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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by bena on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:56AM (#20635878)
"But don't you understand, it reinforces my worldview and tells me that my irrational fear of minorities isn't just racism."
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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by steveeq1 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:09PM (#20635999)
You can make the argument that there's an irrational fear of police in our society because of availability bias.
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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by stefanfisk on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @12:14PM (#20636048)
but can you back that argument with any credible sources?
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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by CompanionCuuube on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:28PM (#20637448)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0010028573...

Availability: A heuristic for judging frequency and probability

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> The reality of the availability bias isn't in question, it's whether or not people's belief about police brutality is accurate

It would be nice to have some objective evidence showing why this example is a special case immune to availability bias.

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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by overthemoon on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:50PM (#20638194)
The reality of the availability bias isn't in question, it's whether or not people's belief about police brutality is accurate and if not, why it isn't. Sure, the AB is real. It MAY be a factor in why people think black people are killed in proportionally higher numbers than people of other races, but what's relevant is whether or not it's actually happening.
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Re:Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox Americ... by steveeq1 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:40PM (#20639425)
That's a straw man. Of course it "happens". the point is that people make it out to be far bigger problem than it actually is.
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