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solidrecommendations t1_j2ez3oh wrote

Reply to comment by Turbo2x in DC's murder rate has -11% YoY change from 2021. Wanted to post this for some more positive news around crime, since negative news tends to dominate this space. by donemessedup123

This is a bad take. Regardless of the cause (and I don’t buy “Covid” as a cause for everything), people can still be upset and worried that crime is up and want it to be lower.

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Turbo2x t1_j2ezeq5 wrote

yep that's why I suggested some things that need to be addressed going forward rather than "post 10 fearmongering crime articles on the DC subreddit every week" which seems to be the strategy right now

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solidrecommendations t1_j2ezlqk wrote

Nobody is forcing you to read the articles. To me, it’s just information to consider and absorb. Ignoring it won’t make the problem go away, but you can if you choose.

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fullstackbuffoon t1_j2f89vu wrote

Pretty ironic considering you’re ignoring the impact of a multi-year global health crisis on the mental wellness and economic stability of a whole lot of people as if those two factors aren’t significant drivers of violent crime.

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solidrecommendations t1_j2f91yq wrote

Crime was already on the upswing in DC before the pandemic. I’m sure it’s a contributing factor concerning the increase in some types of crime, but to attribute everything to Covid is convenient and naive. I’m not ignoring it … I’m just not buying it as an explanation.

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fullstackbuffoon t1_j2fa0s6 wrote

No one attributed everything to Covid; that’s you creating strawmen to defend your position. You are hand waving very real factors in the rise of violent crime, and ignoring other factors like police refusing to do their damn job as a result of nationwide movement toward more accountability.

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solidrecommendations t1_j2faic2 wrote

The other guy was attributing everything (or most) of the increase in crime to Covid … that’s who I was responding to. When did I say I was ignoring other factors? I’m just saying I don’t believe Covid is a significant factor.

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carbon56f t1_j2fd5jn wrote

I get what you're saying, but reddit, especially this subreddit, nor twitter, nor facebook are real life. And its a huge problem in the 21st century that we mistake these spaces as being representative of real life.

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Gumburcules t1_j2fnz36 wrote

Whoa, let's not pretend like posting fearmongering crime articles is all people here are doing.

Many of them are making completely unnecessary posts about their personal life every time something remotely bad happens to them, or even when they think something remotely bad might have possibly been about to happen to them!

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Turbo2x t1_j2fofzt wrote

Someone looked a little aggressive while I was walking home at night, this is why the city is declining and I'm moving to Arlington!

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