Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org

For anyone who's really looking for an excuse to scrub their brain out with bleach and a wire brush:

https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/pfbid02s53aJhGXJhqrwFQHpsPjvA1s8WbrEWCwAJvh4YXnthKbooBNh5YhQZ79qQmmFQPkl?comment_id=1215287367194640&reply_comment_id=25452008094465859

Since #Trump pardoned every member of the #J6 mob, 33 out of the approximately 1,500 released have been convicted of other #violent #crimes, a rate of 2.2%.

Elsenet, sumdood is arguing that this is no big deal because, and I quote, "The national violent crime rate is 4.4%." He argues that therefore, J6ers are less violent than the average person. Unfortunately for him (but fortunately for everyone else!) he's not even close.

There were about 1.3 million violent crimes *reported* in the US last year, out of a population of about 330 million. Assuming one criminal and one victim per crime—which isn't necessarily the case, of course, but it's a reasonable approximation—that's a rate of 0.4%, not 4% or more.

The #arrest and #conviction rates are much lower. There are about 500,000 violent crime arrests each year, or 0.15%. I can't find conviction numbers at the moment, but they must be lower than arrest numbers: for convenience, let's say 0.10% of the population, 2/3 of those arrested, are convicted.

2.2% is a lot more than 0.10%. Even a #Republican ought to be able to figure that out.

Consult your local #biostatistician for details.

Fuck these mass-murdering motherfuckers. And if you support them in any way, shape, or form, fuck you too.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5667199/cdc-vaccine-schedule-children

So many things to be angry about. I need to triage. "Okay, the shithead in exam room 8 will probably be admitted to a jerk ward, but the fuckface in trauma bed 3 is definitely going to the ICU [idiot care unit], and someone prep the asshat we parked out in the hallway for a cephalanalectomy ..."