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by TMWNN 1653 days ago
Similarly, as I wrote in /r/bayarea a few weeks ago in response to a post titled "At 16/25, almost 2/3 of the posts on the first page of this subreddit are about local crime. I don't think that's an accurate impression of the Bay Area":

The narrative that this post itself is part of:

* Crime is ackshaully down, not up, so...

* ... the subreddit is talking about crime too much ...

* ... and anyways, only out-of-town Nazis/Republicans/Trump voters are posting these articles ...

* ... and anyways, only big companies with insurance are being robbed, so we shouldn't care ...

* ... and anyways, slavery, white supremacy, and redlining made these benighted souls commit these victimless crimes