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Why the experts keep getting it wrong

by malchow on 4/8/22, 6:58 PM with 2 comments

• by IceMetalPunk on 4/8/22, 7:40 PM

  It always blows my mind when people cite sources that contradict the argument they're using the source to support. Their link to the article they're using to say "very few Black people are shot by police" has an entire section header called "Black Americans are killed at a much higher rate than White Americans".

  After seeing that, I stopped reading, because if someone thinks an article that says Black people get shot more is a reason to say Black people get shot less... then I can't assume they have any idea what they're talking about in general.

• by allears on 4/8/22, 7:12 PM

  A perfect example of the "straw man" logical fallacy.