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The problem with this statement is people are individuals, and murder, thankfully, is still a rare event. You might as well claim, white people hate serial kill
by distant_hat 4y ago
The problem with this statement is people are individuals, and murder, thankfully, is still a rare event. You might as well claim, white people hate serial killers, but still per capita, have more serial killers than almost anyone else.
- ambrozk 4y agoThat's exactly the point I'm making. African Americans support gun control because guns are such a problem in their community. The people who want the guns banned are not the same people using them, so there's no contradiction between the statement, "African Americans use guns more than anyone," and the statement, "African Americans support gun control more than anyone." A person who says "Utahans say they hate porn but really they love porn" is falling prey to the same logical fallacy as a person who says "Black people say they hate guns, but if you look at the stats, they really love guns." In both cases, the person taking a differentiated mass of people and collapsing them into a unified whole, then complaining that the monolith they've created in their heads has incoherent views.
- ksniwmidjd 4y ago[dead]