You are.
The situation is pretty easy to understand. Going by The Sun Journal article, shootings of any conception were an extremely rare event in Lewiston in 2010, the reference point for the 1,750 percent increase statistic.
You’ll have to take my word for it, but shootings were also quite rare in years prior.
Today they are common, often several in a week.
Any questions?
If someone fires off multiple gun blasts on your street at the end of your driveway, would you say that a shooting took place, or is that the wrong word to describe the event?
If that’s the definition that paper uses, then it begs the question does that actually correspond to safety. It’s possible by that definition of shootings, that there was an increase in shootings and a decrease in people being shot. Just saying shootings went up wouldn’t guarantee that gun violence went up. It’s not a useful statistic on it’s own.
Read my question above, and ask yourself how safe you would feel if that is your reality on a weekly basis.
You’ve only seen two people gunned down, after all.
Whether it passes or not, the name is hilarious and fitting.
Just one, but that’s beside the point. It has no bearing on the faults of that statistic.
And could this not also perhaps be reminiscent of confirmation bias? I ask this hypothetically, because it’s absolutely possible you are seeing what is known as the anecdotal evidence fallacy
Here’s one looking at America
“, we are seeing a gender gap amongst today’s youngest voters—aged 18 to 29—with young women being significantly more Democratic in their political leanings than young men.”
So while you have observed attractive young women are more conservative, study after study in most western countries including America pegs young women as rapidly SPRINTING towards the left, and this has been my experience as a young man observing young women gravitating towards what I can the “feminist bullshit”.
Many will compromise those values in a heartbeat when exposed to men they are attracted to but fundamentally at the end of the day put them in a room to vote and they’ll vote for “anti patriarchy” ideology or whatever… Keep in mind I am not saying this to be combative nor am I trying to invalidate your observations… I am sure your observations are legit. For instance it could be specific to the school your son attends or specific to the town you live in!
But according to the wide swathe of data we have on this subject the conclusion “young women (generally most likely demographic to be physically attractive) are overwhelmingly sprinting to the left”
I have mentioned I have attractive female cousins from Europe… all far left… my attractive female cousins in America are left wing to centre left. Remember I AM a young person, I am the same age as your son and I have lived in America, I have lived in Israel, Australia and I’ve spent maybe 4 months in Europe and my observation is women are running towards the left and the divide between men and women is becoming wider by the day as a huge swathe of men feel alienated and cast out by the left yet the left simultaneously provides a safe haven for women under what I like to call “victimhood ideology”. “Young men increasingly feel as though they have been experiencing discrimination over the past four years.”
I’d actually like to know what @BrickHead thinks about this. Mr Brick! Mr Sir Sirrington! Where do you believe young women (18-25) are more likely to situate themselves on the sociopolitical spectrum in 2025… Mr Dr Sir Esquire the second!
America is a very diverse country. What is happening in Maine isn’t necessarily equivalent to what is happening in New York, or Philadelphia, or Los Angles etc. Things can vary so much from town to town let alone state to state
That was one of the things I found very strange about America. In Australia the only difference is really “rural vs city”. Otherwise it’s all essentially the same… In America southern culture is a far cry away from the culture up north but southern culture could mean Texas, Louisiana, Virginia etc and the midwest is also different… If you are from a small town in particular it’s very possible you have tightly knit communities… more likely to be homogenous in political opinion
I can’t invalidate your anecdotes… but you can’t invalidate mine either… The studies don’t lie here either and they have been accounted for bias… they clearly reflect young men are going right quite rapidly in response to feeling alienated and stomped on/discarded by society (white men in particular being told they are a cause for all the worlds problems… a bullshit narrative so full of holes it might as well be the swiss cheese of sociopolitical dogmas) … and women gravitate left because modern leftism sucks the proverbial teet of fifth wave feminism
Very destructive and divisive… I used to not quite understand what people got at when they said left wing ideology was destructive… Modern left wing ideology left of centre seeks to dismantle the nuclear familial dynamic although it would appear as if there has been a subtle push to do this for some time now. I understand now
Had it not been for identity politics and feminism I would have probably remained left for longer… However integration into the real world (and real world economic policy) also pushed me centre right although I still have some “leftoid” views such as believing a safety net should exist for people who need to take medication/need frequent doctors visits… making insulin fofr instance cost thousands of dollars leading to poor people dying from type I diabetes or having to sell everything they own as if they are addicted to heroin to get a “fix” of the insulin they need to stay alive is absolutely insane to me… and my one male American friend calls fixing this issue “communism”… WHAT!
The ways I’ve heard it used has been “There was a shooting in Wilkinsburg, with the victim in critical condition.”.
And “There were multiple reports of gunfire in the 900 block of X street, with no reported injuries.”.
So shooting involves a person or people being shot, and gunfire means they missed. 
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Australia would be the third most populous U.S. State.
I lived in America (Pennsylvania) for almost a decade and still visit and made that very clear in my previous post. I spent almost my entire adolescence there… have tons of family there… Lived in Israel and spent a decent amount of time in Europe. I think I have a valid anecdote. Then there are the surveys/studies which themselves
That’s the problem dude… these aren’t just high school dropouts
This is my generation by and large outside of the USA and that’s what makes it so frightening. This is the next generation of Aussie/European politicians. Come to my university campus and observe just how extensively socialism is pushed… and it’s pushed very aggressively…
Listen to what people my age overwhelmingly have to say about America despite having never stepped foot in or really read about America outside of pamphlets given to them in art/history class or discussions held at the local meeting of my states local socialist party
The socialists often set up encampents when protesting… they have wide reaching range and influence over people my age. 18-25 year olds by and large focus on all of the bad things America has done… I’ve heard plenty of men and women of my generation (more women) mouth off about America and equte it to nazi germany in some instances (offensive to me as I’m Jewish and to GENUINELY believe America is the same as the gestapo because gang members are being deported is insane)
Yet the countries these people live in… like the audacity for Belgians to criticise America (Or Israel) given the sordid history of that country… These young people have no clue and regurgitate talking points echoed by anti American “revolutionaries”… it’s a real problem, as these are the next generation of politicians, lawyers, doctors etc.
Makes me particularly worried for Israel as people genuinely think Israel is on par with south Africa’s apartheid. Anyone who knows what apartheid actually was/has had family that grew up under apartheid will realize how asinine that equivalency is
Even amongst right wing Aussies and European men there is too much anti American sentiment for my liking. It makes NO sense, pointing the finger at America for the problems we face… Australia has dug it’s own bed economically but that’s another subject alltogether
I’m just telling you why there are so many different cultures. Each of our States is like a Country(the first 13 were literal countries for a time).
Youre the first person who has figured that out without me having to atleast give a hint.. well done lol
Oh I understand now… and you are correct. The USA is awesome for being like that. You can go on a roadtrip and it’s like touring all of Europe in one country… In Australia going on a roadtrip is “a bunch of desert, a bunch of the same shit over and over again”
Remarkably complacent, apathetic population that genuinely believes they live up to the larrakin free spirit reputation yet throw a tantrum when they see someone driving 5km (2-3 miles) over the speed limit and are very quick to dob in a neighbour for personal gain. The phrase 'that’s UnAuStRAlIaN"… Australian’s nowadays wouldn’t know Australian if it smacked them square in the face!
You’re pointing out that young women in general are trending left, but that doesn’t prove attractive women specifically are. It could just be the less attractive ones pulling the average left.
Halo Effect and Social Treatment: Attractive individuals often receive preferential treatment, leading to higher social status, better job opportunities, and higher earnings. This can foster a belief in meritocracy and personal responsibility, core conservative values, as they perceive less need for government intervention.
I dont really consider it a drug exactly. And its not like im trying to make it to sell
Have you never heard of a car driving on the interstate and being shot at? Bullet holes in the car, but in many cases no one inside the car being hit. Or drive by shootings where only the house was hit and no one in the house being shot.
Sure, it isn’t news worthy considering all the shooting where someone is shot that get the attention. But all the gun fire is criminal. It should be recorded. Poor aim is not a nonevent.
Yeah. Anti-Americanism is a thing in Europe for sure. And it’s stupid.
But or course it’s okay for anyone to criticize US, if the critique is valid. US is not a perfect society or the best country in the world. And no, I don’t know what is. It’s somewhat a subjective question.
You can pick any country and find flaws in their culture or society, and some good stuff too. I can figure out quickly several things where US is worse than my country, and several things where my country is left behind.
US just provokes people more easily since it’s so influential and strong country. It has a certain role in global field so people watch it closely.
It’s also far away, and not everybody has visited there. So some people tend to have pretty black and white image of US. I’m sure it’ll goes other way around too.
This is just speculation. The data or nothing I’ve seen supports this.
Again, it’s as sensible thing to say that young men who are getting laid and are happy aren’t getting more conservative.