Jim Devine wrote:
On 12/15/05, Michael Perelman wrote:What kind of poll results would you expect from a poll that asked if you were a racist or a homophobe?
on the latter, all sorts of people have admitted not liking gays -- or the "gay life-style" -- to me. It's not seen as being in the same league as racism (which is taboo in the US, even as many are indeed racist).
Needless to say, lots of Republicans would reject both labels, esp, as Jim points out, the "racist" one. We really need to do a better job of understanding the appeal of right-wing politics than seeing adherents as nothing other than bigots. Sure, some of them are, but all that stuff about freedom and values has some actual content.
Doug
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