28 thoughts on “One out of six Republicans think the government is run by pedophiles”
bbleh
One out of six Republicans TELLS POLLSTERS they think the government is run by pedophiles. There's a significant difference between what people believe and what they tell pollsters -- just look at actual vs reported voting rates -- and like all good cultists, MAGAts know to repeat the party line whenever asked, irrespective of what they might believe personally.
Gullible and/or stupid in general yes, but I think not THAT gullible or stupid.
greggers
one out of six Republicans will agree with any negative statement about Democrats. it's performance, not opinion.
Lounsbury
yes, and I think rationally one can expect that a significant portion are using Pedophiles to mean "Gays and others we can't now openly despise" wherre as old usage Pedophile proper is confused with homosexual, etc.
(see Mr Musk e.g.)
Of couse a certain percent believe this literally.
DudePlayingDudeDisguisedAsAnotherDude
The party affiliation of satan-worshipping pedophiles was not mentioned in the question.
Eve
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pavodog
No problem. These folks will also be the first casualties when the next pandemic hits and they won't get vaxed because of various conspiracy theories. Darwin wins out.
RiChard
I do not have a hard time believing that 1 in 6 Republicans believes this. That gullible? -- oh, yeah. Or, that delusional, I dunno. They will stand by whatever they need to, to make it work out for them. We're not dealing with rational people who simply disagree, any more.
rick_jones
Per the chart, one in eight Americans overall. I would think that is even more “WTAF” …
James B. Shearer
According to the source also 16% of independents and 8% of democrats.
iamr4man
Maybe they’re just looking at the Republicans in government.
Bardi
That is the first thing I thought, considering the Republican record.
25% of all Americans tell pollsters they think the world is run by lizardmen.
10% of Americans tell pollsters they believe the Earth is flat.
In 2019, 48% of Americans believed Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.
People believe a lot of crazy things.
Citizen99
Um . . . the trump campaign did collude with Russian cutouts. The fool Mueller didn't prosecute because no one in trump's campaign actually signed a contract with the Russian GOVERNMENT. That's those norms for ya!
kenalovell
I suspect all this tells us is that the ever-diminishing sliver of the population "willing to answer a few questions" leans heavily towards kooks and fools.
painedumonde
Most of them don't know the definition anyway.
bebopman
So they think Catholic priests won the elections?
bebopman
You know, for some, if not all, of those people, they have to believe something like that to justify supporting the stuff that Republicans do. They don’t want to admit why they really support the GOP.
Anandakos
Who the hell are the 8% of DEMOCRATS who think the government is run by Satan Worshipping Pedophiles????????
Art Eclectic
People with a perverse sense of humor?
Bluto_Blutarski
According to Gallup, 89% of Americans say they believe in god.
bizarrojimmyolsen
As a reminder the whole Q anon thing is just a repackaging of the old antisemitic blood libel, so when people say the government is run by a secret cabal of pedophile satanists they mean a secret jewish cabal. It’s antisemitism all the way down.
Salamander
I've long assumed that the "pedophile!!!" assertions by Republicans was just more of their standard projectionism. It would definitely fit with news reports (i.e. scandals).
The lizard people thing is weird, though. Did they get it from that sf miniseries "V" that aired in 1983?
ScentOfViolets
Lizard people goes at least as far back as News of the World conspiracy theories in the 1970's, much further back if you think of Hyperborean fiction.
Toofbew
"One Out of Six Republicans Thinks ..."
That sounds about right.
Bardi
That high?
Jimm
Fools are easily distracted. How to believe anything without adequate evidence except for the miracles of God and religion? We shouldn't confuse the realms...faith should be restricted to religion, which is about human souls and salvation, not how we otherwise pragmatically solve problems and challenges, or we will all die in some irrational expression of violence as common sense and science perish at the hands of ignorance and conflicts of faith that have no means to reconcile themselves.
Respect and humility are essential (in both faith and empiricism, religion and science).
One out of six Republicans TELLS POLLSTERS they think the government is run by pedophiles. There's a significant difference between what people believe and what they tell pollsters -- just look at actual vs reported voting rates -- and like all good cultists, MAGAts know to repeat the party line whenever asked, irrespective of what they might believe personally.
Gullible and/or stupid in general yes, but I think not THAT gullible or stupid.
one out of six Republicans will agree with any negative statement about Democrats. it's performance, not opinion.
yes, and I think rationally one can expect that a significant portion are using Pedophiles to mean "Gays and others we can't now openly despise" wherre as old usage Pedophile proper is confused with homosexual, etc.
(see Mr Musk e.g.)
Of couse a certain percent believe this literally.
The party affiliation of satan-worshipping pedophiles was not mentioned in the question.
Real on the web home based work to make more than $14k. Last month I made $15738 from this home job. Very simple and easy to do and procuring from this are just awesome. For more detail visit the given interface.. http://incomebyus.blogspot.com
No problem. These folks will also be the first casualties when the next pandemic hits and they won't get vaxed because of various conspiracy theories. Darwin wins out.
I do not have a hard time believing that 1 in 6 Republicans believes this. That gullible? -- oh, yeah. Or, that delusional, I dunno. They will stand by whatever they need to, to make it work out for them. We're not dealing with rational people who simply disagree, any more.
Per the chart, one in eight Americans overall. I would think that is even more “WTAF” …
According to the source also 16% of independents and 8% of democrats.
Maybe they’re just looking at the Republicans in government.
That is the first thing I thought, considering the Republican record.
Things are getting better.
Ten years ago, the crazification factor was 27%
https://www.chronicle.com/blognetwork/edgeofthewest/the-crazification-factor
Only one in six? That's excellent news!
25% of all Americans tell pollsters they think the world is run by lizardmen.
10% of Americans tell pollsters they believe the Earth is flat.
In 2019, 48% of Americans believed Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.
People believe a lot of crazy things.
Um . . . the trump campaign did collude with Russian cutouts. The fool Mueller didn't prosecute because no one in trump's campaign actually signed a contract with the Russian GOVERNMENT. That's those norms for ya!
I suspect all this tells us is that the ever-diminishing sliver of the population "willing to answer a few questions" leans heavily towards kooks and fools.
Most of them don't know the definition anyway.
So they think Catholic priests won the elections?
You know, for some, if not all, of those people, they have to believe something like that to justify supporting the stuff that Republicans do. They don’t want to admit why they really support the GOP.
Who the hell are the 8% of DEMOCRATS who think the government is run by Satan Worshipping Pedophiles????????
People with a perverse sense of humor?
According to Gallup, 89% of Americans say they believe in god.
As a reminder the whole Q anon thing is just a repackaging of the old antisemitic blood libel, so when people say the government is run by a secret cabal of pedophile satanists they mean a secret jewish cabal. It’s antisemitism all the way down.
I've long assumed that the "pedophile!!!" assertions by Republicans was just more of their standard projectionism. It would definitely fit with news reports (i.e. scandals).
The lizard people thing is weird, though. Did they get it from that sf miniseries "V" that aired in 1983?
Lizard people goes at least as far back as News of the World conspiracy theories in the 1970's, much further back if you think of Hyperborean fiction.
"One Out of Six Republicans Thinks ..."
That sounds about right.
That high?
Fools are easily distracted. How to believe anything without adequate evidence except for the miracles of God and religion? We shouldn't confuse the realms...faith should be restricted to religion, which is about human souls and salvation, not how we otherwise pragmatically solve problems and challenges, or we will all die in some irrational expression of violence as common sense and science perish at the hands of ignorance and conflicts of faith that have no means to reconcile themselves.
Respect and humility are essential (in both faith and empiricism, religion and science).