• pyre@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    “the overwhelming majority of these m&ms are not poisonous.”

    mmm sounds delicious

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        1 hour ago

        no, I made it up because it’s an easy analogy. but my argument is still different on two fronts.

        first, the claim is absolute when it should be comparative. documented immigrants commit less crime than citizens. undocumented immigrants even less than them.

        https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117

        men on the other hand commit crime in ridiculously higher rates than women, and even disregarding that, men commit more serious crimes than women. technically more than bears too.

        second, my argument isn’t about opposing men, so it’s not even comparable to the opposing immigration argument. it’s about the fact that men pose a real threat and maybe it’s appropriate to take action to address that rather than get defensive about it.

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      3 hours ago

      Idk, women also do dumb violent shit, guess everyone should avoid everybody? Since some humans, regardless of their background, are toxic?

      Life is risk. Not taking any risk is choosing not to live. It’s relatively easy to figure out who’s a shithead, of course you should be wary of people, but everyone has to filter out other shitty people constantly, it’s not suddenly some new thing because Trumpers exist.

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      9 hours ago

      They one poisonous m&m in the factory is better than this chainsaw will to your face off, but at least you were safe from potentially being poisoned