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Weird clickbait given that christians aren't even overrepresented by a factor of 2 in that link and Jewish people are overrepresented by a factor of over 3.
by boringuser2 3y ago
Weird clickbait given that christians aren't even overrepresented by a factor of 2 in that link and Jewish people are overrepresented by a factor of over 3.
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- tasty_freeze 3y agoConsidering that more than 50% of the general public are Christian, be overrepresented by a factor of two is a mathematical impossibility currently.
- boringuser2 3y agoYes, the much higher Christian population means it is inherently less egregious if your goal is to be outraged by proportion. Do you get it?
- tasty_freeze 3y agoI'm among the 26.8% (according to the article) of unaffiliated/non-believers. But I have only 3.7% representation. Christians are 65.4% of the general population but 90% of congress. Do you get it?
- boringuser2 3y agoYou have representation. Most of those congress critters are just lying about their affiliation anyhow. The US isn't even close to the laws imposed by any even vaguely religious country like Iran or even Isr*l.
- tasty_freeze 3y agoThey might be lying about their true beliefs, but to uphold the ruse that they are Christian, will tend to vote in a way that preserves the ruse, and thus won't represent me as much as they otherwise would. Second, please don't be pedantic about whether I have representation at all, unless you prefer everyone to fully qualify every statement to prevent pedantic responses. I thought it was pretty clear that I meant my in-group is underrepresented, and not that I literally don't have any representation in congress, nor that such representatives don't often vote in ways that align with my own interests.
- pixl97 3y agoGreat way to fail statistics class to the point that your entire comment is highly suspect. Going from 2% to 6% it a tiny number, going from 60% to 90% is a huge number.
- boringuser2 3y agoThat's quite possibly one of the most absurd comments you could have made.
- pixl97 3y agoIn a majority voting population going from 2 people to 6 people out of 100 rarely tips the odds in one favor. Going from 60 to 90 people, well you can see that would give you a super majority.
- boringuser2 3y agoJewish people have wildly outsize influence, denying this is absurd.
- gray6 3y ago[dead]
- otikik 3y agoUnaffiliated is 4% vs 25%, I don’t think it’s clickbaity to say that they are “more religious” because if that. However, the article doesn’t mention how many congress members are religious “out of convenience”, in order to gain votes entirely, and not because they really believe in what they say they believe in.
- gettodachoppa 3y ago[flagged]