More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ say they're buying guns out of fear
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#2>This story was based on more than 30 interviews
Yikes
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#4I’m really curious about the amount of screen time and news/social media consumption of these groups. I assume it’s a couple standard deviations above what’s healthy.
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#6>This story was based on more than 30 interviews Yikes
I'd be interesting in seeing the recruitment method and spatial distribution of those 30.
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#7I’m really curious about the amount of screen time and news/social media consumption of these groups. I assume it’s a couple standard deviations above what’s healthy.
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#8I’m really curious about the amount of screen time and news/social media consumption of these groups. I assume it’s a couple standard deviations above what’s healthy.
Why would you explicitly assume something that confirms your bias? Why not just say that you suspect a trend?
Individual anecdote, but I bought a pistol for defense in the US because of the (two way) threats I constantly read and hear in my real life, and I do not consume any social media. No Twitter, no Facebook. I don't read news outside HN, my local paper, and the occasional CS Monitor story. I rarely sit around scrolling TikTok/YouTube/etc on my phone, and when I do, it thankfully just shows me engineering/trades stuff (BigClive type stuff, plumbers, etc). Admittedly, I have visited 4chan occasionally since it was established.
My opinion is: It's fallacious to imply that the hatred and violence of Americans against Americans is negligible, and could only be considered a real problem through the lens of dishonest media. Yes, consuming garbage media will amplify that fear, but the fear is absolutely, obviously based on real, actual attitudes and words in the US.
Re: More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ say they're buying guns out of fear
#9I’m really curious about the amount of screen time and news/social media consumption of these groups. I assume it’s a couple standard deviations above what’s healthy.
Why would you explicitly assume something that confirms your bias? Why not just say that you suspect a trend? Individual anecdote, but I bought a pistol for defense in the US because of the (two way) threats I constantly read and hear in my real life , and I do not consume any social media. No Twitter, no Facebook. I don't read news outside HN, my local paper, and the occasional CS Monitor story. I rarely sit around…
>because of the (two way) threats I constantly hear and read, and I do not consume any social media
Where do you hear the threats then? In real life? Are they quoted in the local news you read?
(Sight nitpick - HN is social media)