YouGov: 25% of “very liberal” Americans say violence can be justified to achieve political goals compared with 3% of “very conservative” Americans.

May 9, 2026 · 9:43 PM UTC

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Liberals are angry because they hate themselves foremost and they take it out on the rest of us!
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Deeply troubling
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统计发现，越自由派的人，越觉得使用暴力来达到政治目的是合理的。年轻人居多。我们见过呀，红卫兵。打倒右派，不要文斗，要武斗。所以说极左是思想病毒。
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The left is a party of violence and murder
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ELON MUSK: “See how much violence there is on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week and people on the left celebrating it openly, the left is the party of murder and celebrating murder.”
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The left is a party of violence & murder
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Stephen Miller destroyed the Democrats “The Democrat Party has become a party that openly aides, encourages and foments violence. They are using this violent rhetoric to mark people, to put a target on them.” This led to… 🚩multiple attempts on Trump 🚩murder Charlie Kirk
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Peace, love, and 25% political violence. The tolerant ones have spoken
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Yet...
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Why are Democrats so violent?
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Elon is always right💯
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Everyone knows MAGA lies to pollsters!
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Easily one of the most concerning statistics in America today.
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I don't believe that . . . a higher % Marxist Democrats not only believe in violence, they want it. They just know they shouldn't admit it in a poll. How do I know? I live in a wealthy progressive enclave. Just pretend you are a progtard, and after a single glass of wine they will unveil their violent fantasies.
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buried lede, it's 42% between very liberal and liberal
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So basically the left is the real Nazi party.

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Results that should surprise no one who pays attention to what illiberal "progressives" and radical leftists regularly say.
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Even more disturbing is that across all political parties the younger generation feels it’s justified at 2x or more the older generation
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🤨🤨🤨
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This chart has been radically altered with most statistics photo shopped out. Here's the original. Request a community note.
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You're saying that MAGA thinks political violence is never okay to affect political change? Yet, they seem okay justifying J6 as a walk through the capitol. It was not. We all know that, even though MAGA can never admit that because of Trump. We all know it. Say it out loud.
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It’s criminal. Worse. Liberals continue to get away with the political violence. When will there be justice? . @POTUS . @FBIDirectorKash . @DNIGabbard
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I think it’s much higher than 25% unfortunately.
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And yet @TheDemocrats will try and convince you that political violence is equal on both sides. It's not even close.
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That is primarily because conservatives believe in rule by law, and liberals believe in rule by power... including when power is used to destroy law in order to obtain more power.
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As usual, the pieces of shit that y'all are just put one result of an extensive poll that you think makes Democrats sound evil and it's not the whole story. Maybe you should post all of the poll results. Bottom line though? Republicans are more violent.
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Democrats... - Groom young children for aberrations.. - Groom their Democrat base for violence... Democrats... The party created to spread slavery throughout America. Democrats... The party of corruption... Democrats... The party of criminals... Democrats... The party of anger and violence... Democrats... So proud of all... that they are...
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So Jan 6 was committed by liberals? ...and then Proud Boys are liberals? ...and Trump pardoned liberals? So Trump supports liberals and violence? You said it, not me
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Being a Leftist requires: 1) The arrogance to think anyone who disagrees with you is stupid or evil. 2) The narcissism to think you know what is best for everyone else. 3) The certainty that your prescriptions for humanity are unchallengeable. 4) A sociopathic personality the allows you to impose ideas and behavior on others, by force, if necessary. It’s no surprise that Leftists, and collectivists in general, are violent.
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Was the violence of the Civil Warm justified to end slavery?
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The USA is founded on political violence, sedition, foreign *French interference, treason and the rule of the gun. Why are you surprised The USA is founded on political violence, sedition, foreign *French interference and treason. Why are you shocked? When a standing President endorses political violence? The USA today has the highest rate of gun deaths in the developed world, with a firearm mortality rate of roughly 10.6 deaths per 100,000 people. This rate is exponentially higher than that of peer wealthy nations. Yet you do nothing, and the kids keep dying. Savages, left or right – you are all bat shit crazy.
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When the President gives Carte Blanche to HIS personal militia ICE, that percentage is skewed dramatically. So it’s BS
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Ah, guess all the conservative talks about 2nd amendment and tyrannical government was always just bullshit? Or more likely people, especially conservatives, just don't know what political violence is.
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