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Taladanarian27 t1_ivo1toe wrote

Reply to comment by _Fried_Ice in How do they call winners when 15% of votes are in? Explain like I’m 5 by heelllooooooo

“I could provide sources, but I think you’re not gonna like them. Here’s my argument to convince you”

That’s basically what you said. As a scientist, I know if you can’t provide data to back up your claims no one will take you seriously. So when being directly asked for sources, and you dismiss the idea of providing sources, it practically invalidates anything you say.

I see your points listed. But I too would like to see sources. I want to be convinced, want to learn, want to evolve knowledge. That’s human nature (our desire as a race to innovate). So these bullet points cant really prove/disprove anything because you refuse to provide citations.

If you want people to take you seriously, I recommend being capable of backing up the words you say. If you say you CAN, then DO it. You don’t see me claiming to discover a new element and then being like “I could show you my results but you’d just be too shocked”. Nah. People wanna see. Wouldn’t you want others to see if your sources are true and legit?

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_Fried_Ice t1_ivo3u4k wrote

I completely understand your point here so here are some sources, even though I don't completely agree with you statement.
We can leave the mishandling of covid-19 out of this as it can be seen as an opinion:

Afghanistan withdrawal failure: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/1117037318/for-biden-the-chaotic-withdrawal-from-kabul-was-a-turning-point-in-his-presidenc
https://www.vox.com/world/2022/8/15/23300236/no-one-held-accountable-catastrophic-afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-white-house

Inflation rates:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi#:~:text=Inflation%20Rate%20in%20the%20United,percent%20in%20June%20of%201921.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-inflation-at-9-1-percent-a-record-high
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3697972-how-responsible-is-biden-for-high-inflation/

Rise in crime:
https://www.bbc.com/news/57581270
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/crime-is-top-concern-many-americans-midterm-vote-how-bad-is-it-2022-11-01/

Border crisis:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61989673
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57408094

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MemeAddict96 t1_ivo57ne wrote

Your source on crime says crime rose during 2020 in both red and blue states. I thought Trump was president in 2020? It actually says there’s been a drop in violent crime. And it also says that public policy has little effect on crime rates.

I’m confused why you would post a source that would prove you wrong. Unless you don’t actually read things and just parrot the standard GOP talking points.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_ivpdpy6 wrote

"The problem with all of these conservative critiques is that crime went up everywhere," said Thomas Abt, who worked for the Justice Department during the Obama administration and now chairs the violent crime working group at the Council on Criminal Justice.

It went up in red states, it went up in blue states, it went up in cities controlled by Republican mayors and cities controlled by Democratic mayors. It went up in cities, also in the suburbs, also in rural areas."

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I don't know how that proves dems are behind the increase of crime.

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