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In reply to the discussion: How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood [View all]58Sunliner
(6,273 posts)7. "There's the oft-cited stat that 52% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election"
Which isn't true. So this guy needs to paint a majority of white women as racist violators and in order to do so, claims a false narrative.
Shall we do the math?? Dr. Brock can't be bothered apparently. I appreciate that there are racist white women, but not in the numbers cited. 56% of all eligible voters, voted. Take the stats of whites, women, and do the math. 26.5% of all eligible voters voted for DT. Most of those were men, of all races, though since whites are a majority, mostly white men. @ 60% of that total percentage were men. The rest women. 40% of 26.5=10.6% of all women eligible voters. Someone needs to take a math class. When you have to cite false statistics, it looks like prejudice.
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How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood [View all]
irisblue
Jun 2020
OP
"There's the oft-cited stat that 52% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election"
58Sunliner
Jun 2020
#7
an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion-52% of white women did not vote for DT.
58Sunliner
Jun 2020
#27
You can not use false stats to support a bias. I won't address your straw men.
58Sunliner
Jun 2020
#18
Proof by Assertion is an informal fallacy. Please do, take your assertion up with the author or mag
irisblue
Jun 2020
#20
Small Surprise You Prefer To Rely On Numbers You Construct In Your Head, Sir
The Magistrate
Jun 2020
#29