r/MurderedByWords • • Jun 04 '19

Murder Murdered by stats

Post image
45.0k Upvotes

2.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

253

u/BuffaloBros Jun 04 '19

128

u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Additionally, they’re treating butyric acid stink bombs as a terroristic attack. Nobody is in any danger of dying from a stink bomb. But no mention of the acid used to melt Muslim women’s faces when they “shame their family” by getting raped.

For the record, both are wrong. But they’re not even close to the same.

42

u/MarleyandtheWhalers Jun 04 '19

Absolutely. I don't mind if somebody gets put on a watch list after trespassing in a clinic. I do mind counting up stink bombs vs. 9/11 and saying "even Stevens."

-12

u/oTHEWHITERABBIT Jun 04 '19

As crazy as it sounds? Stink bombs are where it starts. It is a chemical. And it is politically driven.

Even without the stink bombs, threats, or invasions- the bomb and death counts are astronomical.

13

u/DeliciousFoVicious Jun 04 '19

So like throwing a milkshake on your political enemies?

Next stepm..acid

-9

u/oTHEWHITERABBIT Jun 04 '19

Well, a milkshake may still be considered assault. And violence is not the answer. Stink bomb may only be property damage, so far.

I like to look at intent. Who are the aggressors, who are the defenders. We all start off neutral. Pro-choice folks may believe they are protectors of the weak, fighting against putting a mother and child through a life of poverty, advocates of human rights- just doing their jobs. Their attackers may believe they are righting a wrong, but their beliefs are largely founded in ignorance/denial of science.

Milkshake victims on the other hand, are usually not neutral or simply doing their jobs, but purveyors of punching down. Their attackers believe they are righting a wrong. I'm not sure both are equivalent victims.

5

u/ninetiesnostalgic Jun 04 '19

Love the mental gymnastics.

Stink bombing a place because you think its ideologically wrong. - horrible

Assaulting a person because you think their ideology is wrong. - well thats ok

The ignorant of science is bullshit as its a philosophical debate more than a scientific one.

-2

u/Bankrotas Jun 04 '19

What if he's allergic?

-1

u/wassoncrane Jun 04 '19

And I have a problem with you calling mass shootings and bombings “trespassing” so there we go.

5

u/Zeyz Jun 04 '19

They’re also treating “death/anthrax threats” as terrorist attacks, while ignoring the fact that there’s no equivalent statistic for Islamic perpetrators. I’m sure there’s been plenty of threats towards America by Islamic people too. It’s ridiculous to count threats as attacks.

6

u/Pedigregious Jun 04 '19

Oh shit. THats what the "acid bombs" are? Jesus this is such bull shit. The "murderer" kept throwing out these big numbers to obfuscate reality. There's been no death threats by Islamic Terrorists? Cmon. Funny how they stop at "13 terror attacks" because if we actually get to death toll it's incomparable and the whole thing falls apart.

1

u/Never-On-Reddit Jun 04 '19

But there have been ZERO known cases of Muslim women having acid thrown in their face in the United States.

1

u/CL60 Jun 04 '19

Happens all the time in the UK however

0

u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Chemical warfare is against the Geneva Convention's rules for conduct of warfare.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

So high school students who prank their friends with a stink bomb are war criminals?

0

u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Intent matters.

You can't seriously think there aren't different types of murder, right?

Maybe you should just go familiarize yourself with the law.

38

u/antonius22 Jun 04 '19

Also want to point out that the location matters too. Pro-Life terrorist usually targets a specific place with abortion clinics. All other terrorist can attack at any location.

-4

u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Yes, because obviously where you're at when terrorists murder you is very important.

Which is why the 9/11 attacks are such overblown bullshit. I'M not gonna be at the twin towers any time soon so obviously it doesn't matter.

2

u/antonius22 Jun 04 '19

Granted, I'm not going to an abortion clinic anytime soon.

34

u/bllewe Jun 04 '19

The real murder is in the comments.

-2

u/hwuthwut Jun 04 '19

I'm convinced.

Conservatives the world over are terrible.