Did you guys get the memo? People shouldn't care that crime is rising, because muh 1991

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John Pfaff
@JohnFPfaff
Dear God.

Thirty years ago was 1991. The absolute PEAK of the crime wave.

NYC had ~450 murders in 2020.
In 1991? About 2,200.

The US homicide rate overall was ~10 per 100,000 in 1991.
For 2020? It’ll be ~6.5.

The fearmongerers and their enablers have been QUITE successful.

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He isn't the only one saying this....a handful of posters on here come into every thread about crime/shoplifting/murders/etc and remind us "oh come on, go look at the 80s and 90s"

That is not a legitimate line of argumentation when it is the TREND that people care about.

The optics are just terrible when you use this argument. You are telling black parents and hispanic parents and minority store owners not to believe their own eyes, because the "data" you read sitting on your fricking computer in your suburb says those concerned citizens are wrong.

new poll out this morning showing 70% of blacks worried about rising crime, highest of any group.

They aren't worried because of what they read, but because of what they see.

they see stores closing early due to theft. they see prices rising at corner stores because the owners need to make up for stolen goods.

congratulations i guess america, for crime being lower than it was during the absolute worst year for crime in recorded US history.

guess we shouldn't care anymore.

For parents of C students, guess you shouldn't care about getting them to Bs and As because they used to be D and F.