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> and consequently crime has increased significantly It has not. https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/San-Francisco-crime-Chesa-Boudin-London-Breed-16751930.ph
by deanCommie 4y ago
> and consequently crime has increased significantly
It has not. https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/San-Francisco-crime-Chesa-Boudin-London-Breed-16751930.php https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/San-Francisco-crime-Che...
Consider why you think that it has, and whether you are also getting your information from an in-group that is primarily motivated by ideology and not reality. (Just a different one from the one you criticise)
- usrn 4y ago
- deanCommie 4y agoI didn't downvote you, but if you are it's because you've set up a discourse that is unresolvable. If you're not going to believe statistics because they don't match your worldview, how can we possibly hope to come to a conclusion in any debate? And can you then not say absolutely anything you want if it "feels true"??
- usrn 4y agoI'm totally ok with believing statistics that don't match my worldview. I've even adjusted my worldview because of some statistics I've seen but my understanding is that those statistics are flawed. A very important part of statistics is understanding how they're gathered and these are usually gathered from crimes reported to police. From what I've heard people haven given up reporting most crimes there. If you're going to blindly believe statistics without trying to interpret them then what about the ones showing the outsized homicide rate for Black people? Without interpretation all you can conclude from that is something extremely racist.