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@medigoth@qoto.org

2026-01-06 19:54 UTC

Since #Trump pardoned every member of the #J6 mob, 33 out of the approximately 1,500 released have been convicted of other #violent #crimes, a rate of 2.2%. Elsenet, sumdood is arguing that this is no big deal because, and I quote, "The national violent crime rate is 4.4%." He argues that therefore, J6ers are less violent than the average person. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for everyone else!) he's not even close. There were about 1.3 million violent crimes *reported* in the US last year, out of a population of about 330 million. Assuming one criminal and one victim per crime—which isn't necessarily the case, of course, but it's a reasonable approximation—that's a rate of 0.4%, not 4% or more. The #arrest and #conviction rates are much lower. There are about 500,000 violent crime arrests each year, or 0.15%. I can't find conviction numbers at the moment, but they must be lower than arrest numbers: for convenience, let's say 0.10% of the population, 2/3 of those arrested, are convicted. 2.2% is a lot more than 0.10%. Even a #Republican ought to be able to figure that out.

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  • @medigoth@qoto.org 2026-01-06 19:54

    For anyone who's really looking for an excuse to scrub their brain out with bleach and a wire brush: https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/pfbid02s53aJhGXJhqrwFQHpsPjvA1s8WbrEWCwAJvh4YXnthKbooBNh5YhQZ79qQmmFQPkl?comment_id=1215287367194640&reply_comment_id=25452008094465859

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  • @badtux@mastodon.social 2026-01-10 06:48

    @medigoth@qoto.org To be fair, we're talking about a nation where the 1/3rd pound hamburger failed because most people thought it was smaller than a 1/4th pound hamburger. Or to quote Malibu Barbie, the perfect avatar of Americans everywhere, "Math is hard!"

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