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58Sunliner

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37. All you have to do is adjust percentages of voters by race and sex.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #32)

Sat Jun 27, 2020, 02:59 PM

Jun 2020

And those are widely available. You just can't be lazy. Using a false statement, which is then combined with a narrative about the violence of white women to infer that the majority of white women are violent is a racial bias, like it or not.

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How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood [View all] irisblue Jun 2020 OP

Karens are getting their day in the Court of Public Opinion. Laelth Jun 2020 #1

It is about time for equal representation for women delisen Jun 2020 #23

I don't know about you, but my mother created me. Laelth Jun 2020 #25

how it smears hundreds of thousands of innocent people more like it nt msongs Jun 2020 #2

Do you want to say anything about the article? irisblue Jun 2020 #3

the article smears a whole class of people most of whom are innocent. nt msongs Jun 2020 #4

and that class is people who are named karen nt msongs Jun 2020 #5

It seems, by its very title, to be talking about "White Womanhood" frazzled Jun 2020 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #30

Well, maybe that's where I don't get it frazzled Jun 2020 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #42

It is everywhere frazzled Jun 2020 #43

That is what you took away from it? Ok. Thx for the reply irisblue Jun 2020 #6

#NotAllKarens sweetloukillbot Jun 2020 #8

What innocent people are smeared? gollygee Jun 2020 #10

"There's the oft-cited stat that 52% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election" 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #7

Would you please give a citation for your source numbers? irisblue Jun 2020 #9

Which number is that? That 56% of eligible voters voted? 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #13

Your source for these numbers is not in your reply. irisblue Jun 2020 #16

Math is fun. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #28

Can be. But without a reputable citation, it is non reliable irisblue Jun 2020 #31

When people say a certain percentage of people voted for X gollygee Jun 2020 #11

No they don't. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #15

Yeah, consistently they do. gollygee Jun 2020 #17

Does not make them right. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #19

Is this Begging the Question fallacy irisblue Jun 2020 #22

an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion-52% of white women did not vote for DT. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #27

And you have provide no facts, just opinion & bluster irisblue Jun 2020 #32

All you have to do is adjust percentages of voters by race and sex. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #37

The Flaw In This, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #12

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

Wriggling Only Amuses, Sir --- Best To Just Let It Drop The Magistrate Jun 2020 #21

I don't use exit polling data as it is not reliable. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #26

Small Surprise You Prefer To Rely On Numbers You Construct In Your Head, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #29

+100000 Celerity Jun 2020 #35

Thank You, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #36

Sad. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #39

If you wanted the numbers by race and sex they are widely available. 58Sunliner Jun 2020 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jun 2020 #14

+1 n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #33

K & R Celerity Jun 2020 #34

believe women nt prodigitalson Jun 2020 #41