• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    This is the sort of logic I’ve seen people use to justify racism. “Not all of them of course but enough, I’m just being careful”.

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      3 months ago

      Tell me, do you know how likely women are to be killed by men vs the other way around?

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        Do you not know how often racists use crime stats to bolster their arguments too?

        Men more often kill women is no grounds to make blanket arguments about men in general, same way as some minorities being overly represented in rape statistics is no grounds to make blanket statements about those minorities.

        You can say it’s just you “being careful” and whatnot, but you should realize that you’re using word for word the same arguments racists use to justify their racism. Both represent an actual threat to women for sure but it’s no justification for labeling them all, that’s the point.

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          3 months ago

          What are women doing with this information?

          What are racists doing with their - actually twisted made up bullshit if you look into it - information?

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            What are women doing with this information?

            A woman might in both cases be vary of the specific groups here, at the mildest level. Discrimination can range from very minor to very hostile behaviour. Basically your imagination is the limit for what someone might do about these prejudiced feelings.

            actually twisted made up bullshit if you look into it

            Statistics Finland, Finnish Government, the police and several university studies have made deep dives into this. But if you can show them wrong then by all means, go ahead. But I can provide you the sources for these claims, if you really want to go there.

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              You’re supplying nothing and asking me to disprove it. Fuck right off with that.

              And the correct answer as to what those groups are doing with the information is:

              Women are generally careful not to offend men.

              Racists participate in violence against minorities.

              These are not the same thing, and it should be obvious if you’re even slightly paying attention.

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                You’re supplying nothing and asking me to disprove it. Fuck right off with that.

                You yourself already claimed the statistics are “actually twisted made up bullshit if you look into it” and now you are indignant that I’m asking you to show your work. But very well, I’ll supply the sources first and then perhaps you can tell me how they are “twisted made up bullshit”.

                Statistics Finland (the national statistical institution): https://www.stat.fi/til/rpk/2018/13/rpk_2018_13_2019-05-16_tie_001_en.html

                Government of Finland (pdf): https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/163523/VNTEAS_2021_56.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

                University of Helsinki (pdf): https://helda.helsinki.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/fc2ee0d3-2124-4a65-9afa-f4a12dd42708/content

                Have at it. Shouldn’t be that hard because you seemingly already are knowledgeable about these stats and know they’re bullshit.

                These are not the same thing, and it should be obvious if you’re even slightly paying attention.

                Nobody is arguing that all forms and types of prejudice are similar. The argument is that you are using the same arguments for your prejudice as those arguing for race based prejudice. But if your argument really is that the effects from one form of prejudice are better than others so it’s fine, then alright. It’s just a terrible look and makes it easier for racists to get away with their shit since their reasoning have been already accepted in other contexts.

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                  Okay, so I think you knew this going in, but those are mostly written in Finnish, and since you already know I’m Australian, you probably knew I can’t speak Finnish. So like, great job there.

                  Anyway, of the one that I can actually read, the problem is immediately apparent in the title.

                  Foreigners more often suspects of offences than Finns

                  Suspects.

                  That right there is the problem.

                  The difference is, racists will take these statistics - which often reveal racist policing and the effects of discrimination rather than saying anything about actual races - and twist them to a racist end, which is usually further violence towards those minorities.

                  Femicide is a real thing.

                  The difference is clear, and if you can’t see the difference, then maybe you don’t actually care about the people that are being hurt, and you only care about the rhetoric. I don’t know, but I do know you’re missing the point.

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                    since you already know I’m Australian, you probably knew I can’t speak Finnish.

                    I’m not sure where I was supposed to know that from but I was making a claim and I think it was a fair assumption you knew what you were talking about since you dismissed it right away. So having to read Finnish sources about a Finnish topic doesn’t seem like too much to ask. I’m not sure how you got to your conclusion before that the stats are “actually twisted made up bullshit if you look into it” if you can’t speak Finnish and don’t know how to translate them. If it was through English language sources, surely you can use them here to help your argument about the stats being bullshit.

                    So like, great job there.

                    Nobody forced you to make a claim that the stats are bullshit without even having checked them.

                    Suspects. That right there is the problem.

                    Not just suspects, as shown in the Government of Finland and University of Helsinki studies. Did you even look at them?

                    The difference is, racists will take these statistics - which often reveal racist policing and the effects of discrimination rather than saying anything about actual races

                    Again something discussed in the studies. Racial bias hasn’t been in any study shown to be anywhere near enough as an explanatory factor for having so much higher rate of sexual violence. Another things they’ve considered were for example poverty, culture, trauma and so on. I think poverty was ruled out as well, since even with racial bias, it still was much too high compared to population average. Some sort of combined factor is what they’ve considered, but a lot of the studies are unsure what causes it, but studies are very confident that’s it’s both a real thing and not made up by bias.

                    Whatever the explanatory factors, same as with men being violent towards women, the discussion is about what the real effect is and if that justifies blanket prejudice.

                    The difference is clear, and if you can’t see the difference, then maybe you don’t actually care about the people that are being hurt, and you only care about the rhetoric. I don’t know, but I do know you’re missing the point.

                    I’ve just provided you the studies that show that the much higher than average prevalence for sexual violence among some immigrant groups. It’s a real thing. Men being violent against women is a real thing. I care that people are hurt. I’m saying I don’t think it would be fair to call all men, in a blanket statement way, violent or call all of the men in certain immigrant groups rapists. It’s fucked up imo. I wouldn’t exactly blame women for being alert I guess, it’s a reaction, but when people are justifying it online it does feel hurtful to be grouped in there. So no wonder people speak up. It’s the same with so many types of prejudice, be it because of sex/gender, skin colour, age, whatnot.

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          So, absolutely no interest in the subject matter then. I’ve been trying to figure you out and I think I’ve got it:

          You’re using racism as a tool to deflect any talk of sexism, and to imply that saying men are far more likely to kill women is sexist against men, even though it is 100% true. And even then you’re talking about racism using anti-black racist talking points, which is extremely telling.

          You’re staying in the realm of innuendo though. You’re not really saying anything. I bet if you actually stood up and said what you mean it would be horrific and you’d get banned, which is why you’re not doing it.