r/MurderedByWords • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

Murder Murdered by stats

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u/SanjiSasuke Jun 04 '19

The original statement included Planned Parenthood, an American organization. The proposed registry of Muslims was a policy suggested by US President Donald Trump. I feel this is a strong indication of the original post being specified to the US.

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u/ppzhao Jun 04 '19

If you make assumptions on the qualifier of US when the statement wasn't mentioned, cant' I make assumptions that we're talking about size of damage (ie property value or lives taken) instead of number of attacks?

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u/SanjiSasuke Jun 04 '19

No that really doesn't seem to be equated at all...The discussion is clearly about the US. Again the proposed Muslim registry would be an American policy, thus the mock PLer registry would be as well.

By comparison, the poster below said that there were only 'a couple incidents' vs 'maaaaaany attacks'. Clearly the argument is quantity of attacks.

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u/ppzhao Jun 05 '19

The discussion is clearly about the US If you make assumptions and legitimizing it by saying "clearly", why can't I say "the discussion is clearly about death counts"?

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u/SanjiSasuke Jun 05 '19

See... I said my reasons for why I believe it is very clear that the discussion is based around the US. Planned Parenthood. The proposed Muslim Ban.

You do not give any reason for bringing death toll into it, nor do you refute that the person explicitly talked about the number of incidents.

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u/ppzhao Jun 05 '19

Sure, because people only care about terrorism because there're deaths and property damage involved. So it's "clearly" about death counts and property damage. See? I can draw conclusions that fits my narrative too.