Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
See how both the centrists and the conservatives never cite any sources or numbers? How their argument is "fascism is on the rise, that must mean they are correct to some degree!".
(That's just one link, there are dozens if not hundreds that show the same exact reality)
Turns out, despite the right wing propaganda crime has been consistently going down for literal decades, with the obvious exception of the early pandemic. Not only that, data consistently shows that immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes and are in fact a much smaller vector of crime than US citizens.
So, to the moderates and conservatives: Please stop being so sensitive, I thought leftists were supposed to be the snowflakes, and if you're trying to make an argument based on number to actually look up the numbers instead of these sanctimonious and obnoxious displays of pettiness. We have numbers and we can gladly talk about them. For some reason folks really dislike citing those though. Maybe because they disprove the nonsensical arguments they are trying to make?
And don't get me wrong, immigration needs to have some kind of guide lines and rules for the processes, but far too many people are falling for lies of the far right and then even dare to be smug about their own ignorance.
Edit:
Oh and because Germany was mentioned: There are far more instances of crimes committed by German citizens than by immigrants. But due to the Springer press (right wing media conglomerate) we tend to only hear about the latter. In the case of the former they are always suspiciously silent. So anyone who tries to downplay the importance of the media framing certain issues is either doing it out of ignorance or malice.
(That's just one link, there are dozens if not hundreds that show the same exact reality)
Turns out, despite the right wing propaganda crime has been consistently going down for literal decades, with the obvious exception of the early pandemic. Not only that, data consistently shows that immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes and are in fact a much smaller vector of crime than US citizens.
So, to the moderates and conservatives: Please stop being so sensitive, I thought leftists were supposed to be the snowflakes, and if you're trying to make an argument based on number to actually look up the numbers instead of these sanctimonious and obnoxious displays of pettiness. We have numbers and we can gladly talk about them. For some reason folks really dislike citing those though. Maybe because they disprove the nonsensical arguments they are trying to make?
And don't get me wrong, immigration needs to have some kind of guide lines and rules for the processes, but far too many people are falling for lies of the far right and then even dare to be smug about their own ignorance.
Edit:
Oh and because Germany was mentioned: There are far more instances of crimes committed by German citizens than by immigrants. But due to the Springer press (right wing media conglomerate) we tend to only hear about the latter. In the case of the former they are always suspiciously silent. So anyone who tries to downplay the importance of the media framing certain issues is either doing it out of ignorance or malice.
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