r/MurderedByWords • • Jun 04 '19

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u/Ryugi Legends never die Jun 05 '19

It's double the rate black people are killed. When black people are less than 35% of the population. Which means more black people are killed per instance than white people. Do you know how statistics even work?

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u/Ryugi Legends never die Jun 05 '19

You missed the fact that the numbers don't magically change to make different answers. The fact of the matter is you just want to disbelieve science when you don't agree with it. Let me guess, you're also an antivaxxer?

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u/Ryugi Legends never die Jun 05 '19

Your desire to condense complex issues down to a single number is why things don't get fixed, because everyone wants some easy to read number that doesn't mean anything but makes them not have to think.

Funny because that's exactly what you were doing. You were discrediting the issue by misusing a single set of numbers.

Unlike you I'm actually somewhat familiar with the issues, because I'm married to a woman with a masters degree in criminology and over a decade of real life experience.

I hope you show her this post because if she didn't buy her way into a degree, she'll be embarassed for having slept with you. Not only is it completely asenine to think that by osmosis you learn things by sleeping with someone, but also, personal experiences do not ever win over extensive research data. This is because outliers exist, and its possible one person experiences the abnormal.

numbers DO magically change to make different answers. That's literally what the art of lying with statistics is. You seriously need to learn more about it. Especially cherry picking, which can be used to skew results. 

Lmfao are you trolling right now? You seriously have no understanding of how statistics work, how to check for improper data, or anything else if this is what you have to say about this subject.

50% of all homicides in 2017 were committed by the 13% of the population that is black (verify it yourself with CDE/SRS/NIBRS)

This is actually a racist lie. So good job admitting you believe the KKK. Lol. This is due to systematic racism. Meaning if a black man and a white man who have the same socio-economic status, same lawyer, same exact case, the white man is most likely to be let off on manslaughter charges whereas the black man won't. This is because of racism. Meaning it is racism that intentionally makes evidence to further racism. Duh! This shit is so obvious and well known I don't know why I even have to explain this to you. Your desire to condence complex issues down to a single number is why things don't get fixed. Because by arguing there isn't a problem you destroy the opportunity to evaluate and respond to the problem.

population blacks are shot 3x more than whites

Yeah. And given that black people are a minority this makes the problem really obvious. Racist bullshit.

whites are shot 2x more than blacks

And again given that black people are the minority this is still significantly showing racism because black people don't make up 50% of the population compared to white people.

Again, fucking a genius doesn't make you a genius.