Good news, everybody! All those “mostly peaceful” “racial justice” protests really are mostly peaceful:
93 percent of protests nonviolent. This is an important read from a sweeping report https://t.co/bQ0Xp0UiNv
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) September 4, 2020
93%? Oh, well. In that case …
Oh well then everything is just fine. https://t.co/jzlx1tnRu1
— HouseRepEEE (@EEElverhoy) September 4, 2020
this taco is only 7% arsenic, I'll just eat around that part
— Alias Bitch Puddin (@atomickristin) September 4, 2020
93% of this glass of water doesn’t have urine in it, ENJOY!
— Covfefe Kimmie (@kimmieguy) September 4, 2020
So I have a better chance off being caught up in a riot than of being bitten by a shark or struck by lightening? Welp. I got that going for me. Which is nice.
— Shiner’s Dad (@turmantodd) September 4, 2020
Look at all the businesses that aren’t burning! https://t.co/KoEsCnM3d5
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 4, 2020
No one talks about the 97% of people Hitler didn't kill! pic.twitter.com/mdDGPxQctK
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 4, 2020
“93 percent of protests nonviolent” is my new favorite headline and I will resolve to bring the same sunny approach to life’s other risks.
— Walter Olson ? (@walterolson) September 4, 2020
Margaret Sullivan, for all her mad journalism skillz, can’t seem to figure out why the Washington Post’s “important read from a sweeping report” might not be the I-told-you-so she thinks it is.
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OJ Simpson was 93% non violent the night he murdered his wife.
— Phillip C Mackey (@PhillipCMackey1) September 4, 2020
99% of gun owners are law abiding. Guess y’all can quit promoting gun control now. https://t.co/GclQgCkXHS
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) September 4, 2020
Guess so.
What percentage of police interactions result in violence by cops? https://t.co/ogiDpfxvCl
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) September 4, 2020
Apply this logic to Police
— R . R . R . (@RippRamon) September 4, 2020
Now do shootings as a percentage of police encounters.
— I did not and will not vote for him. Calm down. (@jtLOL) September 4, 2020
Now do percentage of arrests involving a death, please
— jim scott (@realdirkg) September 4, 2020
We’re sure she’ll get to that eventually.
Even according to the people behind the study, that 7% represents 220 riots over less than 3 months. That’s ~2.5 destructive riots per day destroying neighborhoods and hurting people.
That’s a serious issue that shouldn’t be diminished. https://t.co/K9Y8vGnggr
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) September 4, 2020
Not directly comparing, but these protests are supposed to be focused on unjust police killings. Those have been far less common than the riots over the same period, but most people don’t think that means you simply can pretend they aren’t an issue.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) September 4, 2020
Margaret does.
cool. what’s the mortality rate of covid 19? https://t.co/Yqe2Hley2Z
— Nino (@baldingschemer) September 4, 2020
Refresh our memories, Margaret.
Oh god – are we really doing this now?
— Mo Syed (@mosyednyc) September 4, 2020
Of course we are.
That’s…. not very good
— Dan Stringer, SEC Pimp (@Danstringer74) September 4, 2020
7% is actually very high? https://t.co/f8ya4J86qK
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 4, 2020
If 7% of pinochle games ended in property damage or bodily harm, I would be pretty damn opposed to pinochle on principle.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) September 4, 2020
7% is a very high number when referring to violence!
— This Little Piggy (@woodyspigroasts) September 4, 2020
I don't want to take part in anything that has a 7% chance of arson
— Pat Tehan (@patricktehan) September 4, 2020
A tiny handful of white supremacists with tiki torches were treated like the second coming of the SS, but 93% peaceful is good enough! Nothing to see here! https://t.co/3Zdduq8J4p
— Mo Mo (@MollyRatty) September 4, 2020
7% can do a whole lot of damage. Physical, economic, and psychological. This should not need to be said.
— Mo Mo (@MollyRatty) September 4, 2020
But apparently it does need to be said. Because of journalists like Margaret Sullivan.
GP So what? That's like saying there's only a 7% chance this gun I'm pointing at your head is loaded and I'm pulling the trigger to check. If it is loaded, you're still f*cked.
7% of the protests were riots and that 7% did massive damage to people's lives, businesses, + cities. https://t.co/xSyo1L4OI1
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) September 4, 2020
100% of the business owners whose buildings were burned or looted don’t care about the 93%.
— Gus Pickerill (@guspick) September 4, 2020
Interesting, and 93% or more of Washington Post stories have proven to be unreliable during the Trump administration. Same level of scientific rigor.
— Today in Danistan (@RealDanLee) September 4, 2020