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whatthehey

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27. Assuming correct data these are quite staggering
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 04:45 PM
Aug 2016

Anything above 0.5 is really stretching the concept of random association (above 0.3 is usually thought of as definitely connected) and while everybody knows the causation cliche, the higher the number the more you have to consider at least effects coming from the same root cause if not a direct A-B link. So while being very poorly educated does not drive criminality much directly, the correlation is very high because they share many of the same causes. I suspect that's what we are seeing here. Considering your ancestry to be "American" doesn't make you a Trump voter, but the combination of jingoism, lack of travel, narrow information sources and lack of empathy can easily lead to both.

The most interesting to me is the LFPR.

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Post removed [View all] Post removed Aug 2016 OP
He did say that he loves the uneducated. Sanity Claws Aug 2016 #1
He knows that anyone listening to his foolishness isn't so bright. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #4
Your OP headline is shitty. Brickbat Aug 2016 #2
+1 eom TransitJohn Aug 2016 #10
I don't like the term "trailer trash" UMTerp01 Aug 2016 #3
Get over it. Photographer Aug 2016 #6
I don't have to "get over" anything UMTerp01 Aug 2016 #12
Using derogatory names for poor people may feel good to you, enough Aug 2016 #15
I certainly will not. I have known wonderful poor white people who lived in trailers. cali Aug 2016 #16
Way to stick to your classist outlook! How progressive of you. Brickbat Aug 2016 #18
Well, if it makes you feel any better lillypaddle Aug 2016 #23
Could you reconsider your tone? Mendocino Aug 2016 #32
I don't either. It's a nasty stereotype. OnionPatch Aug 2016 #19
I really hate Nazi analogies, but Chasstev365 Aug 2016 #5
Well, this died in the wool liberal TransitJohn Aug 2016 #7
I've seen surveys that indicated some of his supporters are... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #8
What did anyone expect? After 40+ years of shipping good jobs away and starving people Warpy Aug 2016 #9
THIS! ^^^^ Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #13
Good movie about this growing (and understandable) attitude... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #17
I am posting in opposition to the OP Title & Sentath Aug 2016 #24
Now do you see the value of education? world wide wally Aug 2016 #11
Ugh. Sorry. I think calling people trailer trash is horrible. cali Aug 2016 #14
It certainly doesn't help to "win them over" someday. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #22
Beyond such considerations, I think it's ugly, unfair, bigoted and a silly generalization. cali Aug 2016 #28
That too! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #30
Don't be knockin' our Southern culture! yallerdawg Aug 2016 #20
Do we really need to use phrases like "trailer trash" ? oberliner Aug 2016 #21
I know that if I were called trailer trash by someone that guillaumeb Aug 2016 #25
Nasty and elitist comments like poor white trailer trash have no business at a progressive website. CBGLuthier Aug 2016 #26
I'll join you in that sentiment cali Aug 2016 #29
Assuming correct data these are quite staggering whatthehey Aug 2016 #27
Would you insult poor blacks with a similiar type of insult? FLPanhandle Aug 2016 #31
Agreed. romanic Aug 2016 #34
As a senior living in a "trailer", I find that sort of insulting. nruthie Aug 2016 #33
Thank you! Half of my family live in "trailers"... NurseJackie Aug 2016 #35
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