Thread by @DrewHolden360

The logic on this is pretty ridiculous. The study Rupar is talking about focuses on major cities, esp NYC and LA.

Are we meant to believe that there are marauding bands of Trump supporters there, responding to his “racist” language?

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1372000278166274049

Here’s a write up of the study - which, to be clear, is based on data from 2019 and 2020, so mostly before the pandemic. Most of the “effect” is just conjecture. google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…

Also - and please don’t read this as excusing hate crimes - a lot of this is just a matter of small numbers. Hate crimes against Asian Americans, percentage wise, had a huge uptick from 2019 to 2020, that’s true.

From 3 to 28.

Again, hate crimes aren’t ever acceptable. But for context, that’s about 1/10th the number of hate crimes against Jews in NYC **every year** google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…

I think a reasonable person would look at all those factors and have some caution about trying to deduce causality - particularly when that particular explanation confirms one’s priors - but I guess that’s asking too much.

Rupar operates, seemingly without exception, in bad faith. But if you’d like to read a thoughtful commentary on violence against Asian Americans, read this one: google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…