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Well, this is fascinating.

I started looking up studies on this. Every one of the top 10 murder states were either Confederacy states or border states in the Civil War. That doesn't account for all of the 25 states, because not all of these states existed in the Civil War, but includes most of the usual suspects.

Someone did a study in 1994 on the "Southern Culture of Honor". That's here: https://www.simine.com/240/readings/Cohen_et_al_(2).pdf. Basically, a person who was part of this study would be identify as northern or southern raised. Then, someone would bump into them and call them an asshole. Researchers assessed the response, which was far more likely to be confrontational from the Southern raised.

So, if you're born and raised in "Honor Culture" and Republican pundits have you thinking the immigrants are going to invade your home and defile your daughter, you may just be inclined to overreact.

Honor culture sounds like a nice way of saying thin skinned snowflakes. I mean most of them also have a culture of poverty and ignorance. Deep southern states rank amongst the lowest when it comes to people with higher education. Plus they all have guns. I imagine guns + ignorance = murder.

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The title of this thread is California Dreamin'

lol

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While there are many double standards in this world (I thought you knew that), the open-air drug bazaars and the violent street crime Governor Newsom has dispatched the California national guard and Highway Patrol to eliminate were the results of local, not state, policies.

So what do you make of the high crime in red states?

The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem

Full article here: https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem

• The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.

• Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.

• Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.

• If Blue State murder rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.

• Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed.

Why is this happening?

Red states tend to have looser gun laws so I guess they are able to protect themselves from murder... That's the republican theory right?

Republicans also say they are the party of law and order and it is blue states that are crime infested. Why is there so much more murder in red states?

Red states tend to be more religious too...

Why? Why are red states so much more dangerous?

I mean... murder in red states is going wild.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem

The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem

Takeaways

• The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.

• Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.

• Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.

• If Blue State murder rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.

• Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed.

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The issues of crime and drugs that Governor Newsom is trying to get under control are having a real negative impact in San Francisco. Last week was the news about Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 hotels. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal followed up with some comparisons with other cities. It appears that while hotel traffic in other major cities has recovered, hotel traffic in San Francisco has not:

Hotel owners in New York and Los Angeles are filling nearly as many rooms this year as they did in 2019, according to hotel-data firm STR. Their revenue per available room exceeds what it was before the pandemic.

But in San Francisco, hotels are still struggling badly in both occupancy and room rates compared with before the pandemic. Revenue per available room was nearly 23% lower in April compared with the same month in 2019. . .

Now, a growing number of San Francisco hoteliers are signaling they may be ready to give up. In recent months, the owner of the city’s Huntington Hotel sold the property after facing foreclosure and the Yotel San Francisco hotel sold in a foreclosure auction. Club Quarters San Francisco, which has been in default on its loan since 2020, may also be headed to foreclosure, according to data company Trepp.

Other lodging properties in the city are also vulnerable. More than 20 additional San Francisco hotels are facing loans due in the next two years, according to data company CoStar.

Chryses, don't republicans blame democrat mayors for high crime in red state cities? Are you saying it's the Governor's fault in blue state cities?

Is this a double standard or what?

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Isn't that what it takes to be a good psychopath?

Yes, that's why I don't believe all this "normal" business going on here.

Liars..

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Ok.

Why does this look like you did this on a 20 year old dell lol

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I'm a filthy hog.

That's dope, to always think, "well that's the law hurr hurr, where's my cousin I'm horny."

Doesn't*

Their definitions,

This is too simplistic to be accurate. But kind of fun to see what you score.

https://www.idrlabs.com/psychopathy-spectrum/51.56-70.45/result.php

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The SCOTUS is an integral part of the system and very relevant to Second Amendment issues.

If the democrats decide to add more seats and appoint left leaning judges would you still think the same?

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See, it might just work.

Although a lot of his election interference cases were also presided over judges he appointed, he lost them all.

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Just claim he's godsend and hope the court is packed with MAGA supporters.

The judge is one he appointed unfortunately.

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Sadly, that seems rather Trump-esque in and of itself. Save that instead of looking at her ass, he'd probably cop a feel.🙄

“Your Honor, America sat her ass right on my hand, beautiful ass I gotta say, I moved my hand out of the way, the fastest dodge anyone has ever seen, believe me, but my finger landed right in one of the holes, don’t know which one, it felt nice, tight. This was orchestrated by the radical left, this is their new hoax, butthole butthole butthole, they’re sick. Help me fight the Marxist extreme democrats by donating to my america fists campaign.”

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I’d counter sue the country for putting him in a position to be tempted. It’s entrapment that he got access to anything he could fuck up.

The "if she didn't want me to look at her ass, why is she wearing yoga pants in front me" defense.

It's logical.

These sub-humans at Disney World's main entrance today are the type of dorks to be like, "I hope that someday you'll be able to accept opinions that are different from yours and limit your tendency to accuse others of bigotry."

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My use of 'oriental' wasn't and won't be disrespectful.

I hope that someday you'll be able to accept opinions that are different from yours and limit your tendency to accuse others of bigotry. I think it would make the TT a more pleasant place.

I tried to warn you guys that there was something wrong with this fucking kid.

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You speak for an entire race of people? How arrogant. And you say "it's all about you"?

It's time for you to rethink your opinions about many things.

There is no way she can comeback from this mic drop. I think she underestimated how smart you are Ironic.

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The 14th century? Wasn't that well before the British Empire?

Ironic thinks England was in a different location in the 14th century.

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And

"native or inhabitant of the east,"

You're right Ironic, you should keep saying oriental when referring to people. Don't let AngelEthics trick you into saying something dumb.

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You must have been there lol

I went to a school that made us do community service so yes, I would sometimes have to go color with the special kids and give them high fives n shit.

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It's like how nowadays we say people are autistic or on the spectrum instead of you know... the R-word. Surely you understand that.

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They can be but don't have to be.

Rugs can be from Ikea as well, very good Ironic.

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I'll keep the 'oriental' dudette, but thanks for the suggestion.

She's trying to teach you proper English.

It's like if you have a pet pig but you're like, "this is my pet pork". She's trying to teach you that "pig" would be the correct word to use.

This is why I say you were in the classroom that was just a trailer behind the school with 5 students who just colored all day.

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I use oriental too when speaking abous East Asia. Asia is too broad of a word so one must be specific.

When you're not sure if someone is very dumb or just being sarcastic.

Get kompromat on the judge, jury, prosecutors, bailiff, stenographer, courtroom artist and everyone else involved in the case.

lol