NPR Poll: Majority of Americans Are Sick of Political Correctness and People Not Being Permitted to Say Anything Anymore

Maybe Soccer Moms need to stuff it.

Heading into the 2020 Democratic primaries, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has a warning for Democrats: Americans are largely against the country becoming more politically correct.

Fifty-two percent of Americans, including a majority of independents, said they are against the country becoming more politically correct and are upset that there are too many things people can't say anymore. About a third said they are in favor of the country becoming more politically correct and like when people are being more sensitive in their comments about others.

That's a big warning sign for Democrats heading into the 2020 primaries when cultural sensitivity has become such a defining issue with the progressive base.

There's a big split between men and women on this issue, and having a college degree makes women more in favor of authoritarian thought-policing. Go figure.

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There's also a big gender divide by place and education. Women who live in small cities or the suburbs say people need to be more sensitive, 52 percent vs. 37 percent. But just a quarter of men who live in the same place say so (27 to 57 percent), making for what have to be some very divided dinner tables.

White women with college degrees are split, but slightly more of them than not say people should be sensitive (46 to 43 percent). Nearly two-thirds of white men with college degrees, however, say the country is becoming too politically correct. (Roughly the same percentage of white men without a college degree feel the same way.)

Seth Mandel and Noah Rothman, who are essentially women, also agreed 100% with the statement "We need to bow to our leftist masters" and also agreed 100% with the claim "I bake cookies while my wife entertains her male 'friends.'" They also agreed 100% with the sentiment, "Jake Tapper has robust, musky thews."

What's more, Americans are split 47 to 47 on whether they feel they can speak their minds more freely compared to a few years ago. And here, interesting divides emerge as well. Those same suburban/small city kitchen tables are split — with a 27-point gender gap on this question in those places. (Men in those areas are 20 points more likely to say they feel censored, while women there are 7 points more likely to say the opposite.)

I may have added one paragraph of poll findings to that article.

Can YOU find it?

posted by Ace of Spades at 04:28 PM

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