7 pointsby PaulHoule3 hours ago1 comment
  • khelavastr3 hours ago
    Oh no! They asked Americans about "others in their country" and then generalized the answer to be what Americans think about Americans.

    You'd have to have your head up your ** about American feelings about immigrants and asylum-seekers, let alone American illegal immigrants, to generalize the answer about "Americans" or US citizens.

    This poll and article were mistakes

    • PaulHoule3 hours ago
      Part of it is that Democrats think Republicans are bad and that Republicans think Democrats are bad. Note this quote:

         Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party are much more likely 
         than Republicans  and Republican leaners to rate fellow Americans as morally 
         and ethically bad (60% vs. 46%).
      
      
      I've been chewing on this a lot:

      https://aethermug.com/posts/culture-is-the-mass-synchronizat...

      and thinking how "increasing social cohesion" seems entirely out of reach in the US although the fact is that we can't afford to go on the way we are going. It's particularly funny to me that people in Canada, next door, economically almost part of the United States (don't tell the President!) is the country with the lowest level of people saying their countrymen were bad.

    • uberman3 hours ago
      Am I reading the correct article? The one I just read does not include the work "immigrant" nor the word "asylum" at all?
    • clipsy3 hours ago
      Funny, I certainly think Americans have bad morals and ethics, and your comment is an example of why.