Let's call it "Substack logic," the process by which a pseudointellectual argues "the Floyd protests" caused an increase in gun homicides among children by citing

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two papers that quite firmly lay blame at the feet of *the police* for killing people and then retaliating against the public for complaining about it.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272721001936

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3715223

@maxkennerly I don't even know if what Wes Yang and Noah Smith engage in can even be called pseudo-intellectual.