Post had nothing to do with murder or violence. It is clear who reddit serves.

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    NGL if ya’lls ability to make rational appeals inherently relies on Luigi Mangione worship then you’re going to have a very difficult time just in general.

    Even just using the un-photo-shopped Bernie Sanders original could swing the bias almost 50% in your favor when approaching the general public with your ideals.

    Everybody loves Bernie. Only 18% approve of what Luigi did.

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      In your link below, 18% only includes “strong positive”. Why exclude “somewhat positive”?

      Edit (correcting numbers as pointed out): 31% positive, 41% negative for the under-45 respondents. 19% positive, 61% negative overall.

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        It’s actually 19%, including both levels of support. Reading is hard for people I guess.

        And for the record, 61% held a negative view. So OP is completely correct here.

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          Ah, you are right regarding the full dataset. Thank you.

          It’s strange that they start off with, and seem to focus on, the under-45 respondents unless they were trying to push a positive-viewpoint message. For that age group, it was 31% positive and 41% negative. However, this group seems like a better fit for the Lemmy/Reddit audience. Furthermore, left-leaning voters appear to be more positive in this poll than their right-leaning counterparts.

          With all that in mind, I still think this meme works well and wouldn’t have been improved with Bernie.

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        Why exclude “somewhat positive”?

        Because they’re making their argument in bad faith, or they stopped after getting the part they wanted and didn’t bother looking any further.

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            finitebanjo has some pretty obvious ‘lying with statistics’ vibes. He said only 18% approved of Luigi’s actions when I can say only 41% view Luigi’s actions as negative. They were just cherry picking some stats.

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              Ah yes. The vibes. Always reliable. Except it’s actually 61% negative. Should I accuse you of lying now?

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      Last numbers I saw in that kinda world, where very much higher then 18% not sure where you are pulling that figure from?

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      We’re dealing with the same idiots that think they can squash dissent by no longer allowing questions on company town halls. Doing literally anything continues to frustrate the fuck out of them as they realize they don’t have a paycheck to wave at us to keep us quiet. But, yes, anyone willing to do a little heavier lifting is always welcome.

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          The people it is meant for know what it means. If you don’t, you’re either out of scope, or my enemy.

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        Echo chambers are fine, as long as you don’t think they are reality and act accordingly. I am annoyed by willful ignorance, so I purposefully avoid becoming friends with willfully ignorant people. But, I remember that they exist and when they come after marginalized people, I am not afraid to engage them.

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          Yeah but few people seem to have this ability. I’m not sure it’s human nature. People tend to uncritically accept the opinions and statements of their peers as fact.

          Maybe you are exceptional and this doesn’t apply but I tend to think it applies to everyone to some extent.

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            I’m not exceptional. I’m the same piece of shit as everyone else 😂 you’re right though, it doesn’t hurt to remind people to be cautious of them.

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              Yeah part of me wants to think I am immune but I think that’s my cognitive bias at work. But I do think I’m more skeptical than the average person, even if I’m not completely immune. People who think about and recognize these issues might have an extra layer of defense, if imperfect.

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                you actually can be pretty close to immune, vaccinated you might say, through meditation. you become very aware of how your thoughts arise, and how they really are not you. and the difference between thoughts and thinking.

                the ol’ “try to think of what your next thought will be, and you won’t be able to” thing. But, sounds like you’ve already been practicing some self-awareness.