They are asking me a tricky survey about humor

So many times criticizing polls when they ask leading questions, and now I've been able to experience it firsthand. A short while ago, I was called to participate in a survey and I agreed. After the initial generic questions, it quickly became evident what they were looking for. They asked me, for example, if jokes about vulnerable groups should be allowed. I asked if I could say yes, but depending on who made it, with what intention, and in what context. They didn't let me, of course: either yes or no. And I refused to answer a question that seemed completely manipulative to me. Because a gas station cassette tape from Arévalo laughing at homosexuals is not the same as a joke that is only seemingly racist because it actually seeks to plant the audience's own prejudices in their faces. But whoever designed it was looking for a specific answer, and it was impossible to fit these nuances into an Excel sheet of yes or no. The person who was administering it to me was kind and patient, but – as is understandable – all my digressions valuing the questions received a resigned "aha" as a response, before moving on to the next question.

There's a lot of talk about the 'cooking' of polls, but any demographic preparation begins much earlier, with the design of the questionnaire. So, when days later I read in headlines across the press that 82.8% of Spaniards are in favor of setting limits on humor, I couldn't help but smile. I remember refusing to add my vote, because there was a second trap, in addition to the manipulation: in no case was it asked who should impose these limits. At the time they weren't identified, but now I've seen that the survey was for the CIS, so the one subtly appropriating this punitive duty before an overwhelming majority of public opinion was the-most-progressive-government-in-history. Interesting.