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re: Dennis Prager on why poverty does NOT cause crime
Posted on 11/18/14 at 12:07 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 11/18/14 at 12:07 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:Let's assume the accuracy of that statement. What does that have to do with a poor person committing crimes in 2014?
No, but as you know, Asians of that time period were not subjected to anywhere near the level of terror and disenfranchisement.
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Posted on 11/18/14 at 12:17 pm to L.A.
Stop making excuses for people being lazy as hell and "believe" they have no opportunities. That's complete and total horseshite and it pisses me off beyond end when people fall for this fricking lie.
I grew up poor as dirt. There were days when we didn't even have power, days when we didn't even have hope. You know what that taught me? It taught me that I didn't want to be poor as dirt. You know what working at a minimum wage job taught me? It taught me that I didn't want to work at a minimum wage job very long.
I didn't protest with some damn "Imma git minz" attitude. It didn't morph my thinking to making me believe I'm oppressed by "the man." It made me work my arse to the bone and volunteer for every shite project at work that came up even if it was at all hours of the night until someone noticed.
Hard work and determination mean something even if the suck arse liberals have brainwashed a large portion of our population into believing otherwise.
I grew up poor as dirt. There were days when we didn't even have power, days when we didn't even have hope. You know what that taught me? It taught me that I didn't want to be poor as dirt. You know what working at a minimum wage job taught me? It taught me that I didn't want to work at a minimum wage job very long.
I didn't protest with some damn "Imma git minz" attitude. It didn't morph my thinking to making me believe I'm oppressed by "the man." It made me work my arse to the bone and volunteer for every shite project at work that came up even if it was at all hours of the night until someone noticed.
Hard work and determination mean something even if the suck arse liberals have brainwashed a large portion of our population into believing otherwise.
This post was edited on 11/18/14 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 11/18/14 at 12:40 pm to L.A.
I diskike these arguments because rather than accepting that poverty is one of many risk factors that contributes (causes is too strong is a word for me) to crime, he dismisses it it's entirety. It provides a overly simplistic view, and is no better than those that pretend that poverty is the sole contributor.
His cell phone argument was especially weak. It seems about 10 years too late given that they commonly replace home phones and it's now a societal expectation to have a cell phone. Granted some people overdo it, but it's too archaic of an argument.
His cell phone argument was especially weak. It seems about 10 years too late given that they commonly replace home phones and it's now a societal expectation to have a cell phone. Granted some people overdo it, but it's too archaic of an argument.
This post was edited on 11/18/14 at 12:42 pm
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