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[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Comparing car crashes and homicides in this way is a dishonest appeal to emotion. Click bait. Substitute homicides for shark attacks and you’ll see how dumb this article is.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 hours ago

Okay, now imagine the city spending a billion dollars a year on preventing shark attacks, and elections being decided based on the candidates shark policy.

[–] PedestrianError@towns.gay 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

@youCanCallMeDragon @SwingingTheLamp Emotion is what causes people to be more scared of violent crime than the everyday consequences of their transportation choices when cars are much more likely to injure, kill, or sicken them. Data showing how many people are killed by motorists instead of murderers is necessary to help people overcome that emotion and make decisions based on realistic risk assessment.

(Car use is violent crime)

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Huh. If traffic is more likely to kill me than violent crime, it's a dishonest emotional reaction to fear traffic more than violent crime?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. Not choking on henry Ford's dick makes you a liar.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm shocked how many people dont know this.