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Bucky

(54,014 posts)
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 09:27 PM Jul 2020

Feel like your conservative friends are getting less right wing? They're lying to you

https://www.cato.org/publications/survey-reports/poll-62-americans-say-they-have-political-views-theyre-afraid-share



Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share

50% of strong liberals support firing Trump donors, 36% of strong conservatives support firing Biden donors; 32% are worried about missing out on job opportunities because of their political opinions

A new Cato national survey finds that self‐​censorship is on the rise in the United States. Nearly two-thirds—62%—of Americans say the political climate these days prevents them from saying things they believe because others might find them offensive. The share of Americans who self‐​censor has risen several points since 2017 when 58% of Americans agreed with this statement.

These fears cross partisan lines. Majorities of Democrats (52%), independents (59%) and Republicans (77%) all agree they have political opinions they are afraid to share.


Do you feel like that you can't express your political opinions at work?

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Feel like your conservative friends are getting less right wing? They're lying to you (Original Post) Bucky Jul 2020 OP
I definitely know to keep my political views quiet AT WORK. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #1

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
1. I definitely know to keep my political views quiet AT WORK.
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 09:35 PM
Jul 2020

I don't know where most of those polled people work at, but every place that I've worked has been totally embedded by conservatives in management.

They like their fascist "our way or the highway" policies, at least for corporations.

Edit: I don't have an urge to say racist or sexist things, but that's maybe what some Republicans are afraid to share? That part of my work atmosphere has been a major no-no for years, at least, but there's much more to politics than that for me.

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