Fox News Poll: Mixed Views on Ft. Hood Terrorism?

[ag337]

Dana Blanton
FOXNews.com
November 20, 2009

Fox News Poll: Mixed Views on Calling Ft. Hood Shooting Act of Terrorism

Americans are divided on whether the murders in Fort Hood, Tex., were an "act of terrorism" or a "killing spree" -- but nearly half say political correctness fellow soldiers of gunman Nidal Malik Hasan silent before the attack.

Americans have mixed views on several aspects of the shooting incident at the Army installation in Fort Hood, Tex. -- including whether or not it should be called an act of terrorism.

A Fox News poll released Friday finds nearly half of the public -- 49 percent -- think the shooting is most accurately described as "a killing spree." Almost as many -- 44 percent -- say the incident should be called an "act of terrorism."

Among groups, young people under age 35 see it as a killing spree (61 percent), but seniors 65 and over are more likely to describe it as terrorism (57 percent). Democrats are more likely to call it a killing spree (63 percent), while Republicans tend to call it terrorism (58 percent). Men divide evenly between the two descriptions, while a majority of women say the shooting was a killing spree (53 percent) rather than terrorism (41 percent).

Officials say Army Major Nidal Hasan was the gunman behind the deadly November 5 shootings. Thirteen people were killed and 29 others were wounded.

Asked about Hasan's possible motive for the shooting, 45 percent think he is someone who just went nuts one day and opened fire, while 38 percent think he is a Muslim extremist protesting U.S. foreign policy. One in 10 thinks it was some of both.

Opinion Dynamics Corp. conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for Fox News from November 17 to November 18. For the total sample, the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Several colleagues and acquaintances of Hasan now say they had concerns about him in the past. Americans think the main reason these people kept silent was political correctness: 46 percent think Hasan's co-workers did nothing, even though they thought something was wrong, because they feared being accused of prejudice against his religion. Some 38 percent say people kept silent because they didn't think he was that dangerous (38 percent).

Majorities of Republicans (60 percent) and independents (52 percent) blame the silence on political correctness. For Democrats, a majority says the main reason people kept quiet was they didn't think Hasan was dangerous (54 percent).

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11 ... terrorism/

[The One and Only Mo]

Dana Blanton
FOXNews.com
November 20, 2009

Fox News Poll: Mixed Views on Calling Ft. Hood Shooting Act of Terrorism

Americans are divided on whether the murders in Fort Hood, Tex., were an "act of terrorism" or a "killing spree" -- but nearly half say political correctness fellow soldiers of gunman Nidal Malik Hasan silent before the attack.

Americans have mixed views on several aspects of the shooting incident at the Army installation in Fort Hood, Tex. -- including whether or not it should be called an act of terrorism.

A Fox News poll released Friday finds nearly half of the public -- 49 percent -- think the shooting is most accurately described as "a killing spree." Almost as many -- 44 percent -- say the incident should be called an "act of terrorism."

Among groups, young people under age 35 see it as a killing spree (61 percent), but seniors 65 and over are more likely to describe it as terrorism (57 percent). Democrats are more likely to call it a killing spree (63 percent), while Republicans tend to call it terrorism (58 percent). Men divide evenly between the two descriptions, while a majority of women say the shooting was a killing spree (53 percent) rather than terrorism (41 percent).

Officials say Army Major Nidal Hasan was the gunman behind the deadly November 5 shootings. Thirteen people were killed and 29 others were wounded.

Asked about Hasan's possible motive for the shooting, 45 percent think he is someone who just went nuts one day and opened fire, while 38 percent think he is a Muslim extremist protesting U.S. foreign policy. One in 10 thinks it was some of both.

Opinion Dynamics Corp. conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for Fox News from November 17 to November 18. For the total sample, the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Several colleagues and acquaintances of Hasan now say they had concerns about him in the past. Americans think the main reason these people kept silent was political correctness: 46 percent think Hasan's co-workers did nothing, even though they thought something was wrong, because they feared being accused of prejudice against his religion. Some 38 percent say people kept silent because they didn't think he was that dangerous (38 percent).

Majorities of Republicans (60 percent) and independents (52 percent) blame the silence on political correctness. For Democrats, a majority says the main reason people kept quiet was they didn't think Hasan was dangerous (54 percent).

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11 ... terrorism/

"Americans have mixed views on several aspects of the shooting incident at the Army installation in Fort Hood, Tex. -- including whether or not it should be called an act of terrorism." Are you kidding me??? This is B.S.

[arksis]

Unbelieveable! This was an act of terrorism, simple as that. I've decided I finally know the definition of a liberal. They see things the way they WANT to be, instead of what's right there in front of them. I have met so many lately and you can't even debate with them! They walk away because they have no facts to back themselves up. I love starting it with them LOL

[ag337]

Unbelieveable! This was an act of terrorism, simple as that. I've decided I finally know the definition of a liberal. They see things the way they WANT to be, instead of what's right there in front of them. I have met so many lately and you can't even debate with them! They walk away because they have no facts to back themselves up. I love starting it with them LOL

Hi arksis!!!

This is on the same level as Obama and the WH's ridiculous claim that we are not supposed to use the terminology "War on Terrorism" and use "Man Made Catastrophe" instead.

Now, let's tell that to our brave men & women fighting to protect us and our freedoms around the World.

Disgusting on too many levels...

[arksis]

BHO is the PERFECT example of a muslim using Taqiyya!

[The One and Only Mo]

Then they'll say 9/11 wasn't a terrorist attack.

[cjd]

From the time I heard that the military was aware that this guy was a problem and did nothing I became very disenchanted by the entire issue. I think a great many people feel the same way. The attack should most definitely be classified as a terrorist attack however the people that were aware that this guy was going bad should be accessories to the crime.

[arksis]

From the time I heard that the military was aware that this guy was a problem and did nothing I became very disenchanted by the entire issue. I think a great many people feel the same way. The attack should most definitely be classified as a terrorist attack however the people that were aware that this guy was going bad should be accessories to the crime.

I could not agree more cjd, they are accessories to the crime and should also be punished IMO they were just "passing the buck" and being politically incorrect.