So basically you’re conceding I’m right, but still want to call bullshit on it.
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
But usually “somebody who does X undergoes Y” is used to imply something like “if you do X you’ll most likely undergo Y”, which in this case is very far from being the case. (I just have to spend some time on Facebook to see dozens of western Europeans saying mean things about migrants and AFAIK hardly any of them have ever gotten any sentence.) So I’m getting the impression that you were using the literal meaning as the motte and the colloquial meaning as the bailey.
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
So you consider harsh sentences for pointing out true facts about migrant behavior to be reasonable as long as it only happens to “some” people? You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
No, I don’t. I was just pointing out that you picked a very disingenuous way of stating that. (You could have said instead, for example, “some people who said something mean about the migrants have gotten harsher sentences”)
true facts
Huh. I’ve been living for a year in a city where most of the population is foreign-born (myself included) and it doesn’t look like it’s going to hell. In particular I feel safer here than in certain other places with many fewer immigrants.
You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
Judging by the number of people I hear saying ridiculous things about migrants every day, I wonder what would happen if such “chilling effects” were not in place—would my Facebook feed ever contain anything else at all?
If by “some” you literally meant nothing but “more than zero”, fine. (But “some” people get harsh sentences for pretty much anything, so “some people get harsh sentences for X” is not very informative about how little X is tolerated.)
But usually “somebody who does X undergoes Y” is used to imply something like “if you do X you’ll most likely undergo Y”, which in this case is very far from being the case. (I just have to spend some time on Facebook to see dozens of western Europeans saying mean things about migrants and AFAIK hardly any of them have ever gotten any sentence.) So I’m getting the impression that you were using the literal meaning as the motte and the colloquial meaning as the bailey.
So you consider harsh sentences for pointing out true facts about migrant behavior to be reasonable as long as it only happens to “some” people? You may want to learn about how chilling effects on free speech work.
No, I don’t. I was just pointing out that you picked a very disingenuous way of stating that. (You could have said instead, for example, “some people who said something mean about the migrants have gotten harsher sentences”)
Huh. I’ve been living for a year in a city where most of the population is foreign-born (myself included) and it doesn’t look like it’s going to hell. In particular I feel safer here than in certain other places with many fewer immigrants.
Judging by the number of people I hear saying ridiculous things about migrants every day, I wonder what would happen if such “chilling effects” were not in place—would my Facebook feed ever contain anything else at all?