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sturg33
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Last Saturday, I drove to downtown San Antonio to catch a comedy show and dinner. I parked in a parking lot. I locked my doors and ensure anything worthwhile was out of sight
Monday morning I went to play a round of golf. I parked my car in the parking lot. Let my wallet and keys in the cup holder. Left the car unlocked (bc keys were inside). No problem at all.
It made me wonder, would the empathetic left accuse of me practicing bigotry for locking my doors in downtown?
Monday morning I went to play a round of golf. I parked my car in the parking lot. Let my wallet and keys in the cup holder. Left the car unlocked (bc keys were inside). No problem at all.
It made me wonder, would the empathetic left accuse of me practicing bigotry for locking my doors in downtown?
acesfull86
Well-known member
These are the folks who mock others for having PRINCIPLES. When you’ve vacated all your PRINCIPLES, this is what’s left.
sturg33
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Its so embarrassing having core beliefs and not changing them daily to agree with the 79 year old lunatic
nsacpi
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sturg33
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any takers?
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I think we all have to make those choices. All the time. I've had my car broken into for a pair of sunglasses.
I could retreat to a gated community. But I choose to live in an area that has a fair number of poor people in it and a relatively high crime rate. I think I receive some benefits from this exposure to people not like me. And I like to think my community also does. There is a lot of research out there on the harms caused by social and racial segregation and the benefits from social connections across those lines. We can adopt some policies to ameliorate those harms. And we can also each live our lives in a way that helps do this.
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sturg33
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But if you lock your door out of fear of a break in, aren't you judging people based on data rather than them individually?
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
It's an interesting question. I try not to profile people. Although statistics show poor people or minorities have higher crime rates, most people in those categories are not criminals. But I am definitely more careful in some neighborhoods than others. I don't think this is the same as assuming all individuals who fit a certain profile are more likely to be criminals.
sturg33
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So we agree it is fair to make some assumptions based purely on demographics rather than assuming all individuals are equally likely to do something bad
Progress!
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
We all can given anecdotal evidence.
I lock my car always because I don't want anyone near my stuff. My wife's parents used to never lock their doors, then one day a drunk wrecked their own car wandered to their property and slept in an unlocked car puking and pissing and bleeding all over it before leaving the next morning.
2 times I've dealt with people invating my property one person walking into my house and one person walking onto my driveway and talking into my house. Both of them were drunk white people. Both came in when I was playing D&D. Both people were older than me and statistically would be less likely to commit crimes.
You are practicing a form of bigotry but it's a personal comfort thing.