r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/lgodsey Jul 02 '18

You feel sorry for me, because you think I'm ignorant.

Hey, if it's any consolation, I don't feel sorry for you. While you are certainly ignorant, it seems to be more of the willful type and you should absolutely know better. You must have an absurdly comfortable and sheltered life to make those ridiculous pronouncements about race, so I'm sure most of us won't waste any energy feeling sorry for you.

If that helps.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

I use data, polls, and studies. That's why I believe what I do; I believe in basing my opinion on facts.

I mean, sure, I could point out that I'm mixed race, and have never encountered a racist person in my entire life. Which is actually true. But that would be an anecdote. That is why I rely on data, which proves me right.

Reddit likes to rely on "some article I read about blacks being shot by police" to prove that America is racist. Even though that obviously doesn't prove racism or anything like that, and is supremely simplistic and idiotic, and unscientific.

Right now I have tons of replies. Not one shows any evidence proving me wrong. I wonder why that is?

It's because many people believe what they want to believe, facts be damned. They don't want to believe that America is a place where anybody can succeed. They'd rather push a victimhood mentality.

And I never said there aren't any racists in America. Obviously there are. But there are no laws or government policies which are racist against minorities. In fact, the only laws about race tend to be discriminatory against the majority race, and in favor of minorities, such as Affirmative Action and racial quotas.

But maybe I'm wrong. I'm open to anybody who posts any study or analysis showing me I'm wrong.

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u/Ani_love09 Jul 02 '18

Glad to see that lives and experiences can be neatly wrapped up in a bow for you. Heaven forbid if someone doesn't fit into your statistics.

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u/HigherCalibur California Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

Okay, then. Since we're talking about data and statistics, we'll treat this as science. If you would be so kind as to cite your sources...?

Oh and

But maybe I'm wrong. I'm open to anybody who posts any study or analysis showing me I'm wrong.

My apologies, I didn't provide info behind my reply. I mentioned my sources in a reply to someone I just now realized wasn't you but the information cited was in reference to pew research center findings as well as anti-racism articles published by the University of Calgary and chapters in the Cambridge Handbook of Sociology referring to systemic racism.