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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

There's a key difference between calling the spade a hoe and calling it a spade.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I think you should show more respect for your elders.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

There's a difference between not respecting someone, and wanting them to respect you.

Also, it's really hard for me to respect alcoholics. I have yet to meet a single person who regularly drinks who isn't an asshole, criminal, or both. According to statistics:

An estimated two-thirds of victims suffering from violence by a current or former spouse or partner report that the perpetrator had been drinking

That's 66.67%, by the way.

An estimated 37 percent of sexual assaults and rapes are committed by offenders who were under the influence of alcohol.

And

Roughly four in ten child abusers have admitted to being under the influence of alcohol during the time of the offense.

That's 40%.

In fact, about 40 percent of convicted murderers had used alcohol before or during the crime.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Fallacious.

You're only looking at the criminal reports, not humanity or even alcoholics as a whole. You might as well say 100% of criminals behave criminally. What about the rest who don't? It's the way they say pot is a gateway drug. You might as well say that cigarettes are a gateway to pot then - or that kissing is the gateway to rape. Just because many rapists kiss doesn't mean everyone who kisses rapes.