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Comment author: Jiro 17 October 2014 08:20:21PM *  3 points [-]

I don't think this is true. Gun violence is not just correlated with poverty, it's also correlated with race. And while it may be disadvantageous to Republicans to emphasize how poverty is bad, it may be advantageous to Republicans to emphasize how blacks and Hispanics are bad.

Comment author: AspiringRationalist 20 October 2014 02:41:28AM *  1 point [-]

While it may be disadvantageous to Republicans to emphasize how poverty is bad, it may be advantageous to Republicans to emphasize how blacks and Hispanics are bad.

Given that a lot of people suspect Republicans of being racist, it would be extremely disadvantageous for them to openly say bad things about blacks and Hispanics.

It may, however, be advantageous for them to do so subtly.

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