is no one's friend and they should have been taken care of years ago. There are Israelis right now, laying the blame for this at the feet of Benjamin Netanyahu. I'll stop here because this terrible violence between Israel and the Palestinians has been going on, modern version, since 1948 and can't be covered in a paragraph. There is much information, written and in film, telling the entire story from both points of view.

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“...who are just as bad.” No. Absolutely not.

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