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muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 03:21 PM Sep 2018

54% of Republicans are scum. 48% of White Evangelical Christians are scum.

This is not just 'deplorable'; this is "human shit, without a moral clue":

If the charge of sexual assault during a party in high school by Christine Blasey Ford against Brett Kavanaugh is true, do you think Brett Kavanaugh:
Should be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court: Republicans 54%; White Evangelical Christians 48%
Should not be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court: 32% & 36%
Unsure: 14% & 16%

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NPR_PBS-NewsHour_Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_1809251359.pdf

The figures for other categories look bad enough, but they are unalterable categories of people's lives, like age. These are the categories for which people have made their choice. For the record, 12% of Democrats and 31% Independents are also scum.

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