The realm of politics has been so degraded that people don’t even seem to notice how bizarre the following “opinion poll” is:
A survey conducted by the Democratic-leaning firm Public Policy Polling found that 67 percent of respondents who voted for Romney in 2012 said they had a higher opinion of the family made famous by TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting.” Just 12 percent of Romney voters said they had a higher opinion of the President than the Duggars.
By contrast, 87 percent of respondents who voted for Obama in 2012 said they had a higher opinion of the President than the Duggars. Only 5 percent of Obama voters said they had a higher opinion of the ultra-conservative Christian reality TV family.
What kind of an “opinion” can place a president and a bunch of TV personalities on the same field for comparison purposes? This is like asking if I have a higher opinion of the Beatles or sunflowers.
The word “opinion” is the most overused of all these days. I can’t tell you how many times I have to say to students, “No, it isn’t just your “opinion” that Columbus traveled to the New World in 1356. This is not an issue on which you can have opinions.” They get extremely sulky when they hear that they can’t have opinions about some things.
It’s very disturbing how easily people responded to the entirely idiotic question in the quoted poll without stopping to ask what this “opinion” was supposed to be based on.
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I agree that the question is silly. However, it illustrates the “convenience” definition of morality in US society as well as the level of polarization: people who voted GOP and responded to the survey can give practitioners of incest more respect than they give the President.
As a survey question, this is junk. As a qualitative comment on the society, it’s awful.
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“people who voted GOP and responded to the survey can give practitioners of incest more respect than they give the President.”
They may be hillbilly cousin fuckers, but they’re our hillbilly cousin fuckers dagnabbit!
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“They may be hillbilly cousin fuckers, but they’re our hillbilly cousin fuckers dagnabbit!”
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