In October 2017, the Financial times lied bald-fadedly by saying “PC market ‘set’ to return to growth in 2018”. Where “set” to return is a hedge, and also a thinly-veiled reference to one of the dark gods the folks in charge have worshipped, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before. Set is where we get the word “Satan”. “PC Market to return to growth” is the way the honest headline would have been written.
A liveatpc.com story from just three years later reads “PC Sales ‘Decline’ for the Sixth Year in Row”. Where “decline” is used as a hedge in place of the stronger “drop” or “decrease”, and because it reminds the reader of “recline”, and because “declines” are smooth, and shallow.
In November 2017, Telecompaper said “Nordic PC sales ‘set’ to drop 4.2% in 2018”.
Where “set” to drop pretends that Nordic PC sales decided proactively that they would drop. And/or that they have not yet dropped. When in fact they’ve been dropping since 2012, so for five straight years.
The folks in charge have lost control of the situation where their coming out and describing the upcoming drops is what passes for them being in charge of something. P.S., they used a number way smaller than they knew the drop was actually going to be.
I think it constructive to add that “Set” is also a reference to one of the dark gods they’ve worshipped, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before. It’s where we get the word “Satan”. I’ve busted them, because saying “Nordic PC sales to drop 4.2% in 2018” is correct.
The article continues: “Sales of personal computers in the Nordic region are expected to ‘fall’ by 4.2 percent year on year to 7.4 million shipments in 2018
Where they used “fall” as a kinder, softer alternative to the stronger “drop” or “decrease”, and also as a thinly-veiled reference to the fallen Lord Lucifer.
CRIME IS DROPPING IN ALL THE NATIONS, BECAUSE MORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH VARY DIRECTLY WITH THAT OF THE ETHER.
Homicides decreased 15% worldwide from 1992 to 1918.
AUSTRALIA
A story from Australia from December 2017 is headlined “RESIDENTS URGED TO REMAIN VIGILANT DESPITE ‘DROP’ IN CRIME”.
The author did what they could to maintain hysteria, including putting it in block capitals to frighten the infantile. They used the general “drop” as a mask for a far more impactful percentage, which they omitted.
In December 2017, the Australian said “Victoria ‘posts’ ‘biggest’ crime rate drop ‘in 10 years’ “.
Where, under the false guise of familiarity, the headline omits the word “Australia”, to make the subject drastically less searchable. The article continues:
“Victorian crime ‘statistics’ have ‘posted’ their biggest ‘annual’ drop in ‘more than’ a decade, ‘but robberies, sex offences and family violence continue to “rise’ “.
Where the word “posts” allows your subconscious the out of “oh, they must have posted it incorrectly”. In the headline, the author said it was “ ‘in’ ten years”, and in the body, that it was “in ‘more than’ a decade”. They lied and hedged in the headline.
“More than a decade” is a second lie, a second hedge, put in place to avoid saying “largest crime drop in history”.
The use of the word “statistics” early in the headline gives the subconscious the green light to reject anything uncomfortable with “oh, but that’s just one study!” It also hedges, saying “ ‘Statistics’ drop”, versus the truth of what’s going on, “crime drop”.
“Victoria’s Crime Statistics Agency ‘recorded’ a 4.9 per cent drop in the number of offences in the year to October, led by ‘substantial’ ‘falls’ in car thefts and burglaries.”
Where “recorded” plays the same role that “statistics” did earlier - it gives the subconscious the green light to reject anything uncomfortable with “oh, but someone simply recorded it incorrectly!” The author used “fall” because it’s softer than “decrease” or “drop”, and also as a thinly-veiled reference to the fallen Lord Lucifer.
“The number of victims ‘fell’ by 7 per cent during the year.” The author used “fell” because it’s softer than “decrease” or “drop”, and also as a thinly-veiled reference to the fallen Lord Lucifer.
BRAZIL
Brazil's murder rate dropped by 13% between 2017 and 2018, and homicides there fell by 25 percent in the first two months of 2019.
CANADA
The number of foreign citizens deported from Canada for security, crime, organized crime and international human rights abuses dropped by a third from 2014 to 2017.
FINLAND
Hate crimes in Finland decreased 14% in November 2017.
GERMANY
Economic damage from Organized crime in Germany dropped 450% from 2016 to 2017
Crime in Germany dropped 10% in 2017.
MALAYSIA
An article from July 2017 said that the crime index in Malaysia “may have dropped”, but “Malaysians still feel unsafe”.
PHILIPPINES
The crime rate in the Philippines decreased 49% from 2015 to 2016. An article from October 2017 from the Philippines questioned “Less crimes? PNP claims drop in nationwide crime volume.”
Crime in the Philippines dropped 8.44% from January to October 2017. An article from September 2017 said that crime victimization in the Philippines had dropped to a new record low, “but fears remain”.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There was a 15.9% decrease in “serious and alarming” crimes in Dubai in November 2017, year-over-year.
In December 2017, the United Arab Emirates Khaleej Times said “Ajman Police ‘sees’ 50% drop in crime rates in 2017”.
Where police “sees” 50% drop in crime hedges it back a step, as if the weren’t experiencing it, but rather only observing it.
UNITED KINGDOM
Murder in the U.K. dropped 10% in 2012 to the lowest level since 1978. An article from 2012 said “Fall in UK crime rate baffles experts”
Crime in England and Wales decreased 11% to a new record low from 2014 to 2015.
In 2015, the U.K.’s Salford Viewpoint said that crime was “down”, but asked “are we safer?”
In 2016, the crime rate in the U.K. dropped to its lowest level since 1981.
In 2016, it was said in the U.K. that “the police arrested half as many people as they did a decade ago despite rise in crime.”
Crime in Glastonbury in the U.K. was at a record low in 2016.
In 2017, the BBC asked “Reality Check: Is crime up or down?”
UNITED STATES
Rape in the U.S. decreased 80% from 1973 to 2010.
The U.S. rate of husbands being killed by their wives decreased 83% 1976 to 2011. Wives killed by their husbands decreased 43% over the same time period.
The number of deadliest wars – those that kill at least 1,000 people a year – decreased 78% from 1988 to 2011.
Murders in New York dropped 87% from their all-time high in 1990 to their all-time low in 2018.
Violent crime in South Carolina decreased 42.2% from 1991 to 2016
The number of inmates at Enfield prison in Connecticut decreased 63% from an all-time high in 2008 to November, 2016.
Shootings in Los Angeles dropped 90% from 2008 to 2019.
Crime in Maine decreased 40% from 2009 to 2019.
Crime in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York dropped by 50% from 2009 to 2019.
Murders in cities in the U.S. with populations under 10,000 decreased by 25% in 2010.
Crime in Maryland dropped more than 50% from 2011 to 2018.
The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything.
That’s why a New York Time story from May, 2011 is headlined “Steady Decline in Major Crime ‘Baffles’ Experts
“The number of violent crimes in the United States dropped ‘significantly’ last year, to what ‘appeared to be’ the lowest rate in ‘nearly’ 40 years, a development that was considered puzzling partly because it ran counter to the prevailing expectation that crime would increase during a recession.
Murders in the U.S. decreased 1.9% from 2010 to 2011, while rape, robbery and aggravated assault decreased by 4 percent.
In June 2012, themarshallproject said “FBI: Violent crime rates in the US ‘drop’, ‘approach’ historic lows”.
They were ‘at’ historic lows, but the author hedge by saying they only ‘approach’ historic lows. They said rates ‘drop’ as a general hedge, to avoid providing a far more impactful percentage that would give you a clearer picture of the subject we’re discussing here.
The murder rate in the United State decreased 1.9% from 2010 to 2012.
Although the findings, released in the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, represent a “seemingly small” decline in crime overall, they aren’t just a blip. Rather, criminologists say, the decline is part of larger downward trend and the result of “a series of changes” that have contributed to a more peaceful society.
The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. One of those variants is “fascinating“.
That’s why Gary LaFree, a criminology professor at the University of Maryland”, said “This is actually a “pretty” significant drop, which is “fascinating” because we’d normally expect crime to go up when we’re in an economic downturn.”
Neither Gary nor cnbc’s author of the article mentions any of the generally-mentioned “series of changes” that have “contributed to” a “more” peaceful society.
The largest two year drop in crime in history, to the lowest level of crime in history, is called “seemingly small”. It’s the Big Lie, put forward with the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.
As a bonus, they inserted the softer “decline” in place of “decrease”.
The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything.
That’s why an January 2013 article from the U.K.s Guardian said “ ‘Fall’ in UK crime rate ‘baffles’ experts”. They’ve used “fall” because it’s softer than “decrease”, and also because it’s a thinly-veiled reference to their fallen Lord Lucifer.
One of the many “mystery, baffled, puzzled” variants is “surprised”.
That’s why the article goes on to say: “The ‘surprise’ 8% fall in crime last year, revealed by government statisticians on Thursday, is sending the academic experts scurrying to rewrite their basic 'Criminology 101' lecture and the theory that recession leads to rising crime, particularly property crime. The official statisticians say the latest crime figures for England and Wales, which include a 10% drop in the murder rate to 549 homicides, the lowest level since 1978, herald ‘a resumption in the long-term decline’ that has been going on for nearly 20 years.”
It is a strict rule in journalism that you list the largest statistic first, and then proceed in descending order. Here, the author has deliberately hedged by “burying” the 10% drop in murders below the 8% ““fall” in crime, which, as a bonus, they falsely professed to be “surprised” about.
They lie again, in the same sentence, with ‘a resumption in the long-term decline.’ The long-term “decline” has never stopped or ceased, and has increased in speed and magnitude, to this writing. The author is putting forward another Big Lie and hoping you’ll gobble it right down as the truth. You probably will, because they widened their eyes and used conscious deception with the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty.
The homicide rate in the U.S. was at a 51-year low in 2016.
The number of inmates at the Connecticut’s Enfield prison decreased 6% from 2016 to 2017.
In September 2017, reason.com said “ ‘The’ Crime Wave That Wasn't Happening, Still Isn't Happening”.
They started the headline with “Crime Wave”, which is a trigger meme for your subconscious.
The author is talking about the United States, but has omitted that fact under the cunning, false guise of familiarity. It makes the subject far less searchable.
“Overall crime ‘looks’ like it ‘may’ drop 1.8 percent. Violent crime is projected to fall .6 percent. ‘Individual city numbers vary, though’.”
There’s always a negative hedge thrown on the end, to keep you in fighting trim to reject each and every wholesome item that comes your way.
In 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. Murder Rate was “at the highest level in 45 years”. At the precise moment that the murder rate was at the lowest in 45 years”. Actually, that’s not true, either, in that it was the lowest in history.
Foul Mouthpiece of the moment Trump is using the Big Lie, delivered with the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. Inconceivably, it’s worked for them, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before.
Church Street in Burlington, Vermont saw a “drop” in crime in May 2017, “despite stabbing”.
An article from October 2017 said Erie, PA had experience a “big” drop in violent crime, but that “FBI Stats Show violent crime is up 4% across the country.”
The murder rate in the U.S. dropped to a 33-year low in the U.S. in 2017.
Violent crime in Charlotte, North Carolina dropped .5% in November 2017, year-over-year.
In November 2017 the state of Connecticut closed Enfield prison “amid decline in crime rate.”
Crime in Green Bay, Wisconsin decreased 8% from 2016 to 2017.
Homicides in Chicago, Illinois decreased 14% from 2016 to 2017, “Chicago police concede there's more to do”.
2016 was the first year without a homicide in Green Bay, Wisconsin since 1981.
The violent crime rate in the United States dropped 10% from 2017 to 2019.
There were 43% fewer homicides in Chicago in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2017.
In September 2017, Connecticut’s Hartford Courant said “Crime ‘Drop’ Shows ‘Reforms’ Are Working”.
Where “reforms” is completely general. What reforms, specifically? It’s a plausible-deniability excuse, put forward at the local level in Hartford, Connecticut to give the false impression that it’s Establishment efforts in that specific town that are causing crime to drop, versus the truth, that it’s a trend that’s taking place regardless of geography, or, for that matter, culture.
Crime “drop” is also completely general. A huge, sudden and recent decrease in crime is described as neutrally and unhelpfully as possible.
In December 2017, Ohio’s Dayton Daily News said “Dayton has ‘experienced’ ‘double-digit’ drops in all major crime categories in 2017”. Where “experienced” bizarrely distances back a step, and “double-digit” is a general hedge against the far more impactful statistics which the author has, in journalistic parlance, “buried” below.
The propagandist author knows that sixty to seventy percent of people only read headlines, and this sort of “compartmentalization” is thus profoundly significant in its ability to make sure that a spectacularly ignorant populace remains so.
The article continues: “Dayton has experienced ‘double-digit’ drops in all major crime categories in 2017, with “some of” the largest reductions of the decade.
Where the author has repeated the general “double-digit”, and changed “the largest decreases in history” as “some of” the largest “reductions” of the “decade”. “Redcutions makes it seem like a conscious plan, like, you know, weight reduction. It’s a bullshit plausible-deniability excuse, that some local program has caused the “reduction”, versus the truth, that the phenomenon is being seen in every nation, regardless of geography or culture.
“The following are the year-to-date ‘declines’ in the four major crime categories:
•Part 1 Violent (murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault)--down 15 percent;
•Part 1 Property (arson, residential burglary, theft)--down 18 percent;
•Part 2 Violent (kidnapping, simple assault, menacing)--down 11 percent;
•Part 2 Property (forgery, vandalism, bribery)--down 28 percent.
The 2017 crime drop is the largest since 2011, when there were also double-digit (though smaller) declines in most crime categories.”
They moved to the ubiquitous hedge “decline” because it’s softer than “drop”, or “decrease”, and makes you think of “recline”, and because “declines” are shallow.
In December 2017, Ohio’s Dayton Daily News said “Dayton crime ‘drops’, ‘but homicide rate too high for chief’ “
It’s a bold, brazen Satanic inversion, where the lowest crime rate ever seen by anyone alive is described as “too high”.
“Dayton’s overall violent crime rate this year ‘declined’ the most in a decade, but homicides still ‘remain high’, the city’s police chief said.
It’s bizarre, and obscene, because violent crime cannot both drop and “remain high”. The queasy “declined” is used as a hedge against the stronger “drop” or “decreased”, and because it reminds the reader of “reclined”, and because declines are smooth, and shallow, as opposed to the precipitous drop in crime we’re discussing here.
“It’s very good news, ‘generally speaking’, in terms of increases in public safety,” Chief Richard Biehl said of the overall crime rate drop from 2016 to 2017. “It’s just that the homicide (number) is in opposition to that.”
Biehl’s office reports that the city had recorded 31 homicides with a few weeks left in 2017. That pace could give Dayton 33 at year’s end. Biehl said two of the 31 may be ruled justifiable and, therefore, not criminal.
The death toll was worse in 2016, when Dayton had 39 criminal homicides. That is not counting seven ruled justifiable, including the police-involved fatal shooting of Kisha Arrone.
Dayton had 27 criminal homicides in each of 2012, 2013 and 2014 and 30 in 2015.
Homicides in Dayton, Ohio decreased 28% from 2016 to 2017. Homicides in Dayton Ohio dropped by almost a third in 2017. “But homicide rate too high for chief.”
That’s because the propagandist knows that the subconscious of many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
In December 2017, silive.com said “NYPD ‘reports’ crime ‘drop’ on Staten Island in 2017: ‘8 things you should know’ ”.
One of the eight things you should know does not include “this phenomenon is underway in every nation, regardless of geography or culture.”
The headline hedges with the terse, general “crime ‘drop’ ”, to shield against the much-stronger “crime drops 12% on Staten Island in 2017.”
The article continues: “ ‘The NYPD deserves a hearty round of applause’. Crimes on Staten Island in the seven major offenses have decreased 11.6 percent, to 2,619 as of Dec. 10 from 2,962 in 2016. Over the past two decades, those crimes have declined over 65 percent from the 7,527 incidents in 1996 in our borough.”
The crime drop is occurring in every nation, regardless of geography or culture. The police having nothing to do with it, zero. The Orgonite-driven return to health of the Etheric environment has everything to do with it. Because moral and mental health improve or degrade with that of the Etheric environment.
Crime dropped 65% in 20 years, and 11% in just the most recent year, which shows that the drop is increasing in speed and magnitude.In December 2017, NPR kept ahead of the non-informed reader with the half-truth “2017 U.S. Crime Rates ‘Expected To’ Show Drop-Off”. That way you’ll give them credit for it when you finally notice it happening.
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been traveling this week to ‘push’ an ‘effort’ to ‘crack down on crime’. Meanwhile, a new report says data ‘undercut claims that the U.S. is experiencing a crime wave’.
The last thing the subconscious reads is “the U.S. is experiencing a crime wave”. The thought form has been created, verbatim.
Homicides dropped 25% in San Francisco, California in 2018.
Homicides in Salinas, California dropped 89% from 2018 to 2019.
In January 2018, the St. Louis Tribune asked “ Think’ ‘crime is on the rise’ ‘?’ “ In Salt Lake City, it's been ‘dropping’, serious crime especially”.
The guileful author pretends to be presenting good news, but what they’ve really done is make the first thing you read “crime on the rise”. They said “rise” because they love using a positive word in connection to crime, and also as a thinly-veiled reference to the Atonist Black-Sun cult that’s run things in all the nations, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before.
“Dropping” crime is general. They’ve put forward a general hedge, “dropping”, in place of a far more impactful statistic that would give a more specific and accurate view of the trend I’m documenting here.
In January 2018, Fox News said “ ‘Violence-scarred’ Chicago ‘saw’ crime ‘drop’ as ‘high-tech program’ rolled out”
Where “high-tech program” is a general plausible-deniability excuse, put forward at the local level to keep your eyes off the wider trend I’m documenting here. The also-general “drop” is used to blunt the reader’s awareness of the magnitude of the drop.
The whole thing starts with “Violence-scarred”, which is a highly-jarring negative thought form to begin the article.
Brazenly, the author used the past-tense “saw” crime drop to imply that the good news is over. 'Sees’ or ‘saw’ is also a hedge in that it distances by a step, takes things back a level.
In January 2018, Alabama’s AJC.com said “DeKalb city of Tucker sees ‘big’ drop in violent crime”.
Where the hedging generality “big” has been put forward to mask a specific and far more impactful percentage. The author knows that sixty to seventy percent of readers won’t go past the headline, so “compartmentalizing” the statistics in this way is actually quite effective at maintaining general ignorance among the populace. They’re trying to blunt and defray knowledge of the wider trend I’m documenting here.
In January 2018, WTOP said “ ‘DC’ ‘saw’ 'significant' drop in crime in 2017.
Where, under the false guise of familiarity, the headline omits “Washington”, and abbreviates it as “DC” instead of the correct “D.C.” to make the subject virtually unsearchable.
"In 2017, we experienced a reduction in every single crime category," D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said Tuesday.
While technically barely correct in this case, the author used the past-tense “saw” crime drop to imply that the good news is over. 'Sees’ or ‘saw’ is also a hedge in that it distances by a step, takes things back a level.
“Significant” drop is another general hedge, put forward as a general hedge against a far more impactful statistic. Since sixty to seventy percent of readers only read the headlines, the propagandist writing this piece knows they’ve got a good chance of getting the reader out of the room without them learning anything specific about the wider trend I’m documenting here.
In January 2018, NBC4 said “Violent Crime Down 22 Percent in DC in 2017, ‘Statistics Show’ “.
They added “statistics show” on the end to give the subconscious of the reader the ability to grasp the straw of “oh, you can make statistics say ‘anything’!” To get off the hook of personal responsibility.
In January 2018, the Christian Science Monitor explained “ ‘Why’ New York crime has ‘plunged’ to record lows.”
Where the word “plunged” is highly negative spin. Suicides “plunge” to their deaths, the stock market “plunges”, causing people to leap from tall buildings.
The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. Two of those variants are ”something special” and “jaw-dropping”.
That’s why the article continues to say that “ ‘Over the past two decades’, even as crime rates all around the country were ‘falling’ to record lows, the drop in crime in New York City was ‘something special’. For the 27th straight year, crime is down again in the nation's largest city – and once again to record-setting, ‘jaw-dropping’ lows.”
The author used “falling” because it’s a softer way to spin “dropping” or “decreasing”, and also as a thinly-veiled allusion to the fallen Lord Lucifer. They’ve tee’d the paragraph up with “over the past two decades” to draw attention away to the sudden, recent, exponential decrease in crime I’m documenting here.
In January 2018, Newsday said “Hempstead Village police ‘report’ drop in crime in 2017”. Where, under the false guise of familiarity, the headline omits both “Long Island” and “New York”, to “compartmentalize” the phenomenon and make it as unsearchable as possible.
“Police ‘report’ drop in crime” gives the subconscious the green light to say “well that’s just one ‘report’!” Or “oh, they must have ‘reported’ it incorrectly”. The propagandist knows that the subconscious of many or most readers will grasp at virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
“Hempstead Village officials said they ‘marked’ a 19 percent drop in crime last year compared with 2016”.
Where “marked” is deviant and blatant, and lets you think “oh, the simple villagers ‘marked it down incorrectly’ ”.
In January 2018, the Washington Post said “Police chief credits ‘new’ strategy for ‘city’s’ crime ‘drop’ ”.
Where, under the false guise of familiarity, the headline omits any mention of where they are speaking of. It’s an example of a propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”. Hilariously, both “new” strategy and crime “drop” are both general. As you may recall, generality is a hallmark of propaganda.
The controlled-press escapades continue as we move into the subhead “ ‘One” Virginia city has recorded its ‘lowest’ level of violent crime in ‘nearly two decades’.
The tenets of the news blackout on the subject demand that hedging generalities be used in place of far-more-impactful statistics whenever and wherever possible. And, here, for a second time, the city’s name has been redacted and replace with the general “one” Virginia city. For the record, they’re talking about previously-totally-nasty Norfolk, Virginia.
Murders in New York dropped 50% from February 2018 to February 2019.
There was a 21% drop in murders and shootings in Chicago dropped 50% from January to May 2017 versus January to May 2018.
Major crime in Annapolis, Maryland dropped 33 percent during the first three months of 2018.
June 2018 was the 15th consecutive month of dropping gun violence in Chicago.
There were 29% fewer crimes committed in Sulphur Springs, Texas in the first six months of 2019 compared to the same time period in 2011. 15%, or roughly half of that drop occurred from 2011 to 2012.
TOUT
Tout: verb - attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner.
In December 2017, cnn.com said “Chicago police ‘tout’ 14% homicide drop, ‘and concede there's more to do’ ”.
In December 2017, nbc26.com said “Green Bay police ‘tout’ drop in crime
“Overall crime is projected to drop 8-percent compared to a year ago. Officers are pointing to a few crimes as indicators of a successful year. Police ‘say’ there hasn't been a single ‘reported’ homicide in 2017. That would be ‘the first year without a homicide since 1981’. Police say that decrease means ‘fewer’ victims in the city.
No, the decrease in homicides to ZERO does not mean ‘fewer’ victims, it means ‘no’ victims. “Fewer” is bizarre, tireless hedging.
In January 2018, Alabama’s AJC.com said “DeKalb city of Tucker sees ‘big’ drop in violent crime”.
Where the hedging generality “big” has been put forward to mask a specific and far more impactful percentage. The author knows that sixty to seventy percent of readers won’t go past the headline, so “compartmentalizing” the statistics in this way is actually quite effective at maintaining general ignorance among the populace. They’re trying to blunt and defray knowledge of the wider trend I’m documenting here.
The article continues: “Tucker, the still new DeKalb County city, is ‘touting’ a ‘decline’ in overall crime, including a 30 percent ‘reduction’ in the number of violent crimes.”
The word “decline” softens and hedges against the stronger “decrease”, and “reduction” guilefully implies that it was a conscious thing on behalf of the cops in that local spot, you know, like weight reduction. It’s a plausible-deniability excuse put forward at the local level to give your subconscious a straw to grasp, so it doesn’t have to deal with the personal responsibility that the wider implications would represent.
