Lazy.
I see you are still not quite getting the concept.
Regardless.
So far you have failed to support any of your arguments with this reply.
That is because neither one year's arrest stats
(Table 43), nor a crime victim survey containing incomplete information and limited data covering only two years is relevant to the entire breadth of the claim.
We are speaking to a claim in a movie written and filmed almost twenty years ago.
You have not shown what information they relied on at the time to make their claim, nor have you shown that the claim at that time was wrong.
Secondly, your response does not refute the claim both Bernie and Hillary have used in their campaigns.
My real point was to CUT right through the seductive, domineering, overpowering (and masterfully written) monologue of Derek (I referred to the character earlier using Ed Norton, and some uneducated commentators on this site thought that was their best opportunity at making an abysmal, laughable point ... anyhoo).
Is that your real point? Well you haven't done that.
As previously provided.
(Second to last bullet point in the Highlights box on the right hand side of the first page.)
I am sure you understand that the above information is what the Government was holding out to be true
at the time.
So try explaining how it would be possible to expect "one in every three black males" to be incarcerated and have them not be "in some phase of the correctional system"?
The only real issue here is if that prediction still holds true. Given the increase of the population and the decrease in the overall crime rates, I would say it doesn't.
My point was to tell everyone here how startling it is, how often I check YouTube to find almost 90% on a regular basis - AGREE - with Derek. So, what is the easiest way to challenge a thesis? Go after the statistics. So, I went to the FBI website to establish Total Crime demographics, as well as parole and probation. And in the end, Derek's statistic was as ignorant as his level of bigotry and racism.
Bottom line - I challenge people to question everything. If the big head on the 1984 screen says drink the Kool-Aid, have enough initiative and intelligence to question what's in it. Don't swallow seductive B&W Hollywood speeches. Do some homework first.
You let your bias get in the way of rationality.
You first have to show that based on the available information
at the time that it wasn't true, or that it wasn't reasonable to believe it to be true to be passing any such judgement on it.
(something I am sure you can not do)
Secondly, if you have a problem with YouTube posters, it seems that you should be addressing them with something like the following.
Though blacks disproportionately commit far more crime than other races, the "1 in 3" statement by Derek, while it may have been true at one time, based on today's stats, doesn't appear to be true now.
Thread reopened. Personal attacks will result in points and thread bans going forward, and posts made before this warning may still be subject to moderation.
