Angela
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Certainly not Americans. So why are we still paying attention to the shrill "progressives" who represent such a small part of the country???
See:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...orities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/
"[FONT="]On social media, the country seems to divide into two neat camps: Call them the woke and the resentful. Team Resentment is manned—pun very much intended—by people who are predominantly old and almost exclusively white. Team Woke is young, likely to be female, and predominantly black, brown, or Asian (though white “allies” do their dutiful part). These teams are roughly equal in number, and they disagree most vehemently, as well as most routinely, about the catchall known as political correctness."
"[/FONT][FONT="]Reality is nothing like this. As scholars Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Miriam Juan-Torres, and Tim Dixon argue in a report published Wednesday, “[/FONT]Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape[FONT="],” most Americans don’t fit into either of these camps. They also share more common ground than the daily fights on social media might suggest—including a general aversion to PC culture."
"[/FONT][FONT="]Among the general population, a full 80 percent believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.” Even young people are uncomfortable with it, including 74 percent ages 24 to 29, and 79 percent under age 24. On this particular issue, the woke are in a clear minority across [/FONT]all [FONT="]ages.[/FONT][FONT="]Youth isn’t a good proxy for support of political correctness—and it turns out race isn’t, either.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Whites are ever so slightly less likely than average to believe that political correctness is a problem in the country: 79 percent of them share this sentiment. Instead, it is Asians (82 percent), Hispanics (87percent), and American Indians (88 percent) who are most likely to oppose political correctness."
"If age and race do not predict support for political correctness, what does? Income and education.[/FONT]
[FONT="]While 83 percent of respondents who make less than $50,000 dislike political correctness, just 70 percent of those who make more than $100,000 are skeptical about it. And while 87 percent who have never attended college think that political correctness has grown to be a problem, only 66 percent of those with a postgraduate degree share that sentiment."
What the above proves is that the socialist/marxists who dominate the professor class in the liberal arts, the socialist/marxists from the baby boomer generation who gravitated there after the sixties, has done a pretty good job of brainwashing their students."
"Political tribe—as defined by the authors—is an even better predictor of views on political correctness. Among devoted conservatives, 97 percent believe that political correctness is a problem. Among traditional liberals, 61 percent do. Progressive activists are the only group that strongly backs political correctness: Only 30 percent see it as a problem."
"So what does this group look like? Compared with the rest of the (nationally representative) polling sample, progressive activists are much more likely to be rich, highly educated—and white. They are nearly twice as likely as the average to make more than $100,000 a year. They are nearly three times as likely to have a postgraduate degree. And while 12 percent of the overall sample in the study is African American, only 3 percent of progressive activists are. With the exception of the small tribe of devoted conservatives, progressive activists are the most racially homogeneous group in the country."
All of which means they are totally isolated from having to deal with the reality that their policies have created.
Thank God they represent only 8 percent of the population. Their influence, however, is multiples of that because they dominate the media. It's time the majority learned about this.
It is heartening that even the majority of traditional liberals dislikes it.[/FONT]
See:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...orities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/
"[FONT="]On social media, the country seems to divide into two neat camps: Call them the woke and the resentful. Team Resentment is manned—pun very much intended—by people who are predominantly old and almost exclusively white. Team Woke is young, likely to be female, and predominantly black, brown, or Asian (though white “allies” do their dutiful part). These teams are roughly equal in number, and they disagree most vehemently, as well as most routinely, about the catchall known as political correctness."
"[/FONT][FONT="]Reality is nothing like this. As scholars Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Miriam Juan-Torres, and Tim Dixon argue in a report published Wednesday, “[/FONT]Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape[FONT="],” most Americans don’t fit into either of these camps. They also share more common ground than the daily fights on social media might suggest—including a general aversion to PC culture."
"[/FONT][FONT="]Among the general population, a full 80 percent believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.” Even young people are uncomfortable with it, including 74 percent ages 24 to 29, and 79 percent under age 24. On this particular issue, the woke are in a clear minority across [/FONT]all [FONT="]ages.[/FONT][FONT="]Youth isn’t a good proxy for support of political correctness—and it turns out race isn’t, either.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Whites are ever so slightly less likely than average to believe that political correctness is a problem in the country: 79 percent of them share this sentiment. Instead, it is Asians (82 percent), Hispanics (87percent), and American Indians (88 percent) who are most likely to oppose political correctness."
"If age and race do not predict support for political correctness, what does? Income and education.[/FONT]
[FONT="]While 83 percent of respondents who make less than $50,000 dislike political correctness, just 70 percent of those who make more than $100,000 are skeptical about it. And while 87 percent who have never attended college think that political correctness has grown to be a problem, only 66 percent of those with a postgraduate degree share that sentiment."
What the above proves is that the socialist/marxists who dominate the professor class in the liberal arts, the socialist/marxists from the baby boomer generation who gravitated there after the sixties, has done a pretty good job of brainwashing their students."
"Political tribe—as defined by the authors—is an even better predictor of views on political correctness. Among devoted conservatives, 97 percent believe that political correctness is a problem. Among traditional liberals, 61 percent do. Progressive activists are the only group that strongly backs political correctness: Only 30 percent see it as a problem."
"So what does this group look like? Compared with the rest of the (nationally representative) polling sample, progressive activists are much more likely to be rich, highly educated—and white. They are nearly twice as likely as the average to make more than $100,000 a year. They are nearly three times as likely to have a postgraduate degree. And while 12 percent of the overall sample in the study is African American, only 3 percent of progressive activists are. With the exception of the small tribe of devoted conservatives, progressive activists are the most racially homogeneous group in the country."
All of which means they are totally isolated from having to deal with the reality that their policies have created.
Thank God they represent only 8 percent of the population. Their influence, however, is multiples of that because they dominate the media. It's time the majority learned about this.
It is heartening that even the majority of traditional liberals dislikes it.[/FONT]
