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Knowles: New Poll Reveals More Than Intended About Democrats’ View Of Racism, Sexism

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In Tuesday’s episode of “The Michael Knowles Show,” Michael breaks down an Axios/Survey Monkey poll that reveals more than the pollsters probably intended.

The new study revealed that “61% of Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, and bigoted,” Knowles explained. But it also suggests that Democrats don’t take those terms as seriously as Republicans.

“First of all, kudos to you, 39% of Democrats who don’t think that. Thank you for being adults. Good job,” he joked. “But 61%, the majority. A strong majority of Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, and bigoted … ,” he continued. “Even now, at the pitch of the battle as hot as it is, only 31% of Republicans believe that Democrats are racist, sexist, and bigoted. And so you’ve got less, or you’ve got about half, roughly half the number of Republicans as Democrats believe that their opponents are racist, sexist, and bigoted according to this study. One-third of Americans say that they would be disappointed if a close family member married someone with different political views. A third of Americans.”

He continued: “So, 61% of Democrats say the GOP and Republicans are racist, sexist, bigoted, but only 21% of them say that they’re evil. As for Republicans, 31% of Republicans think that Democrats are racist, sexist, bigoted, but 23% of them think that they’re evil. So, you’ve got 31% and 23%, that means that you’ve got 8% of Republicans who don’t seem to think that being racist, sexist, and bigoted is evil compared to 40% of Democrats who don’t believe that being racist, sexist, and bigoted is evil.”

Knowles pointed out one significant takeaway that is being ignored by the media: “You’ve got 40% of Democrats who are so quick to throw around those words: racist, sexist, this is ,that is … but they don’t really think it’s evil. They’re just using it. They use it like water,” he said. “That part of the poll isn’t being reported, but it’s probably the most interesting thing in there.”

Video and transcript below:

Now, broadly speaking, why would Democrats, even partisan Democrats vote for a Taliban apologist over a war hero?

Well there is a new study out today from Axios/SurveyMonkey which might give the answer which is that 61% of Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, and bigoted.

61%.

First of all, kudos to you, 39% of Democrats who don’t think that. Thank you for being adults. Good job.

But 61%, the majority. A strong majority of Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, and bigoted compared to Republicans. Even now, at the pitch of the battle as hot as it is, only 31% of Republicans believe that Democrats are racist, sexist, and bigoted and so you’ve got less, or you’ve got about half, roughly half the number of Republicans as Democrats believe that their opponents are racist, sexist, and bigoted according to this study.

One-third of Americans say that they would be disappointed if a close family member married someone with different political views.

A third of Americans.

I was wondering about this, because, I thought, you know someday, hopefully, when it’s the day of my daughter’s wedding, I’m sitting up like Don Corleone in my office granting favors to people and some lefty comes in and he’s gonna marry my daughter. Would I be a little disappointed? I don’t know. It depends on the guy. I know good left-wingers. I’m friends with a number of left wingers, probably the majority of my friends are left-wing, just by virtue of the places that I’ve lived, so it depends on the person. If it were a Democrat who believes that all Republicans are racist, sexist, bigots, I probably wouldn’t like that guy.

But if it’s a little bit more of a sane Democrat, I guess that would be fine, but a third of Americans now say they would be troubled by that. The most interesting part of this survey is on the question of evil, because I actually understand the 1/3 answer. I actually understand why a 1/3 of Americans would be troubled if a family member married someone of the other political party. If you’re in a situation where the majority of Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, and bigoted then you’re basically saying that they’re evil because in America that’s the worst thing you can call somebody is a racist and to say that you want to discriminate against people on the basis of their skin, you want to be unfair to people. You want to keep people down. You want to oppress people based on immutable characteristics like race and sex. That’s pretty wicked. That’s pretty bad stuff, so if you think that the other person is evil, you probably don’t want your little sister to marry that guy. However, look at the breakdown. The question of evil, because it asked Democrats and Republicans do you think the other side is evil. So, 61% of Democrats say the GOP and Republicans are racist, sexist, bigoted, but only 21% of them say that they’re evil. As for Republicans, 31% of Republicans think that Democrats are racist, sexist, bigoted, but 23% of them think that they’re evil. So, you’ve got 31% and 23%, that means that you’ve got 8% of Republicans who don’t seem to think that being racist, sexist, and bigoted is evil compared to 40% of Democrats who don’t believe that being racist, sexist, and bigoted is evil.

That number is actually pretty interesting. You’ve got 40% of Democrats who are so quick to throw around those words: racist sexist this is that is, but they don’t really think it’s evil. They’re just using it. They use it like water. They just can’t say I don’t like you, you’re a meanie, and it shows how unseriously they take those questions. How unseriously they take issues of racial discrimination, sexual assault. They don’t take it seriously at all. They bandied about like nothing.

Quite interesting though how much more seriously, how much more evil Republicans consider those sorts of things than Democrats. That part of the poll isn’t being reported, but it’s probably the most interesting thing in there.

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