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Black Mirror did an episode on the consequences of voting for truth. Or was that The Orville? In any case, Lott is using data to support the unpopular side of t
by stmfreak 9y ago
Black Mirror did an episode on the consequences of voting for truth. Or was that The Orville? In any case, Lott is using data to support the unpopular side of the gun control debate. It is not surprising to find a gazillion hit pieces undermining his character and credentials. None of which erodes his data.
His research was one of the reasons I moved my family to the suburbs where violent crimes are excessively rare and committed predominantly by visitors from the urban centers.
- verylittlemeat 9y agoThe gun control debate and politics in general don't really mean much to me. What I'm concerned about is Lott's deceptive use of statistics to come to questionable conclusions. If you read his entire wiki there are just a stunning number of red flags (the whole thing even, not just the controversies section). In this HN thread alone people have casually pointed out some obvious flaws. At the very least he's putting a lot of effort into spreading FUD about violent crime. I really don't see how you can take him as a useful and objective source on these issues unless you're already coming to the conversation with some kind of anti-urban prejudice. In some ways it reminds me of the conversation about child rapists and pedophiles. People lose their mind over the safety of their children when exposed to the community while ignoring that most of these crimes happen within their own families. It all just smells of a general fear of the vague and dangerous "other."
- classicsnoot 9y agoDo you live in a high crime area? Your argument stinks of many degrees of separation between what you speak of and what you know.