[[[results available]]] EPONA social policy poll (2016·07)

[Goldwater]

The vast majority of people support background checks yet oppose a blanket gun ban. #ModerateHeroes

[This account no longer in use.]

IIRC, I picked the moderate hero option on that. There should be a small amount of gun control, but there are much better ways to do so than background checks.

[Leinad]

Thanks for doing this Evergreen, can I please have the results on the Death Penalty and Abortion broken down by party and region.

This, and I'd also like to see a comparison of positions on abortion and the death penalty (who's for both, against both, etc.).

[Goldwater]

Thanks for doing this Evergreen, can I please have the results on the Death Penalty and Abortion broken down by party and region.

This, and I'd also like to see a comparison of positions on abortion and the death penalty (who's for both, against both, etc.).

You just want to single me out as much as possible, don't you?

[Classic Conservative]

Thanks for doing this Evergreen, can I please have the results on the Death Penalty and Abortion broken down by party and region.

This, and I'd also like to see a comparison of positions on abortion and the death penalty (who's for both, against both, etc.).

You just want to single me out as much as possible, don't you?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

EPONA social policy poll (2016·07)
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cross-tabs — pro-life/pro-choice & pro-/anti-death penalty
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	pro-choice	pro-life	pro-death pen.	anti-death pen.
federalist	15	85	46	54
labor	100	0	0	100
others	50	50	25	75
north	77	23	15	85
south	33	67	33	67
west	33	67	33	67
pro-choice	(100)	(0)	7	93
pro-life	(0)	(100)	46	54
pro-death pen.	14	86	(100)	(0)
anti-death pen.	67	33	(0)	(100)

[Blair]

why is there a higher percentage in favour of private, rather than public bans on discrimination? Often its the other way round

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

why is there a higher percentage in favour of private, rather than public bans on discrimination? Often its the other way round

i think you're misreading?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Christ, almighty, only in Atlasia would feminism get a 57-43 rating.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

EPONA social policy poll (2016·07)
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cross-tabs — pro-life/pro-choice & pro-/anti-death penalty
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	pro-choice	pro-life	pro-death pen.	anti-death pen.
federalist	15	85	46	54
labor	100	0	0	100
others	50	50	25	75
north	77	23	15	85
south	33	67	33	67
west	33	67	33	67
pro-choice	(100)	(0)	7	93
pro-life	(0)	(100)	46	54
pro-death pen.	14	86	(100)	(0)
anti-death pen.	67	33	(0)	(100)

Thanks Evergreen

[Goldwater]

EPONA social policy poll (2016·07)
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cross-tabs — pro-life/pro-choice & pro-/anti-death penalty
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	pro-choice	pro-life	pro-death pen.	anti-death pen.
federalist	15	85	46	54
labor	100	0	0	100
others	50	50	25	75
north	77	23	15	85
south	33	67	33	67
west	33	67	33	67
pro-choice	(100)	(0)	7	93
pro-life	(0)	(100)	46	54
pro-death pen.	14	86	(100)	(0)
anti-death pen.	67	33	(0)	(100)

Huh, no pro-life or pro-death penalty Laborites. Interesting.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Christ, almighty, only in Atlasia would feminism get a 57-43 rating.

     Because, you see, Atlasia is not a country that needs feminism. If we were talking about promoting feminist reforms for, say, Afghanistan, I am confident the numbers in favor would be much higher.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Atlasia is not a country that needs feminism. If we were talking about promoting feminist reforms for, say, Afghanistan, I am confident the numbers in favor would be much higher.

The problem with this argument (apart, of course, from the fact that women still face huge barriers to achieving full social and economic parity, and that tending the flame of feminism is therefore of great importance) is that is could be used to justify opposition to any of the victories for human rights in this country since independence. For example, one could just as easily argue that

"Atlasia is not a country that needs republicanism. If we were talking about promoting republican reforms for, say, Afghanistan, I am confident the numbers in favor would be much higher."

See the problem?

[Blair]

Christ, almighty, only in Atlasia would feminism get a 57-43 rating.

It was higher than I expected

[Associate Justice PiT]

Atlasia is not a country that needs feminism. If we were talking about promoting feminist reforms for, say, Afghanistan, I am confident the numbers in favor would be much higher.

The problem with this argument (apart, of course, from the fact that women still face huge barriers to achieving full social and economic parity, and that tending the flame of feminism is therefore of great importance) is that is could be used to justify opposition to any of the victories for human rights in this country since independence. For example, one could just as easily argue that

"Atlasia is not a country that needs republicanism. If we were talking about promoting republican reforms for, say, Afghanistan, I am confident the numbers in favor would be much higher."

See the problem?

     Women do face barriers, as do men. I reject the term feminism because the claim upon which it was founded, that women are systemically oppressed relative to men, is no longer true in our Republic. There is still more to be done, but I deny that it is so clear cut that we can just say "women are oppressed". I prefer the egalitarian label for this reason.

     As for republicanism, people are not using that label to advocate for certain radical ideals. My particular example would be abolitionism, a cause whose victory is even more uncontroversial today. When we have feminists advocating this, I take pause. This issue is self-reporting and you are free to do otherwise. There are certainly feminists out there whose ideas I take stock with, and there are many feminists throughout history who I admire. At the same time, I would rather differentiate myself from someone who blithely recommends sex discrimination. People of this sort are more common than I would prefer, unfortunately.