Neue Studie stellt starke Zusammenhänge zwischen Vorurteilen und Unterstützung für politische Gewalt in den Vereinigten Staaten fest. Rassistische Überzeugungen wurden stark von 19,5% der 9.385 befragten Amerikaner, 16,9% für Transphobie, 9,8% für Fremdenfeindlichkeit, 7,7% für feindliche sexistische Ansichten und 5% für starke islamophobische Einstellungen befürwortet.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X25002455

From the linked article:

**New study finds strong links between prejudice and support for political violence in the United States**

A new study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas suggests that various forms of prejudice are strongly tied to the belief that political violence is justified in the United States. People who expressed the most intense agreement with these prejudiced views were also more likely to say they supported or would personally engage in violence to achieve political objectives. When these forms of bias were combined into a broader measure of generalized hostility, the association with violent attitudes became even more pronounced.

The research was conducted by a team at the University of California, Davis, as part of a larger project to track support for political violence in the U.S. over time. The researchers aimed to quantify how various types of bias contribute to a person’s willingness to justify or commit acts of political violence. They used the term “allophobia” to describe a generalized fear or hatred of others—an umbrella category that includes racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia, hostile sexism, and homonegativity.

The study’s findings are drawn from the second wave of an annual, nationally representative longitudinal survey, conducted between May 18 and June 8, 2023. A total of 9,385 adults completed the questionnaire, reflecting an 84 percent completion rate. The survey sample was weighted to mirror national demographics, with respondents averaging nearly 49 years of age. Just over half were women, and more than 60 percent identified as white and non-Hispanic.

Among the seven forms of prejudice measured, homonegativity was the most prevalent, with 26.6 percent of respondents strongly agreeing with at least one related statement. **Racist beliefs were strongly endorsed by 19.5 percent of participants, followed by 16.9 percent for transphobia and 9.8 percent for xenophobia. Hostile sexist views were strongly endorsed by 7.7 percent of respondents, while 5.0 percent expressed strong Islamophobic attitudes**. Antisemitism was the least commonly endorsed, but still present, with 2.9 percent of respondents expressing strong agreement.

The researchers found that strong agreement with each type of prejudice was consistently associated with higher support for political violence. People who strongly agreed with Islamophobic statements, for example, were over 50 percentage points more likely to say that political violence was usually or always justified in at least one scenario. They were also about 12.5 percentage points more likely to say they would be willing to kill someone to achieve a political objective.

Shhh, I think Trumps DOJ does not want you to talk about this

20% being overt racists does not surprise me at all. The xenophobia and transphobia of Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump is not fringe.