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The Patriot Post Digest 11-16-2016
From The Federalist Patriot
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New York Magazine writer Eric Levitz breathlessly begins his article, “Hate Crimes Against Muslims Increased by 67 Percent Last Year,”17 with the angst-ridden declaration that these crimes had reached “their highest levels since the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, according to FBI data released on Monday.”
From the fainting couch, he continued, “In 2015, there were 257 reported crimes rooted in anti-Muslim bias, up from 154 incidents the previous year. Notably, this uptick coincided with a GOP presidential primary in which a candidate who decried the Justice Department’s concern with violent, anti-Muslim rhetoric finished second to one who proposed banning all Muslims from the country.”
As usual, the devil is in the details, so let’s point out a few that drastically change the narrative.
For example, the FBI analyzes incidents reported in 2015, but it wasn’t until late in the year that Trump’s candidacy really took off, so one would be hard pressed to explain why the increase could be attributable to Trump. Other factors are far more plausible, including the series of deadly Islamic terror attacks (Paris and San Bernardino among the targets), or the contention fomented by Barack Obama’s attempt (with the help of the Rainbow Mafia) to force Americans to allow grown men to share bathrooms with women and little girls, or violent protests led by Black Lives Matter thugs. Is it possible that maybe, like Newton’s Third Law of Motion, these actions triggered opposite reactions?
Another critical point to understand is that the number of these incidents is incredibly small, and the threshold by which an action qualifies as a “hate crime” is ludicrously low.
Of all hate crimes reported in 2015, two-thirds did not involve any form of physical violence18. And of those that did, nearly 70% involved only simple assault, which the FBI defines as an incident where no weapon is used and no serious injury occurred. This category of crime includes intimidation (including verbal threats or name-calling), which accounted for 41% of all “assaults.” And considering how many privileged, weak-spined snowflakes roam America — grown adults reduced to sobbing19 when their “safe space” has been violated by the presence of “offensive” Halloween costumes — this number should be taken with a truckload of salt.
Simple assaults, including slapping, shoving, or spitting on, accounted for 39% of “hate crimes.” In other words, only a small fraction of hate crimes — the kind that spring to mind when we hear the phrase, like aggravated assault (18.7%), rape and murder (well under 1% each) — actually include significant physical violence.
Keep all this in mind as you read back over that headline of a 67% increase in hate crimes against Muslims. The total number of reported “hate crimes” against Muslims in 2015 was 257, and using the aforementioned percentages as a guide, that means that 51 Muslims were seriously assaulted in 2015, out of a total American Muslim population of roughly 3.3 million. So one out of every 64,706 Muslims suffered physical violence as a result of a hate crime in 2015, and one out of every 1,079,823 blacks. In fact, there were almost as many black-on-black murders in the city of Chicago in 2015 as there were total “hate crimes” against blacks in the entire United States the same year. Again, assuming these crimes were specifically motivated by hateful bigotry.
It should go without saying that unprovoked attacks against ANY individual, regardless of race, sex, religion, or any other factor, are completely unacceptable. At the same time, it is dishonest to portray America as a place where blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, homosexuals, transgenders, and women are living in constant fear of attack. That’s the narrative Democrats like Harry Reid despicably advance20, though.
Another thing to consider is that these numbers are based on crimes reported to law enforcement authorities. Yet when there are numerous examples of hate crime hoaxes being perpetrated — like the Muslim woman claiming she was beaten by white male Trump supporters21 as they screamed racial slurs, who now admits she made it all up — even the reported numbers become suspect.
Oh, and by the way, Jews are more likely to be the victims of hate crimes than Muslims. But that doesn’t fit the narrative. Not when even criticizing Islam is a “hate crime”22 to some people.
The bottom line is that each and every violent criminal deserves to be prosecuted and jailed, and no decent, honest American should ever be subjected to this kind of abuse. But categorizing name-calling and being offended as “hate crimes,” or lying about these kinds of attacks, makes it harder for true victims to be believed and protected, and it instills in some of us an unjustified fear of fellow Americans, whom some erroneously believe to hate them. This serves no one except those who profit from social, racial and political discord.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
The Climate Could Change on the Paris Agreement23 — Because Obama avoided making it a treaty, Trump could undo the damage.
What Should Trump Do About Iran?24 — Form a coherent policy. Then decide what to do about the nuclear deal.
Ecofascists Clog Another Pipeline25 — The Army Corps backtracks on Dakota Access Pipeline.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Terence Jeffrey: “When voters practice their faith, it hurts the liberal cause. Now, imagine an unmarried 22-year-old, who lives in a city, works part-time making $20,000 per year, and has not gone to a religious service in four years. How would that person be likely to vote? Suppose, then, this same person gets married, starts working full-time and overtime, earns more than $50,000 per year, buys a home in the suburbs, and regularly attends religious services with the spouse and children. How would this person be likely to vote then? But what if this person followed another path? They married and then divorced, decided it was not worth it working full-time, went on food stamps and never went to church. The ultimate question is not how a person will vote, but what will give them a fulfilling life. It is not what persons will hold political office in United States of America, but what values will keep us free and prosperous. The same values that made this nation great can unite this nation again. They are family, faith, hard work and the desire to live a long and good life without government standing in your way.”
SHORT CUTS
Upright: “Appropriately enough, the new virtue signals of tantrum-throwing young leftists stirring up trouble are safety pins — to show ‘solidarity’ with groups supposedly endangered by Donald Trump. Safety pins are also handy — for holding up the government-manufactured diapers in which too many overgrown dependents are swaddled.” —Michelle Malkin
For the record, part I: “Here’s some free advice for all the liberals insisting that Trump was elected by racists: The more you say that, the more you help Trump.” —Jonah Goldberg
For the record, part II: “The day after the election, you responded by literally sitting on the ground and crying. … This is not what adulthood looks like.” —recent Cornell grad Megan Tubb in a letter to Cornell students
Race bait: “We are fighting the last big major battle of the Civil War. There’s only been two times in the history of America where, upon the election of a president, the people en masse took to the streets. One was Abraham Lincoln, and the other was Donald Trump. And for obviously, you know, 180-degree different reasons, but both based on race.” —director Rob Reiner
Non Compos Mentis: “If you are concerned about the Supreme Court, please consider going to this website and signing a petition asking President Obama to ‘appoint’ Merrick Garland. … He has the power to do this since Congress has refused to vote, and apparently that can be considered a waiver of its rights to advise and consent.” —Barbra Streisand
Just a little over-the-top, dramatic and emotional: “I watched our incredible first lady, Michelle Obama, talk in New Hampshire about how hurt she felt [hearing Trump demean women]. She talked about how women are often afraid to say anything because we’re worried that we will appear weak — that we’ll be told we’re being over-the-top, dramatic, emotional. But we’re not. We’re fighting for our lives.” —Lady Gaga
And last… “An anti-Trump protest was thrown into total confusion and bewilderment when somebody shouted, ‘Let’s meet here again tomorrow after work!’” —Twitter satirist @weknowwhatsbest
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis!
Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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