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Re:Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Sile... by choko on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:23PM (#15604044)
No offense, but those are all anecdotal observations and include no demographic information. As one person in millions, why do you feel your unscientific observations on this topic are relevant?
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Re:Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Sile... by rapsey on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:26PM (#15604088)
I'm a trump supporter and I agree with all of those and I doubt many fellow supporters disagree with anything of it either.
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Re:Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Sile... by sievebrain on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:25PM (#15604077)
Polling and statistical generalisations hide a lot of detail - they can generally identify the what, but whether they get the why is much more hit and miss.

Most obviously without anecdotal reports on what people believe, pollsters would not know what questions to ask.

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Re:Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Sile... by drc555 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:27PM (#15604100)
he never proclaimed them to be true , it is indeed unscientific observation. what gets under your skin ?

Disclaimer : I am on neither side .

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Re:Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Sile... by choko on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:34PM (#15604164)
Nothing is really "under my skin", I just don't see how these observations about a few select Trump supporters are valuable in the grand scheme of things. It comes across as stereotyping.
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