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      Generally not how polling works, only 34% approved and the remainder is just no response.

      75% of Republican respondents approved of the National Guard deployment, only 68% for the Marines deployment.

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      Well, remember George Carlin when he said something along the lines of “Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half the population is dumber than that.”

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      Probably more, some that are mentally challenged awknowledge Trump is terrible, they are just mentally challenged in a nother way.

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    This country continues to depress me. It really should be way higher.

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      It’s going to be interesting to see the reaction on the ones who approve when Trumpflation really gets going because farms can’t hire enough workers to pick their fields and work their cattle and poultry mills.

      Good time to plant a victory garden. You’re gonna need it.

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        Funny you mention it. I am growing a garden this year for the first time ever.

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    That’s a lot of people who saw a reporter get shot and went “I’m cool with that”.

    I’m joking. Most of them probably aren’t paying enough attention to have seen that.

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      Most Americans probably haven’t even seen the video. The average person is unbelievably clueless. My friends Instagram reels is animated screaming cucumbers and more brain rot. 0 news, 0 information, just straight retardation. Each of our media spheres is individually tailored and that is a massive problem when it comes to getting people on the same page.

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        I feel like most of my friends follow the news, but I bet you’re right that most people are just in a haze of screaming cucumbers.

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    45% disapprove the National Guard deployment, while 38% said they approve.

    So 38% are enemies of Constitution and country.

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    There’s something that needs to be done, and that something is drastic, and a lot of people don’t want to hear, or see it. But we can’t keep going forward as a country where more than half of people are violent sociopaths, or enablers of the latter.

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    A lot of people are only seeing very sensationalized edited media about this and thinks the protests are way worse and more violent than they actually are.

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    Wow, we got ALMOST half of America to understand that it’s bad when presidents send the military to threaten Americans.

    That almost makes me think our inevitable decline as a nation will happen slower than I originally thought.

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    If a majority of Americans approve then the problem will not go away if Trump goes away.