This is rather frightening…
From Dailykos.com:
A CBS poll found the following:
The poll also shows that while three in four Americans say violence against the government is never justified, 16 percent say it can be justified — the same percentage that said as much in April.
What? 16 percent of Americans think anti-government violence is justified? I emailed CBS and asked for the partisan breakdowns of that question. Here they are:
Do you think it is ever justified for citizens to take violent action against the government, or is it never justified?
Republican 28% yes, 64% no
Democrat 11% yes, 81% no
Indepdent 11% yes, 81% no
Note, this poll was conducted after the Giffords shooting. Yet while a tiny (though still too large) fringe of Democrats and Independents approve of anti-government violence (likely the Alex Jones crowd), over a quarter of Republicans do so.
28 percent.
I wonder where that 28 percent gets their news. (Not really, it’s pretty obvious.)
via Daily Kos: CBS poll: Over a quarter of Republicans think violence against government justified.
Lost in the 21st Century 
Think about the question, idiot!
Of course it is sometimes justifiable to use violence against the government. How in the Gods’ names do you think we became an independent nation in the first place?
What if the filthy Liberals’ fears comes true and the government moves to a theocratic model? Would you take up arms then?
What’s actually sad and dangerous is that so few answered that it could be justifiable.
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