{"id":386909,"date":"2018-11-28T15:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-yougov-poll-reveals-epidemic-of-anti-americanism\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:45:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T14:45:12","slug":"prison-planet-com-yougov-poll-reveals-epidemic-of-anti-americanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-yougov-poll-reveals-epidemic-of-anti-americanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb YouGov Poll Reveals \u201cEpidemic Of Anti-Americanism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 in 5 young Americans view US flag as symbol of hate; 1 in 3 believe it is OK to burn it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>November 28, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>A new YouGov poll has found that significant numbers of Americans hold extreme views on the country, with almost half of younger people saying they do not believe the US to be \u2018great\u2019 now or that it will ever be great in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The poll, titled \u201cState of American Patriotism\u201d, was commissioned by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flagusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness<\/a> (FLAG), a non-profit\u00a0Patriot group that says it is committed to \u201ceducating Americans about the values and principles that make our nation exceptional.\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other startling findings, the survey reveals that four in ten millenials say it is OK to burn the US flag, with one fifth saying they see it as \u201ca sign of intolerance and hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b93bb87\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1936x1108+0+0\/resize\/1936x1108!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2Fed%2Fb2%2Fbd02249b44758bb4ca1f7d33da5f%2Fscreen-shot-2018-11-27-at-4.15.52%20AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-11-27 at 4.15.52 AM.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" data-image-size=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Also, shockingly, the poll found that 84 percent of Americans of all ages are unaware of the specific rights enumerated in the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that HALF of all Americans believe the United States is sexist and racist, with 38 percent of younger Americans disagreeing that \u201cAmerica has a history that we should be proud of.\u201d<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/ba19788\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1954x1084+0+0\/resize\/1954x1084!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2F0f%2F2c%2F99508eb54c18b2449de37fbc7bf5%2Fscreen-shot-2018-11-27-at-4.21.21%20AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-11-27 at 4.21.21 AM.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" data-image-size=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, 44 percent of younger Americans believe President Obama had a \u201cbigger impact\u201d on America than George Washington.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/366dde9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2008x1080+0+0\/resize\/2008x1080!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2F72%2F61%2F9e37d6244f18a242e73596285b58%2Fscreen-shot-2018-11-27-at-4.20.59%20AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-11-27 at 4.20.59 AM.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" data-image-size=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nick Adams, founder of FLAG, commented \u201cWe suspected that we would find decreasing numbers of Americans well-versed in our nation\u2019s most important principles and young people less patriotic than the generations that came before, but we were totally unprepared for what our national survey reveals: an epidemic of anti-Americanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat half of millenials and Gen Z believe that the country in which they live is both \u2018racist\u2019 and \u2018sexist\u2019 shows that we have a major fraction of an entire generation that has been indoctrinated by teachers&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/yougov-poll-reveals-epidemic-of-anti-americanism.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 in 5 young Americans view US flag as symbol of hate; 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