Re: a poll of Iraqis by Iraqis

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

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