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First as a tragedy, second as farce etc. (hexbear.net)

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[-] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 64 points 3 days ago

I looked up the tweet because I refused to believe 80% of Americans are in favor of airstrikes.

https://x.com/Osint613/status/1935360062274552236

80% of Americans don't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. But when asked about airstrikes, 48% support airstrikes to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, and 47% don't. 70% of Republicans support an airstrike, but 30% don't. All this Based on a CNN poll that I'm sure is completely unbiased (lol).

I don't blame OP for taking a screenshot of a sensational headline. But this Twitter account criminally misrepresented the video that they posted.

Americans are split 50/50 when it comes to airstrikes on Iran to prevent them from gaining a nuclear weapon. That is depressing and frustrating, but it is also so far away from 80% support for airstrikes that I can only assume "OS Int" is purposefully lying. The fact that everyone commenting on this tweet has obviously not watched the 80 seconds of video, is depressing, frustrating, and exactly what I expect from my fellow Americans.