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@DoesntExist@mastodon.social @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson

This is the exact same dynamic that y'all use to convince yourselves that there's a crime wave when there is absolutely none.

The press writes a bunch of articles about crime (read: hating on Black folk). Then y'all convince yourselves, saying things like "A lot of people are worried about crime! See? They're all searching for it! It's trending! People *feel* like there's a lot of crime!"

46% of white women are pro life.
>50% are Trump voters.

@mekkaokereke @DoesntExist @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson I wonder: the trend you show only goes back to Oct of 2023… which (coincidently 0_o ) doesn’t have an election… what’s the trend of that phrase (or paraphrases) over the last 16 years? That would be a much more convincing graph… what you showed was hardly convincing at all.

If you’re going to use data to make your point: use the correct data.

@altruios @DoesntExist@mastodon.social @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson

1. I'm not here to convince you of anything. Keep trying to free Melania if you want. Good luck with that.

2. Do your own data fetches.

3. This is the right data.

The below trends charts are what it looks like when voters really care about something. These charts: "Joe Biden Gaza" and "Kamala Harris Gaza" and "Can I vote by Mail"

@mekkaokereke @DoesntExist @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson there is also this:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=Who%20can%20see%20my%20vote&hl=en

Which shows a growing concern jumping heavily around 2020…

The phrase about the husband might be manufactured: but the sentiment may be organic.

@altruios @DoesntExist@mastodon.social @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson

Do you realize that search term also includes:

* Husbands afraid of their wives
* Children afraid of their parents
* Black employees of a pro-Trump white employer
* People that "have Black friends" but want to vote for Trump anyway. Shy Republicans, as they're called.

Etc etc?

And that it takes more imaginary thinking and "white women: always the victim, never the villain!" mentality to map that term to the "free Melania use case?

@mekkaokereke @altruios @DoesntExist @jcrabapple @Tarah @corycarson

What data exactly have you provided to evidence your rhetoric ?