A certain breed of pollster is shocked by the idea that events, policy, and advocacy can actually change people’s views. That having a vision for the future, for something better, can actually shift opinions.
we saw it with gay marriage and acceptance of homosexuality, although that’s already being eroded it still was a massive leap forward that the entire public made from being complete homophobes into being more “orientation blind”
A certain breed of pollster is shocked by the idea that events, policy, and advocacy can actually change people’s views. That having a vision for the future, for something better, can actually shift opinions.
Imagine the number of issues that are like this. That it would be possible to flip the reactionary public into a progressive fervor in under a decade.
we saw it with gay marriage and acceptance of homosexuality, although that’s already being eroded it still was a massive leap forward that the entire public made from being complete homophobes into being more “orientation blind”
mfw the environment in which I live in can simultaneously change and be changed by me