• Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip
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        8 hours ago

        You know, it would be really nice if people would think before they post a stupid comment.

        They’re poor because they can’t get a good job without an education, not because they’re stupid, though you might be an exception.

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            8 hours ago

            You were not clarifying, you were making a snide comment assuming my position. I responded in kind.

            I was commenting on someone mentioning that people without college degrees voted disproportionately for Trump. They implied that being poor had little to do with that statement, and I pointed out the obvious correlation between them. Not sure where the confusion is coming from.

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              8 hours ago

              Since you apparently know what I was posting and my intent far better than I do I don’t see a reason to continue the conversation. Have a day 👋

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          7 hours ago

          Show proof of causation and stop bringing up correlation like it means the same thing. Braindead takes like yours would see us ban ice cream just because ice cream sales are positively correlated with violent crime.

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              7 hours ago

              People being poor because they don’t have a college education is something that needs proof now?

              Every claim needs to be backed up. Correlation does not equal causation, period

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                  6 hours ago

                  Just admit you don’t have proof and you’re not going to do your due diligence to obtain it. How dare you blather about the importance of education while shitting on one of the first and most important things you learn in college. Correlation does not equal causation. Experiments are required to prove a causal relationship, not just statistics. Get that into your head. End of discussion.