• star_wraith [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    idk, I have a hard time taking any poll of Americans seriously when it comes to foreign policy in general and Palestine/Israel in particular. Talk to any American for five minutes about the wider world and you’ll quickly realize you may as well be talking to a beagle.

    Even when they are honest and can admit they don’t actually know what’s going on in other countries, they will still feel they are entitled to have an opinion on it and that their opinion is correct.

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      11 months ago

      I guess it depends on the demographics. At my college, there are many black, Hispanic, and Arab students. Almost all of the ones I’ve spoken to are sympathetic towards Palestine.

      White people will be weirder about their stances, because as you said, the ones who don’t understand the problem will still end up taking a side due to vibes. The East/southeast Asians I’ve talked to are usually too focus on securing that Lockheed internship to really care.

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      11 months ago

      I got on to my mil about Russia Ukraine a month ago, asking if she knew what eumaidan was or knew anything about Crimea or Donbas. Absolutely no knowledge of any, not even an idea which were places or events. She agreed she didn’t know even the basic history and didn’t bring it up the rest of the week. Que thanksgiving and she’s talking about it again, ask again about those 3, still no clue. jokerfied