SeeDumb Fallacies du Jour

Dumb fallacies and logic errors du jour:

• standing or not standing for the national anthem and/or the pledge of allegiance is a referendum on (or has anything to do with) the military 
• black people committing crimes against other black people has anything to do with police committing crimes against civilians
• #blacklivesmatter says anything about whether white lives matter
• police never commit crimes against civilians
• there is a war on police
• policing is more dangerous now than in the past (ibid)
• policing ranks in the top 10 most dangerous jobs (ibid)
• police die of murder more than other causes (ibid)
• that police commit crimes disproportionately against minorities means that we need to call out police crimes against the majority in the same breath
• black people commit most crimes against whites
• minorities commit most crimes against whites (ibid)
• immigrants steal jobs and depress wages
•  immigrants contribute a net negative effect to the economy (ibid)
•  race is a broadly accepted biological classification

Nearly all of the rebuttals against the hot-button issues of injustice in America are based on falsehoods and lies. 

The monumental ignorance and stupidity of so many widely-held sentiments beggars belief. Especially since it’s so easy to find evidence to the contrary.