German survey finds Greens voters least tolerant of differing opinions
Supporters of Germany’s Alliance 90/The Greens are the most likely among the country’s main political groups to say they become annoyed when confronted with opinions that differ from their own.
The poll, conducted by the Allensbach Institute for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, asked respondents whether they are often annoyed by people who hold completely different political views or whether they usually have no problem with it.
According to the results published on April 17, 28 per cent of Greens voters said they are often annoyed by differing opinions, the highest figure recorded among the main party electorates.
Probably not a surprise, but given the survey uncertainties there are no dramatic differences overall. This finding is interesting though -
A majority of respondents — 57 per cent — said there was at least one person in their family or circle of friends with whom they believed it made no sense to discuss political topics because opinions were simply too far apart.
2 comments:
I hold similarly intolerant attitudes to those reported green voters, but my problem has always been encountering people socially who are willing to debate political issues at all. They invariably ward one off with deflecting statements and refuse to talk, or they make bold out of the blue assertions in social settings, where you can't answer back for politeness or etiquette reasons and triumphantly stomp off rather like the child bully, who stabs you in the back with a pen, when you are addressing a teacher and can do nothing about it.
Tammly - "out of the blue assertions in social settings, where you can't answer back for politeness or etiquette reasons"
Yes that's the social problem in a nutshell for anyone who knows more than mainstream pap and a few slogans. I generally say nothing beyond expressing mild doubt, often not even that.
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