Other points go to the validity or lack thereof of the underlying data set--like saying 'since 9/11' when they mean 'since 9/12'.
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I agree that it's a more complete picture with your numbers. But I think calling that a "debunking" just misunderstands how advocacy works.
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Making shit up isn't advocacy, it's lies. Counting a trash fire or the opening of a gate on a mink farm as a "terror attack" is bullshit.
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So I read through OP's tweets. He didn't say the number was "made up." He said "here are some other true things that support diff conclusio"
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You seem to be saying the number's fabricated, which is a pretty different claim and one that really would make it unethical to cite it
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Do you consider freed minks or trash fires to be terror attacks, on par with the Orlando shooting?
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Replying to @Recursion_Agent @asherahresearch
To be fair, the GBO report only counts incidents with fatalities. New dataset (it includes the Beltway sniper!) but same foundational issues
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That one's also problematic (middle school shooter, pedophile murders, etc) Counts white domestics but not honor killings, etc.
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Replying to @Recursion_Agent @asherahresearch
Yep, absolutely. Same machine pushing the same message through the same orifices, different chunky bits.
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The part that really gets me is when they start talking about increasing violence against Muslims, and suddenly the GBO report vanishes.
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They have three anecdotes--the first probably doesn't count, and in the third two white guys died!
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Not a single 'Far-Right Violent Extremist' incident in the GBO report harmed a Muslim, as far as I can tell. Sikhs, yeah. Jews, yup.
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