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Originally Posted by Tippiechick
Example -- I think you are a stupid bitch. I think you don't know what you are talking about. I think you are so self-righteous that I want to shove Kum-ba-yah down your throat.
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Seriously, though?
If you needed to, you could've clowned her without going the "stupid bitch" route. Especially when your critique of her position is inaccurate.
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Originally Posted by Tippiechick
Wait... I come from a small, rural town where increasing migration has eroded the small-town ties and is sending us all to hell in a handbasket, right? You are talking out of your ASS.
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Actually, she isn't talking out of her ass in that post and most of her posts. She's just making a laundry list, which brings too many factors into the equation and makes it difficult to assess the relative strength of the factors in explaining the "violence problem."
What she said about migration and the eroding of traditional ties is accurate and supported by research. It is the basis for a lot of theory and research. It doesn't mean it applies in 100% of the cases or relates to everyone's experiences, but as I said before in this thread no one cares about everyone's experiences and exceptions to the research-supported "rules."
The issue of migration and ties is the same explanation that is attached to the advancement of societies, in general, and can be used to compare rural vs urban, different levels of urbanity, regional variations, and different nations. For instance, we compare economically developed nations with urbanization like the U.S. and Japan. We find that Japan has a lower crime rate than the U.S., even with high urbanization and development. One explanation for this is Japan's strong family ties and an ability to maintain solidarity and awareness of those around you (attempt to maintain informal social control mechanisms even with increasing residential mobility) even if society is developing. If you can understand that then you can understand the rural vs. urban distinction that applies in a general sense.