Why is "not living in fear" so important to conservative identity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Canada, the police are telling their citizens to “just comply” when their home is invaded. This, after a dad was killed in front of his children, and a few days after a toddler was raped in his bedroom while his parents slept nearby. So no fear needed, just comply!

https://torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrity/hollywood-stars-mock-york-regional-police-chief-advice-on-how-to-deal-with-home-intruders

Is Trump getting the Epstein Force One fueled up yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A number of academic studies have explored the different ways that Republicans and Democrats view the world, and some suggest they even have different brain patterns that orient them toward one or the other political party. The study below suggests that fear drives conservative's political views, more so than that of Dems.

It found that conservatives:

1. tend to focus on the negative.
2. have a stronger physiological response to threats
3. fear new experiences
4. have brains that are more reactive to fear

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes

They try to ignore that it’s science based. This is why they hate science.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MAGAs are such cowards.

I mean, what’s so bad about out sitting on the metro on your phone and then getting stabbed in the neck? (from behind).

Agree! Dumb MAGAs.

#UrbanCrimeIsFake

One example causes you to live in fear? God I’m a woman who lives in DC and walks a puppy in the middle of the night constantly. Grow a pair. The likelihood that you would be on public transpiration in a city is pretty low. You might want to take a statistic class.

975 armed carjackings in a single year, in the tiny land-area of DC where you live:

- doesn’t cause you any concern at all ??

nope. lived in dc for over 50 years, no concerns at all. none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

Yes, maybe the three-term Democratic mayor of Birmingham can use that for his next campaign!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

Should Democrats lie and appeal to people’s worst instincts, like Republicans?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

Per capita crime is higher in birmingham than chicago....fact.

[Anonymous]

People living in liberal urban areas are more exposed to different things, positive and negative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

Yes, maybe the three-term Democratic mayor of Birmingham can use that for his next campaign!

So tell me this...why hasn't a Republican come along, figured out the solution to Birmingham's crime problem, presented that solution to the voters and defeated him?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is the kind of thing you resort to when you can't do math. Trump claims that Chicago is the "murder capital of the world." He also referenced 50 people being murdered recently, but he's likely incorrectly describing a recent weekend when 8 people were killed and 50 were wounded. Yes, Chicago did have 573 murders in 2024 and that's a horrible thing. But it also has a population of 2.7 million people - and any time you gather that many people in a single jurisdiction numbers get higher. Birmingham, Alabama had 153 murders last year with a population of only 200k. Scale that up to Chicago's size and we're talking more than 2000 murders. I would much rather visit Chicago than Birmingham - but the Dem governor of Illinois makes a much better foil than the GOP governor of Alabama.

I certainly hope the Dems have you writing campaign ads in 2026 and 2028.

"Chicago is bad, but if you calmly and rationally do some mathematical calculations, Birmingham is worse!!!"

Yeah we get it math is a bridge too far for most MAGA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MAGAs are such cowards.

I mean, what’s so bad about out sitting on the metro on your phone and then getting stabbed in the neck? (from behind).

Agree! Dumb MAGAs.

#UrbanCrimeIsFake

One example causes you to live in fear? God I’m a woman who lives in DC and walks a puppy in the middle of the night constantly. Grow a pair. The likelihood that you would be on public transpiration in a city is pretty low. You might want to take a statistic class.

975 armed carjackings in a single year, in the tiny land-area of DC where you live:

- doesn’t cause you any concern at all ??

nope. lived in dc for over 50 years, no concerns at all. none.

Over 50 years?

So you live in a gated senior-citizens communal never leave NW. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they want some people to live in fear, like women and minorities. It’s very important to them.

I am a woman and do not live in fear. In fact, now that it is safe to go into DC, I actually feel secure. It hasn't been like this in a while, and I love feeling free to walk into the metro knowing that the MPD and NG are intimidating and removing the bad actors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do they want the world to know that they're tough and brave?

Who are "they"? Are you quoting a particular person? Then provide a full quote and name, otherwise stop making things up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do they want the world to know that they're tough and brave?

Because they are really snowflakes who are scared of women and people of color and need to hde behind their guns and false machismo.

My fellow Ukrainian was just murdered, and you calling me a snowflake because I am scared now to ride on the public transportation? By the way, she was murdered by the person of color, and no, she was not hiding behind any guns or false machismo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do Dems thinks it’s NBD to be victimized by criminals? As if somehow that is the default condition for all of us? We should just expect and accept our victimization and not make such a fuss over it?

That’s just ridiculous. There is not a boogeyman around every corner. When crimes happen, whether it’s a stranger robbing someone or someone beating on his spouse there needs to be an arrest, court date and sentencing. You can argue that criminals are getting off too easy, that’s a state by state problem and needs to be fought in the states.

To use crime victims for political profits is despicable. It must be a free for all for all the white male Americans who commit the majority of crimes these days. Law enforcement is too busy roaming factories and construction sites targeting brown people.