So basically you’re conceding I’m right, but still want to call bullshit on it.
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
But usually “somebody who does X undergoes Y” is used to imply something like “if you do X you’ll most likely undergo Y”, which in this case is very far from being the case. (I just have to spend some time on Facebook to see dozens of western Europeans saying mean things about migrants and AFAIK hardly any of them have ever gotten any sentence.) So I’m getting the impression that you were using the literal meaning as the motte and the colloquial meaning as the bailey.
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
So you consider harsh sentences for pointing out true facts about migrant behavior to be reasonable as long as it only happens to “some” people? You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
No, I don’t. I was just pointing out that you picked a very disingenuous way of stating that. (You could have said instead, for example, “some people who said something mean about the migrants have gotten harsher sentences”)
true facts
Huh. I’ve been living for a year in a city where most of the population is foreign-born (myself included) and it doesn’t look like it’s going to hell. In particular I feel safer here than in certain other places with many fewer immigrants.
You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
Judging by the number of people I hear saying ridiculous things about migrants every day, I wonder what would happen if such “chilling effects” were not in place—would my Facebook feed ever contain anything else at all?
in most western European countries some who says something mean about the migrants gets a harsher sentence
Bullshit. Yes, I know, there are cherries you can pick. Still bullshit.
basically you’re conceding I’m right
LOL. You wish. Work on your reading comprehension, maybe?
If what I said about people getting harsher sentences for saying mean things about migrants than migrants engaging in rape was really “bullshit”, you wouldn’t have to engage in accusations of “cherry-picking” to pre-dissmiss any evidence. As if there is any reason for any sentence for saying mean things about migrants to be worse than the sentence for rape.
I am not pre-dismissing anything. I’m actually quite familiar with both the sorry state of the freedom of speech in Europe and the propensity of immigrants to be not quite law-abiding. But if you want to make any specific claims, show data (and note that singular of ‘data” is not ‘anecdote’).
There is a significant qualitative difference in amount here.
So basically you’re conceding I’m right, but still want to call bullshit on it. Sounds like a classic sign of cognitive dissonance.
Well, so far they aren’t experiencing a huge increase rape and general crime.
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
But usually “somebody who does X undergoes Y” is used to imply something like “if you do X you’ll most likely undergo Y”, which in this case is very far from being the case. (I just have to spend some time on Facebook to see dozens of western Europeans saying mean things about migrants and AFAIK hardly any of them have ever gotten any sentence.) So I’m getting the impression that you were using the literal meaning as the motte and the colloquial meaning as the bailey.
So you consider harsh sentences for pointing out true facts about migrant behavior to be reasonable as long as it only happens to “some” people? You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
No, I don’t. I was just pointing out that you picked a very disingenuous way of stating that. (You could have said instead, for example, “some people who said something mean about the migrants have gotten harsher sentences”)
Huh. I’ve been living for a year in a city where most of the population is foreign-born (myself included) and it doesn’t look like it’s going to hell. In particular I feel safer here than in certain other places with many fewer immigrants.
Judging by the number of people I hear saying ridiculous things about migrants every day, I wonder what would happen if such “chilling effects” were not in place—would my Facebook feed ever contain anything else at all?
LOL. You wish. Work on your reading comprehension, maybe?
Being extinct is a very peaceful state.
If what I said about people getting harsher sentences for saying mean things about migrants than migrants engaging in rape was really “bullshit”, you wouldn’t have to engage in accusations of “cherry-picking” to pre-dissmiss any evidence. As if there is any reason for any sentence for saying mean things about migrants to be worse than the sentence for rape.
I am not pre-dismissing anything. I’m actually quite familiar with both the sorry state of the freedom of speech in Europe and the propensity of immigrants to be not quite law-abiding. But if you want to make any specific claims, show data (and note that singular of ‘data” is not ‘anecdote’).
Did you mean to type “quantitative”? If you didn’t, what difference?