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>To pander to people who believe that Islamic terrorists are a greater threat to them than the ladder in their garage A poor straw man argument, and it's telli
by creaghpatr 9y ago
>To pander to people who believe that Islamic terrorists are a greater threat to them than the ladder in their garage
A poor straw man argument, and it's telling that you need untruthful hyperbole to make your point.
- irhd 9y agoThat's not a strawman either. Hyperbole is a valid rhetorical device. The point is that fear is used to drive conservatism, in many cases irrational fear.
- vannevar 9y agoIn what sense is it a straw man argument? Republicans favor spending enormous amounts of money fighting Islamic terrorists, while ignoring much more probable threats. That is not hyperbole, it is sad truth.
- carry_bit 9y agoCompare the rate for both of those aggregated over the last 5 years to the previous 5 years.
- vannevar 9y agoOr you can simply look at the probability of various causes of death: http://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrori.... They don't specifically have ladder deaths, but at about 300/year, it would rank between heat waves and electricity on the list.