Thomas Sobieck 🐘Dec 19, 2022
Max Kennerly

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

Dec 19, 2022 at 3:38pmWeb
Show threadJason WilsonDec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly Did you just coin a new phrase?
Show threadPhDog 🇮🇪Dec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly
I wish people who knew how to post also knew how to read.
Show threadMike ElganDec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly Let's not call it "Substack logic." In other words, let's not pretend there's any connection between using substack and any certain faculty with logic. If you want to criticize one user, then do that. But please don't use MAGA logic where one transgression implicates a wide range of diverse people.
Show threadCranky DavidDec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly
blog brain redux.
Show threadJDDec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly I don't even know if what Wes Yang and Noah Smith engage in can even be called pseudo-intellectual.
Show threadNick Felker, 🗽🇺🇦🇹🇼Dec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly the Floyd protests including a minority who wanted to get rid of the police entirely. As suggested in these studies, less policing led to more deaths.
Show threadCharlotte OdoyleDec 19, 2022

@maxkennerly

Those harping on crime rates always accuse Mayor/Governor/POTUS instead of asking why the Police aren't doing their job. Surely the OP doesn't think "de-policing" is the same as "defunding".

Show threadSam GrossDec 19, 2022
@maxkennerly To be clear, the retaliation is them not doing their jobs at all.