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The fear of attacks on immigrants/minorities, rational or irrational?
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<blockquote data-quote="AE 87" data-source="post: 293866" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>Both threads cite anecdotes. Neither makes an explicit argument.</p><p></p><p>The apparent implicit argument for each is that the cited anecdotes are sufficient to warrant a generalization of a problem.</p><p></p><p>On the face of it, neither argument is sufficient. However, when we think of the number of Muslim Immigrants over the last several years which serves as the source of the anecdotes mentioned in the other thread, we're probably talking a few million top in the West (probably 1/2 million adults in the US). We're talking about well over 100 million adult native-born Americans.</p><p></p><p>So, for those wondering about rational discussion, "It's not even close," is a pretty apt response. That being said, I suspect [USER=323]@cyptomcat[/USER] would agree and that he was just trying to make a rhetorical point about drawing conclusions from limited anecdotal evidence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AE 87, post: 293866, member: 195"] Both threads cite anecdotes. Neither makes an explicit argument. The apparent implicit argument for each is that the cited anecdotes are sufficient to warrant a generalization of a problem. On the face of it, neither argument is sufficient. However, when we think of the number of Muslim Immigrants over the last several years which serves as the source of the anecdotes mentioned in the other thread, we're probably talking a few million top in the West (probably 1/2 million adults in the US). We're talking about well over 100 million adult native-born Americans. So, for those wondering about rational discussion, "It's not even close," is a pretty apt response. That being said, I suspect [USER=323]@cyptomcat[/USER] would agree and that he was just trying to make a rhetorical point about drawing conclusions from limited anecdotal evidence. [/QUOTE]
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