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Both of the links you provided are to political action groups. It's like linking either the NRA or Everytown/Moms Demand/March For Our Lives (they rebrand a lo
by donw 6y ago
Both of the links you provided are to political action groups.
It's like linking either the NRA or Everytown/Moms Demand/March For Our Lives (they rebrand a lot) "studies" on gun control.
Both have very clear objectives, and are quite happy to twist -- or sometimes outright fabricate[1]! -- data and facts.
[1] https://massshootingtracker.org https://massshootingtracker.org
- latch 6y agoIf you're going to dismiss one of the most comprehensive bodies of work on the subject (or, I'd guess any UN initiatives), you can provide your own sources?
- donw 6y ago> If you're going to dismiss one of the most comprehensive bodies of work on the subject. Creationists have some of the most comprehensive bodies of work on evolution. Doesn't mean that they are right. The NRA is a political organization. I do not trust any data they collect, nor any studies they produce, because their job is to advocate for a specific set of policies. Bloomberg's various anti-gun groups are political organizations. I do not trust any data they collect, nor any studies they produce, either. For precisely the same reason. Personally, I think that climate change is a huge problem. But credibility is a scarce resource these days.
- plufz 6y agoAll organizations are not created equal. Do you really distrust the NRA and farming studies from the UN to the same extent? For me that sounds very black and white.
- hannob 6y agoYou didn't just write that the UN is a "political action group" and compared it to the NRA?
- Mrdarknezz 6y agoThis is the group that put China as the chair of it's Human rights council.
- madacoo 6y agoWhich arguably makes the NRA look reasonable in comparison.
- abstractbarista 6y agoIf true, that is absolutely hilariously sad.
- the-dude 6y agoAnd what do you think the UN is then?