They see like this all the time.
Does the study in any way take into account who actually rules and guides society. It doesn’t matter if the Christofascists are small minority, they will be defended and supported by the people in control. Which will make the groups seems larger and amplify their message.
Because American propaganda has become
“cool and manly in any way = right wing”
It’s why they like to latch on to punk bands, other “fuck the authorities” type things, and anything else their brains perceived as “manly.”
Fight club has the word fight in it and it sounds cool and manly. Most Americans are too fucking stupid to read a book or interpreter any part of movie that’s now an action scene or explosion. Talk to any liberal that has never read the book and they will probably say it’s savage right wing shit because “fighting” is bad.
It’s why you see fascists showing up to punk concerts and not understanding why they are getting kicked out for doing the Nazi salute or wearing some fascist clothing.
Literally all I was asking was if these studies accounted for how the growth and perception of these groups are impacted by those in power. Your neighbors aren’t going to rat you out to the gestapo… If there isn’t a gestapo.
My point being, I don’t think we can look at these groups as standalone percentages without taking into account the support they have from the oligarchy/bourgeois/whatever you want to call “the ones with all the power,” and from their portrayals in the media. Cause a small group with support from the powerful, will be far more dangerous and impactful to society, than the same size group without that support.
You mention you aren’t concerned with those in power, but you admit it’s those in power creating the environment to allow these groups to exist and grow. Which, imo, would seem that we do need to account for them and how their influence exacerbates the danger these groups pose. And I was simply wondering if that was a factor in this whole report/study. I was not downplaying the dangers of the groups, or shifting blame from them.
And I don’t think your shit attitude was warranted. Starting a comment with “don’t mean to offend” then saying something clearly meant to insult? You could have gotten your comment across perfectly well without that attitude. I was not attacking anything you said, but you clearly felt the need to attack me.