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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (43833)	1/31/2011 3:05:59 PM
From: John	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Buddy McKee wrote: Now, before we can even BEGIN to get around to looking at any supposed 'statistical evidence' you must FIRST clearly DEFINE YOUR TERMS. "stereotypical constituents". And, "where", and "when". --- In this case, the common stereotype is that African-Americans (Blacks) commit a very disproportional amount of violent crime and vote very disproportionately for Democrats. Empirical evidence confirms that those stereotypes are strongly supported by facts. Let's start by looking at which demographic commits the most disproportionate amount of violent crime in the United States, Buddy. The FBI Uniform Crime Index for 2009 indicates that Blacks were arrested for violent crimes at far above the rates that Whites were arrested for the same violent crimes, when controlling for population differences. [1] Violent Crime -- Black-arrest multiple v. White-arrests Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter -- 6.25 times Forcible rape -- 3.08 times Robbery -- 7.99 times Aggravated assault -- 3.29 times Violent crime (all four official categories) -- 4.09 times So, clearly, Blacks are arrested for violent crimes at an average of 4.09 times the rate that Whites are arrested, if controlling for population differences (2009 Black population multiplier: ~6.17). [2] Next, let's examine which demographic votes disproportionately for Democrats, Buddy. USNEWS states: "Ninety-six percent of black voters supported Obama [in the 2008 election]." [3] So, to put it succinctly and tie everything together, Blacks in the United States (a) commit a very disproportional amount of violent crime, and (b) vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. Ergo, my statement that, "most violent crimes are committed by people who are the stereotypical constituents of the Democratic Party" [4] is true, as the facts clearly show. --- 1. www2.fbi.gov 2. quickfacts.census.gov 3. usnews.com 4. Message 27116609

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (43833)	1/31/2011 3:08:06 PM
From: John	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Buddy McKee wrote: And, after getting around to defining the parameters of your contention with regard to "most violent crimes"... I would still be left with a potentially puzzling correlary: Do you intend to also suggest that "most" white collar crimes are committed by some particular group of people? Althought I said nothing about non-violent crimes and you pulled that comment out of thin air, my answer is, yes. Would you like a guided tour?