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minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down43·10 months agoOne thousand people where charged out of twenty-five thousand, that’s only 4% of the people. That means 96% were being peaceful and that’s damn near 100%
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·10 months agoSorry… you think that the only people who were violent were the ones who got charged? That’s weird, because that’s not how it usually works.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down27·10 months agoI’m just using verifiable numbers here.
minus-squareHuntressHimbo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·10 months agoAnd trying to conflate a percentage of protests with a percentage of people at one particular protest. The two are not comparable.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down11·10 months agoThis article say there was north of 100,000 people there which makes the number ultimately charged under one percent.
minus-squareHuntressHimbo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-210 months agoA percentage is a ratio of two numbers, in this case you are trying to compare ^People who engaged in violence and were convicted at one protest^/~People who were at that protest~ with ^Number of protest events that became violent^/~Number of protest events for this cause~ To compare that you will have to wait a few years for all of the court cases to wind down. Hope that helps. EDIT: Format
One thousand people where charged out of twenty-five thousand, that’s only 4% of the people.
That means 96% were being peaceful and that’s damn near 100%
Sorry… you think that the only people who were violent were the ones who got charged?
That’s weird, because that’s not how it usually works.
I’m just using verifiable numbers here.
And trying to conflate a percentage of protests with a percentage of people at one particular protest. The two are not comparable.
This article say there was north of 100,000 people there which makes the number ultimately charged under one percent.
A percentage is a ratio of two numbers, in this case you are trying to compare
^People who engaged in violence and were convicted at one protest^/~People who were at that protest~
with
^Number of protest events that became violent^/~Number of protest events for this cause~
To compare that you will have to wait a few years for all of the court cases to wind down. Hope that helps.
EDIT: Format