 jklugman says: A survey asked whites about their support for the death penalty. When whites are asked a straight-forward question about support for the death penalty, 65% say they support it. When whites are told that an argument against the death penalty is that its unfair because most of the executed are black, support for the death penalty rises to 77 percent. Now, I am not saying that all (or even most) proponents of the death penalty are racist. At the very least, what the study shows is that there is a group of whites whose racial animosity leads them to support the death penalty. I do not support the death penalty, period. However since a vast majority of the right supports the death penalty, it can only be those on the left that predominantly make up this inconsistency. One assumption deserves another.  Yea, I know, logic and math.... OIC. You think right-wingers are going to always oppose capital punishment no matter what, so those who are on the fence, who would be swayed by a racist argument would have to be leftists. Actually there is probably some truth to this argument Paul Sniderman has argued that while white conservatives are more prejudiced against blacks than white liberals are, prejudice plays a greater role in determining liberals' policy stands than it does for conservatives. yea... that's it. ***sarc*** while white conservatives are more prejudiced against blacks than whiteso what does the conservative's prejudice determine ? This is a bunch of hoooey. I know racists. They are of three types 1. back-woods, in-bred, hillbilly, ignorant, buffoons that vote a straight DEM ticket. 2. holier than thou, welfare-statist, limousine libs that think blacks are incapable of achieving. 3. and far more rare, the skin-head, hate types that cannot read and comprehend a comic book. Interesting clip, jk. I trust you are finding the dialogue as intersting.  Benjamin Disraeli said it best. I know racists. They are of three types 1. back-woods, in-bred, hillbilly, ignorant, buffoons that vote a straight DEM ticket. 2. holier than thou, welfare-statist, limousine libs that think blacks are incapable of achieving. 3. and far more rare, the skin-head, hate types that cannot read and comprehend a comic book.Willhelm, you will be happy to know that I looked into this with the 2004 General Social Survey, and according to this data we are both wrong. I used three different measures of prejudice--respondents' evaluations of white-black differences in intelligence, respondents' evaluations of white-black difference in work ethic, and respondent's reports of how close t... JK, You're right! I'm happy! |
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