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Arena for the Competitive => Main Event Callouts => Topic started by: midlifeaspie on October 24, 2011, 04:15:33 PM

Title: Fact Checking LeeBitch
Post by: midlifeaspie on October 24, 2011, 04:15:33 PM
This isn't a callout, but rather taking something out of the peanut gallery where it doesn't belong.

"Lee just tried to use the Heritage Foundation as a source of "fact""

You just used a strawman attack to discount a fact.   You fail rational thought forever.   You're no different than a bible thumper who uses the crimes of atheist serial killers as a way to "debunk atheism".     Can you disprove that 75% of all Americans do not live in the suburbs without using a strawman tactic?  Exactly.

For starters I don't accept your strawman that suburbs = spoiled rich kids:

http://moneyland.time.com/2011/09/26/suburban-ghetto-poverty-rates-soar-in-suburbia/ (http://moneyland.time.com/2011/09/26/suburban-ghetto-poverty-rates-soar-in-suburbia/)
http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/23/news/economy/poverty_suburbs/index.htm (http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/23/news/economy/poverty_suburbs/index.htm)
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/08/16/povertys-not-just-for-cities-americas-10-poorest-suburbs/ (http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/08/16/povertys-not-just-for-cities-americas-10-poorest-suburbs/)

In fact more poor people live in the suburbs than the cities now:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/20/poor-suburbs-brookings/ (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/01/20/poor-suburbs-brookings/)

And this study claims 26% in suburbs, and the author isn't tasked with promoting right-wing ideology

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1096/community-satisfaction-top-cities (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1096/community-satisfaction-top-cities)