ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoFox News seems to ignore the crime rate in Republican Statesdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoI’d argue about per capita but nobody who sees this cares about that.
minus-squareNelots@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoI mean… A population of 873,965 in San Fran vs 2,304,580 in Houston. 1 in ~25,000 people in San Fran get murdered vs 1 in ~7,150 people in Houston. That’s ~3.5x higher. Per capita isn’t helping much here.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m not saying SF is more dangerous. I’m just saying people are idiots who don’t understand statistics. Which is what got us into this mess.
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 months agoTruth has been on our side this whole time and it hasn’t mattered an iota. So I don’t care about making sure everything is laid out “just so” anymore. The 2-second walkaway is the win.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoI’ve changed my mind about this. People are idiots and campaigning like they’re not is how you lose. Make shit up, misrepresent statistics, flat out lie. I don’t give a fuck anymore.
I’d argue about per capita but nobody who sees this cares about that.
I mean…
A population of 873,965 in San Fran vs 2,304,580 in Houston.
1 in ~25,000 people in San Fran get murdered vs 1 in ~7,150 people in Houston. That’s ~3.5x higher. Per capita isn’t helping much here.
I’m not saying SF is more dangerous. I’m just saying people are idiots who don’t understand statistics. Which is what got us into this mess.
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Truth has been on our side this whole time and it hasn’t mattered an iota. So I don’t care about making sure everything is laid out “just so” anymore. The 2-second walkaway is the win.
I’ve changed my mind about this.
People are idiots and campaigning like they’re not is how you lose.
Make shit up, misrepresent statistics, flat out lie. I don’t give a fuck anymore.
It’s helping a lot