I don't know the actual figures, but if there were 14 threats in the previous period and 27 in this one then it's technically "up 93%" but the problem isn't nearly as ominous as it sounds. This is how propaganda operates. They pull this shit with hate crimes all the time to make a handful of malcontents appear to be eighty million literal Nazis. And it should be noted that there's no mention of who is doing the threatening or being threatened. It's just left open so folks can fill in the blanks with whatever assumptions the media has put in their heads.
Like Pepe Wales mentioned above, any time you’re asked to get outraged by a percentage, with no backing statistics, you’re being bullshitted, because percentages are always relative.
The easiest way to get a 100% increase is to go from zero to 1.
I don't know the actual figures, but if there were 14 threats in the previous period and 27 in this one then it's technically "up 93%" but the problem isn't nearly as ominous as it sounds. This is how propaganda operates. They pull this shit with hate crimes all the time to make a handful of malcontents appear to be eighty million literal Nazis. And it should be noted that there's no mention of who is doing the threatening or being threatened. It's just left open so folks can fill in the blanks with whatever assumptions the media has put in their heads.
They're never going away
I think it's probably about as fake as Cesar's bombs.
How many were threats vs angry constituents calling them something mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g95xIxkL16w
My mind went instantly to Cesar Sayoc.
93% is an oddly specific number, lol.
Like Pepe Wales mentioned above, any time you’re asked to get outraged by a percentage, with no backing statistics, you’re being bullshitted, because percentages are always relative.
The easiest way to get a 100% increase is to go from zero to 1.