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Jesus, I didn't know people cared so much about metaphorical language choices. Guess it's all narrative shaping though eh. It's good we have people like you to
by lugged 5y ago
Jesus, I didn't know people cared so much about metaphorical language choices.
Guess it's all narrative shaping though eh. It's good we have people like you to police little old me from speaking out against your chosen narrative.
Enjoy your spike.
- ec109685 5y agoI wasn't criticising your choice of words – just that people are over estimating the amount of new crime. This article talks about that phenonium: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/there-no-national-crime/619506/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/there-no-n...
- lugged 5y agoThey're not over estimating the amount of new crime. They're estimating the amount of unpunished crime which is why a "spike" or a "wave" whatever that even really means, is having a disproportionate response in gun sales.