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Let's not buy into the argument of the increasing supremacist threat, which is more fear mongering based on a political agenda that plays on emotion rather than
by alexandre_m 8y ago
Let's not buy into the argument of the increasing supremacist threat, which is more fear mongering based on a political agenda that plays on emotion rather than real data.
Happy to see real data that suggests a worldwide trend though, if any, that is not subjective.
- guelo 8y ago"white supremacists in Canada and the U.S. killed at least 40 people, up from 17 in 2017." https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2019/year-hate-rage-against-change https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/...
- gjs278 8y agothat’s it?
- epicureanideal 8y ago1. That doesn't show any long term trend. 2. It isn't normalized against overall violence trends. 3. Although obviously terrible, it's still an incredibly small number of people in absolute terms. 259 people died while taking selfies since 2011 [0]. [0]. https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/health/selfie-deaths-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/health/selfie-deaths-trnd/ind...
- noobermin 8y agoAnd even less people are killed by terror threats worldwide. Also a small number of people die from shark attacks or from airplane crashes. It doesn't stop people from taking safety precautions.
- afeom2 8y agoHow many people were killed so far this year in, say, Baltimore?
- fwip 8y agoWhat data would convince you that the threat of white supremacy is increasing?
- afeom2 8y agoHow do we quantify the threat of white supremacy? Could we perhaps compare it alongside other ideologies, like the threat of radical Islam, the threat of open borders, the threat of Internet censorship?
- alexandre_m 8y agoResearch done with a well designed methodology that explains how the data was classified in the first place. It has to explain how it labels "hate" crimes; is the crime perpetrated by a clear member of the said group, how do you define the relation, etc.
- Slambrt 8y agohttps://www.vox.com/identities/2019/3/16/18268856/new-zealand-shooter-white-nationalism-united-states https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/3/16/18268856/new-zealan...