This was two posts down from a very funny video showing that you can get any result from a poll. Before I even read the numbers I was like “People, government, and violence-enacting groups are not the same” ie I can relate to (sympathize with) being a citizen of an occupying regime, even to being part of the occupying force, without agreeing with the overall agenda of the regime in charge. Maybe I’m empathizing instead of sympathizing, but I see most people who take polls on a CBS site (another obvious flaw here) will also sympathize (or empathize) that direction.

Then I read the numbers. They are abysmal. Still, I’d like to see a poll that is more fairly worded. A poll that constructs the opposite perspective in its audience would be amusing too.