Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

36. It's humorous when stats are used to justify it...

Reply to William769 (Reply #10)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 11:30 PM

Feb 2014

Especially when brick 'n' mortar is going the way of vacuum tubes.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

45 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Map of Hate Groups in US [View all] Faux pas Feb 2014 OP

+1 jsr Feb 2014 #1

Per capita, though, it looks bad for Ohio. blm Feb 2014 #2

It is bad in Ohio rbrnmw Feb 2014 #24

Did you see GA? Motown_Johnny Feb 2014 #25

It is a very frightening reminder that "they" live among us etherealtruth Feb 2014 #3

Yep... and they sit on juries, too. nt Diamonique Feb 2014 #8

No sh*t! n/t etherealtruth Feb 2014 #11

They also have the largest population of any US state Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #4

They're on every state. Some of them even control legislatures, Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2014 #5

Collectively, the South still rules. And they have many more members per group. onehandle Feb 2014 #6

Montana and Mississippi have the most hate groups per capita. Lasher Feb 2014 #43

With the explosion of the internet, I find that map kind of useless. William769 Feb 2014 #7

But more fuel for state haterationists. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #9

With the hate I see here on a daily basis. William769 Feb 2014 #10

Certain hate and bigotry sarisataka Feb 2014 #14

what kind of hate are you talking about? Can you provide examples/ el_bryanto Feb 2014 #15

Any broad brush statement sarisataka Feb 2014 #16

nods - thanks for clarifying. nt el_bryanto Feb 2014 #19

Well, there's the "thug" dog whistling... Scootaloo Feb 2014 #21

Well, I'm about as male white as one can get, and from what Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #40

It's humorous when stats are used to justify it... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #36

I borrowed the term "hateration" from an R&B song Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #39

That is very true. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #37

I have to wonder how accurate this is. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #12

With such a widespread and diverse number of hate groups, it's no wonder domestic surveilance..... DrewFlorida Feb 2014 #13

Yep, that's what I think too. I'm not a fan of surveillance, but we have a lot of RKP5637 Feb 2014 #30

Yep, I'm of two minds about it too. Don't like it and see opportunity for abuse..... DrewFlorida Feb 2014 #33

59 in Florida. That explains a lot! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #17

A lot of the California ones seem to be publishing groups Scootaloo Feb 2014 #18

And Chalcedon. LeftyMom Feb 2014 #34

VT and Wyoming have the fewest! (2) Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #20

And Alaska. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #23

Sorry, I didn't noticed them. Glad they only got 2 because everyone there probably has guns. Auntie Bush Feb 2014 #27

Well, some of us don't and never have, Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #28

As one of my friends says there are enough assholes and crazies to pepper/cover the RKP5637 Feb 2014 #32

Isn't that basically a population map? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #22

American College of Pediatricians is on the list for FL. SCUBANOW Feb 2014 #26

Sobering oldandhappy Feb 2014 #29

Damn, there's enough hatred there to cover just about anyone's hate fetish! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #31

The California list is weird. The groups are clustered in the south state, LeftyMom Feb 2014 #35

I clicked on one in my state and it said "General hate" undeterred Feb 2014 #38

Probably an Angry Old Man group Shankapotomus Feb 2014 #41

20 in Indiana. Mostly Klan and Neo-Nazis/Brotherhood. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #42

Clicking around the states - I'm shocked Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #44

Well, we are the most popoulous state in the union Le Taz Hot Feb 2014 #45