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Simon Pegg on the Cornell Rapists (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by velma@sh.itjust.works to c/fauxmoi@sh.itjust.works

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

However crime statistics always make me feel kinda gross and reminds me of conservatives doing the same for black crime statistics.

You'd rather we don't track the problem?

The numbers, even if they're slightly inaccurate (which I don't think they're far off), show that there's a clear imbalance as to who are the perpetrators. Women know this from experience as well.

There's many reasons that men are overwhelmingly the demographic that rapes people and they're not waived away by simply claiming that people are being sexist against men.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I don't get the impression that that's what they're saying.
I get the impression that they agree, but that it's literally the quoting of crime statistics to highlight a problem that feels bad to them.

Which I can understand. It invites quibbling over statistics and somehow distances you from the point being made because it highlights a pattern but leaves the conclusion up to the listener.

This in no way speaks against the statistic, the conclusion or the problem. Just commiserating that statistics have been used to mislead so often that it can feel bad to use them, even if entirely justified.