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Becky72 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 08:19 AM
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Sad. Most people believe town hall protesters' behavior is "appropriate," Pew finds
Edited on Thu Aug-13-09 08:19 AM by Becky72
Conducted from August 7th to August 10. (pdf will open)

From what you’ve seen and heard, do you think the way people are protesting at town hall meetings over
health care reform is appropriate or inappropriate?

61 Appropriate
34 Inappropriate
5 Don’t know/Refused (VOL.)

http://people-press.org/reports/questionnaires/535.pdf
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 08:32 AM
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1. Ripping up a poster of Rosa Parks is appropriate?
Sneaking into an Obama townhall at a high school with a knife is appropriate?

Trying to bully the nation into submission is appropriate?

:shrug:
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 08:41 AM
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2. yeah, I don't buy it either...
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Becky72 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 09:56 AM
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4. I think respondents based their answers on the whole picture
Edited on Thu Aug-13-09 09:56 AM by Becky72
Rather than specific actions by specific protesters. Perhaps they think that most protesters did not engage in this type of behavior. Who knows.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-13-09 09:15 AM
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3. ...when they polled town hall attendants...nt
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