I would like to provide sophisticated and cogent analysis on this morning, but the best I can offer is that Tom Cotton is a slimy weasel (apologies to actual weasels).
The property damage photos in Tom Cotton's article didn't include the riotous insurrection looting that occurred Jan 6. How to Lie with Statistics...of all kinds.
Thank you for this excellent analysis of crime in the US. By cherry picking the data, Tom Cotton willfully distorts the picture. But his goal is not truth,-- he aims to fire up the base. Anger and fear are his primary tools to keep the voters engaged.
Excellent analysis of right wing fake news, in Trump speak, alternative facts. Crime is a product of complex social factors, of which police is just one and post hoc reactive, not causation. On a positive note, alternative facts may suggest succession and a disunited States. Leave the Republicans to the conspiracy freedoms they covet with the Littoral Urban states relatively free and sane. New York could of course extradite Giulani.
Oh you're spot on about that. SF is full of people who love to talk about how liberal they are right up until it's something that might inconvenience them or cost them a red cent, then they turn into reactionaries. There's one bone I have to pick though: most cities tend to be liberal for a reason, people are packed in together and most cities are fairly cosmopolitan, because big cities tend to be port cities. Same reason as people with college educations tend to be somewhat more politically and socially liberal, they are exposed to new ideas, new cultures and new people. Doesn't stop them from being selfish uncompassionate snobs though.
Followed every word until this sentence near the end: “ According to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales had homicide rates 15 percent lower than those without.”
I’m guessing that the word “jurisdictions” is missing before the participle “requiring”? If so, what jurisdictions were used as the control group? Are there any US jurisdictions requiring “universal background checks”? And finally - how “universal” can a background check be if it’s just in one city, county, or even state?
Other than that quibble - as a Chicagoan, I’m worn out telling worried neighbors “it’s not just us, it’s the whole country.” Many continue to feel under siege, but me, I gotta walk the dog rain, shine, day and night, bullets or no bullets. Fortunately my block includes one or more assistant states attorneys, a retired judge and at least one active cop, the judge & cop also dog owners, so I convince myself I’ll be ok as long as I stay ten feet behind them.
Well said. Please forgive ignorance from a U.K. resident. And worse, I’m denigrating the views of people on the right who feel the threat of a changing world.
Me too, and when you actually try to pin people down on what they mean by "defund the police" and "abolish prisons" and "open borders," they walk it back and say they don't --really-- mean that literally. I say, try saying what you mean then. Problem is that many on the far left actually DO mean it literally, and that's a problem. We can't just let dangerous people go free, we can't not enforce laws, and we can't just open the floodgates to everyone without any controls at all. It's foolish slogans uttered by foolish people who mean it and foolish other people who don't recognize how they're being manipulated.
Speak for yourself Ms Adrian. I’ve never advocated defunding police & don’t care how unpopular that makes me with ultra liberals. I HAVE advocated ending capital punishment, but if that makes me a “dumb ass” in your book, that’s ok with me.
I would like to provide sophisticated and cogent analysis on this morning, but the best I can offer is that Tom Cotton is a slimy weasel (apologies to actual weasels).
Seems sufficiently sophisticated and cogent to me. 😏
The property damage photos in Tom Cotton's article didn't include the riotous insurrection looting that occurred Jan 6. How to Lie with Statistics...of all kinds.
There is a quote that is often attributed to Mark Twain: There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned lies, and statistics.
Very appropriate here, I think.
Thank you for this excellent analysis of crime in the US. By cherry picking the data, Tom Cotton willfully distorts the picture. But his goal is not truth,-- he aims to fire up the base. Anger and fear are his primary tools to keep the voters engaged.
Judd, Did you search for the images in Cotton's fear ad? It would be interesting to see where and when these photos were taken.
Excellent and timely summary, Judd and Rebecca. Thank you for putting this together.
Excellent analysis of right wing fake news, in Trump speak, alternative facts. Crime is a product of complex social factors, of which police is just one and post hoc reactive, not causation. On a positive note, alternative facts may suggest succession and a disunited States. Leave the Republicans to the conspiracy freedoms they covet with the Littoral Urban states relatively free and sane. New York could of course extradite Giulani.
Oh you're spot on about that. SF is full of people who love to talk about how liberal they are right up until it's something that might inconvenience them or cost them a red cent, then they turn into reactionaries. There's one bone I have to pick though: most cities tend to be liberal for a reason, people are packed in together and most cities are fairly cosmopolitan, because big cities tend to be port cities. Same reason as people with college educations tend to be somewhat more politically and socially liberal, they are exposed to new ideas, new cultures and new people. Doesn't stop them from being selfish uncompassionate snobs though.
I believe the correct term should be "Reimagine Public Safety".
This is great! That you for pulling all this together so clearly.
Followed every word until this sentence near the end: “ According to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, requiring universal background checks for all gun sales had homicide rates 15 percent lower than those without.”
I’m guessing that the word “jurisdictions” is missing before the participle “requiring”? If so, what jurisdictions were used as the control group? Are there any US jurisdictions requiring “universal background checks”? And finally - how “universal” can a background check be if it’s just in one city, county, or even state?
Other than that quibble - as a Chicagoan, I’m worn out telling worried neighbors “it’s not just us, it’s the whole country.” Many continue to feel under siege, but me, I gotta walk the dog rain, shine, day and night, bullets or no bullets. Fortunately my block includes one or more assistant states attorneys, a retired judge and at least one active cop, the judge & cop also dog owners, so I convince myself I’ll be ok as long as I stay ten feet behind them.
Well said. Please forgive ignorance from a U.K. resident. And worse, I’m denigrating the views of people on the right who feel the threat of a changing world.
This is a point I have often made. At the risk of being crude, I think that every Republican has an orgasm when those slogans are uttered/written.
Me too, and when you actually try to pin people down on what they mean by "defund the police" and "abolish prisons" and "open borders," they walk it back and say they don't --really-- mean that literally. I say, try saying what you mean then. Problem is that many on the far left actually DO mean it literally, and that's a problem. We can't just let dangerous people go free, we can't not enforce laws, and we can't just open the floodgates to everyone without any controls at all. It's foolish slogans uttered by foolish people who mean it and foolish other people who don't recognize how they're being manipulated.
Speak for yourself Ms Adrian. I’ve never advocated defunding police & don’t care how unpopular that makes me with ultra liberals. I HAVE advocated ending capital punishment, but if that makes me a “dumb ass” in your book, that’s ok with me.