* Progressive activists
* Traditional liberals
* Passive liberals
* Politically disengaged
* Moderates
* Traditional conservatives
* Devoted conservatives
https://t.co/PDuSeVNTyu
In the common imagination, the deep cultural divide in the United States pits Team Woke (young, female, POC) against Team Resentful (old, male, white).
This is almost entirely
* Progressive activists
* Traditional liberals
* Passive liberals
* Politically disengaged
* Moderates
* Traditional conservatives
* Devoted conservatives
https://t.co/PDuSeVNTyu
The rest has a lot in common. They form an “exhausted majority.”
80% of Americans—four in five!—now believe that “political correctness is a problem in our country.”
Even among 24 - 29 year olds, the group most receptive to political correctness, 74% think it’s a problem.
And among the youngest, those below 24, the number goes back up to 79%!
* Whites are more open to political correctness than average Americans
* The groups most likely to say PC is a problem are Asians (82%), Hispanics (87%) and Native-Americans (88%)
But three quarters of them—only 4% less than whites and 5% less than the American average—still say that PC is a problem.
What does this tribe look like?
* Make up 8% of the population
* Are twice as likely as average Americans to make >$100k a year
* Are three times as likely to have a graduate degree
* Only 3% of them are black
* Except for devoted conservatives, this is least racially diverse group.
The poll didn’t define PC. But the in-depth interviews and focus groups done by @MiCGlobal give us some idea. Here’s a 40 year old Native-American man in OK describing his concerns:
But this is even more fundamental a misunderstanding of Americans' attitudes towads PC than that which is prevalent on the left.
Most Americans—and most people who dislike PC—abhor racial hatred; they just don’t think current PC practices are the right way to fight it.
First, it made me worry that speech norms serve as a marker of social distinction. What the vast majority of our fellow citizens see in PC is not genuine concern for social justice; it’s the preening display of cultural superiority.
(Oh, and they like PC.) https://t.co/dkzIovf93u
Final poll:
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) October 9, 2018
Do you personally agree with the following statement: "Political correctness is a problem in our country."
(Friendly reminder that Twitter polls are fully anonymous.)
Over half of my followers thought that more than half of Americans like PC.
Only 6% got the right answer.
https://t.co/GADwb5DAZC
Writing about a fascinating new study and would love to see how the perceptions of my Twitter followers jive with it.
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) October 7, 2018
So, tweeps: In your best estimate, what percentage of Americans would agree with the following statement: "Political correctness is a problem in our country."
Over half thought that less than 25% of PoCs dislike it.
Only 3% got the right answer.
https://t.co/MQeUSjlzpE
Follow-up poll:
— Yascha Mounk (@Yascha_Mounk) October 8, 2018
In your best estimate, what percentage of people of color in the United States would agree with the following statement: "Political correctness is a problem in our country."
It matters because a publication whose editors think they represent the views of the majority when they actually speak to a small minority may eventually see its influence wane and its readership decline.
It matters because a political candidate who believes she is speaking for half of the population when she's actually voicing the opinions of one fifth is likely to lose the next election.
It matters because it’s difficult to win your fellow citizens over to your side—or remedy injustices that remain all too real—when you fundamentally misunderstand how your fellow citizens see the world.
https://t.co/JYrFqnLlyy
It’s one of the few things that’s made me feel optimistic over the past month, so it’s definitely worth your time.
https://t.co/jE9p6cIk89
[The End.]
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https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d
Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.
...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.
Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.
Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.
https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d
Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.
...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.
Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.
