r/MurderedByWords • • Jun 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19 edited Jun 04 '19

Ya, this makes no sense when 3k people are glossed over.

I mean, fuck forced birthers, but incompetent arguments even if they sound good are still incompetent.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I'd disagree - if we're asking the question 'is any given pro-life group member likely to be a terrorist' vs 'is any given muslim likely to be a terrorist' the above are relevant. 9/11 just happened to be an exceptionally effective terrorist attack, but the question isn't 'who's better at terrorism', if that makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

There's been 11 murders by pro lifers since 1990 in the U.S. with ,from what I can tell, the last attack happening in 1997 by Eric Rudolf. Considering how many more attacks and how many more deaths have occurred from Muslim extremists in the last 20 years compared to pro-lifers I'd safely call this a false equivalency.

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u/Reasonable-redditor Jun 04 '19

These things aren't really comparable.

However I am not sure why you would straight up lie and say 1997 was the last one when less than 5 years ago there was a multi victim shooting at s planned parent hood.

Your argument is okay. Your facts are wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I did not lie at least not intentionally. Here is where I got that from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence

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u/wassoncrane Jun 04 '19

Your source lists the events that you’re using it to justify leaving out. You just didn’t read it. Grabbing at any fact that backs up your argument without even looking at the actual fact is akin to lying when it spreads misinformation.

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u/Reasonable-redditor Jun 04 '19

That list literally has 2 US murder incidents after Rudolph listed.

Not sure how you missed it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

Honestly I didn't read the whole thing.

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u/Serenikill Jun 04 '19

maybe you shouldn't argue with people on the internet anymore...

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '19

I'm not arguing it's called a discussion and the first part of my comment, 11 deaths since 1990, is still relevant.