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Aeolus451 on 10 April 2018
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o_O.Q said:
the-pi-guy said:

"so you've conceded that i was right then? and yes attempting to get rid of something imaginary is problematic as the grid girls who lost their jobs because they were supposedly being oppressed understand all too well"

Sure, I concede you're right.  But it isn't imaginary.  

 

"if plainly stating the statistics/facts in a proper context was all that was happening then i wouldn't have a problem

for example, you yourself stated that many of the black men shot recently were in confrontations with black police

because of the way these incidents have been framed, most people are unaware of that fact"

It's the same with a lot of things.  Like I said before, CNN portrays most welfare recipients as black, even though most are white.  So because of them, most people are unaware of those facts.  

"oh... so islamic terrorism isn't happening now"

That's not what I said.  In the US, you're more likely to die of a cold than you are by Islamic terrorism.  You're more likely to be killed by your white neighbor than by terrorists.  More people in the US die from drowning every year than have died of Islamic terrorism in the past 18 years (including 9/11).  

"Sure, I concede you're right.  But it isn't imaginary.  "

ok how are women oppressed in 2018?

 

"t's the same with a lot of things."

but the point i'm making and you seem to agree is that the narrative that black people are getting oppressed by white people while it may be true depending on the exact context is getting ridiculously overblown

 

"In the US, you're more likely to die of a cold than you are by Islamic terrorism."

regardless it does exist and it is a problem

Islamic terrorism is worrisome to anyone with basic arithmetic skills because Islam has around 2 billion believers and roughly 10 to 20% of them have extreme views by the West's standards.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01/concerns-about-islamic-extremism-on-the-rise-in-middle-east/