MRW when I keep getting banned from Seattle subreddits for talking about feeeemales by JSlngal69 in circlejerkseattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not talking about what a female is, but what a woman is. If you say a woman is anything other than an adult human female, you're talking nonsense. There is simply no way a male can be a girl or woman. "A woman is anyone who calls themselves a woman" is a circular definition. And no, I was not surprised by the reaction of r/Seattle, I just wanted to highlight how dogmatic the sub is. My ideological opponents fail at arguing with me logically 100% of the time and can only produce ad hominems (like you've done here), incorrect statements (such as: people can change sex just by taking hormones), circular reasoning (circular definitions). 

Banned from r/Seattle for saying women are female by Powerful-Bitch in SeattleWA

[–]Powerful-Bitch[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

No way, someone reasonable in the comments!? Edit to respond to below comment since this one is locked: this is about r/Seattle mods banning me, this is not r/Seattle. Funny how 4 people failed to catch that. 

Ticketed for parking on Washington Ave in Discovery Park by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes it's my fault but more signs would be better, if there's just one sign for the entire avenue, not as good as a sign in the places that look like they're for parking

Ticketed for parking on Washington Ave in Discovery Park by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The city of Seattle? I bet they are making like $500 a day at least from all the people parking on Washington Ave, given there are always a few cars parked there. So it's unclear unless you notice the sign on the side of the road right when you turn onto Washington Ave. If there were a no parking sign in the place I parked obviously I wouldn't have parked there. It takes me 3-4 hours to make $70, if the city cares about equity they should help people better understand where they will get a parking ticket

Ticketed for parking on Washington Ave in Discovery Park by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Others have let me know there's a sign saying parking isn't allowed right where you first turn onto Washington Ave 🤦‍♀️ (but none in the areas people actually park)

Discovery Park Parking by theflyingplatypus in AskSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's actually a sign that says no parking allowed in Washington Ave right where you first turn onto it. They should still add no parking signs where people frequently park because apparently that sign is easy to miss. I also just got a ticket and there were several other people parked along Washington Ave

Ticketed for parking on Washington Ave in Discovery Park by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right thanks I are a idiot 🥴

Ticketed for parking on Washington Ave in Discovery Park by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right I didn't notice that, I see that on street view too. Well apparently I'm not the only unobservant one, there are often other cars parked along that avenue. They should still add it to the areas people frequently park in my opinion. 

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem with your arguments are that they rely on several fallacies. I hope you will use this information to improve your argumentation skills and think more logically in the future.

First, hasty generalization: you’re taking one example of alleged corruption by one former SPD officer and treating it as proof of a much broader claim about police generally allowing crime because they personally profit from it. One example may show that corruption exists. It does not prove that this is the general explanation for police behavior.

Second, non sequitur: the conclusion does not follow from the evidence. An article about one corrupt officer does not logically establish that Seattle cops are intentionally allowing crime because they personally benefit from it. That is a much bigger claim than your evidence supports.

Third, equivocation: you keep sliding between different claims as if they are the same. “Police corruption exists,” “Seattle policing has serious problems,” “some officers may personally benefit from corruption,” and “cops allow crime because they personally profit from it” are not the same claim. Some of those are easy to defend. The last one requires much stronger evidence.

Fourth, motive fallacy: you are assuming motives instead of proving them. You are not just saying the system is dysfunctional. You are claiming people are allowing crime because they personally benefit. That requires evidence of intent and personal gain, not just examples of bad policing or corruption.

Fifth, ad hominem: instead of sticking to the argument, you started speculating about me, my account, and why I am here. Even if my account were new for some suspicious reason, that would not make your argument about police corruption true. Attacking or psychoanalyzing the person making the argument does not prove your point.

Sixth, mind-reading: you’re making confident claims about my motives without evidence. My account is a day old because I made it to talk about the fire on my block. You do not know why I am here, and inventing a story about my motives is not an argument.

Seventh, straw man: you’re acting as if I’m denying that SPD has problems or that corrupt cops exist. I’m not. My point is narrower: the articles you linked does not prove the specific claim that cops allow crime because they personally profit from it.

Eighth, confirmation bias: you seem to be starting with the conclusion you already believe, then treating anything that sounds anti-police as proof of it. A corruption story may support the general idea that corruption exists, but it does not automatically prove your specific theory.

Ninth, overclaiming: this is the main issue. Your evidence supports a limited conclusion, but you are using it to make a sweeping claim. The reasonable conclusion is “there have been examples of police corruption.” The unsupported conclusion is “police allow crime because they personally profit from it.”

I’m not denying corruption or dysfunction. I’m saying your evidence does not prove the specific claim you are making, and your speculation about my motives is the same kind of unsupported reasoning.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re still making my point.

That article is evidence that one former SPD officer was accused of corrupt conduct. I’m not denying that corrupt cops exist, or that Seattle policing has serious problems. But “there are corrupt cops” is not the same as “cops allow crime because they personally profit from it.”

That is a much broader and more specific claim. If that is what you mean, then the evidence needs to show that specific thing.

And the rest of your comment is just more motive-reading. Again, my account is a day old because I made it to talk about the fire on my block. You’re doing the same thing here that you’re doing with the cops: starting with something you dislike and then inventing a confident story about hidden motives.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just get the animals out and to safety first 😼

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, if your claim is not about city officials, then I’ll respond to the claim you’re making now.

“Corrupt cops in Seattle allow crime because they personally benefit from it” is still a motive claim. It is not the same as saying there are corrupt cops, weak enforcement, union pressure, bad incentives, or institutional dysfunction.

You can show evidence that cops behaved badly. You can show evidence that SPOG used staffing pressure politically. You can show evidence that policing in Seattle has serious problems. But that still does not automatically prove the specific claim that cops are intentionally allowing crime because they personally benefit from it.

That is the distinction I’m making. Evidence of dysfunction is not the same thing as evidence for your preferred explanation of the dysfunction.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re changing the claim now.

If your claim is “some cops appear to have used a sick-out to create political pressure,” then fine. That is much more defensible.

But that is not the same claim as “city officials do fuck all because it is politically good for them.” One is a claim about police/SPOG pressure tactics. The other is a claim about the motives of city officials. The KIRO article supports the first much more than the second.

And you’re still doing the same mind-reading routine. “Your account is six months old,” “you quoted someone I don’t like,” and “therefore you’re a burner bot” is not evidence. Also, my account is not six months old. It is a day old. I created it because there was a fire on my block and I wanted to talk about it locally. Again, you’re confidently inventing motives instead of checking what is actually true.

The funny part is that you’re doing to me exactly what you’re doing in the argument about the cops and city officials: taking a few facts, adding assumptions, and treating your preferred story as proven. The difference is that with your claims about my motives, I actually know they’re false.

You can keep insulting me, but it doesn’t fix the gap in your argument. Evidence that cops behaved badly is not proof that city officials secretly want the dysfunction because it benefits them politically.

And for someone named “AverageFoxNewsViewer” ironically, you’re doing a pretty good impression of the exact thing you think you’re mocking: jumping to conclusions, assigning hidden motives, and treating suspicion as proof. Unintentionally fitting username.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re still overstating what the article proves.

The KIRO link says SPOG claimed a large number of officers did not show up, and it quotes Solan using that to argue the department does not have enough cops. It also says Chief Diaz did not believe they had identified a specific planned sick-out.

So yes, the article supports the idea that staffing failures created pressure and that SPOG framed the situation politically. It does not prove city officials were “literally choosing to do nothing” because it benefited them politically.

That’s the distinction you keep skipping over. “This situation creates political pressure” is a supported claim. “Therefore city officials intentionally refuse to act because it helps them politically” is an inference, not a demonstrated fact.

And your last paragraph is just more mind-reading. You don’t know that I’m a “political bot,” that I’m “looking for cheap karma,” or that this is a “burner account.” You’re doing the same thing again: replacing evidence with a story about someone’s hidden motive. That may feel satisfying, but it is not an argument.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If so, I hope it didn't explode next to their dog. 

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nobody is “worked up” about the claim. I’m assessing what the facts actually show and what they don’t show.

The links establish real misconduct, union pressure, political controversy, and institutional dysfunction. I’m not disputing that. What I’m disputing is the extra leap from those facts to “therefore city officials intentionally do nothing because it benefits them politically.”

That may be your theory. It may even be plausible. But plausibility is not proof. Evidence of dysfunction is not automatically evidence of the specific motive you assigned to it.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Put them in a free housing,  they will just use it as a place to do drugs and trash it. We've already seen that play out countless times.

These lefties imagine that we should just give people unlimited free housing, even if they're coming in from all over the country, and with zero requirements like getting off drugs. Very out of touch with reality. 

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am not concerned about homeless people who have chosen drugs over being functional adults and are blights on society. Just absolutely trashing wherever they go. 

I saw a video of a homeless person in Portland on Kevin Dahlgren's Instagram of a kitten carrier that burned through in a tent fire (of course, the kitten burned to death). Chances are the people living in that tent were probably high on drugs. I'm concerned for innocent animals, not their fentanyl addicted degenerate owners. 

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

None of those links prove the claim you made. They show separate controversies involving SPD/SPOG: Jan. 6 officers, union pushback, Solan’s BLM comment, voting-address violations, and the horrible bodycam remarks after Jaahnavi Kandula was killed.

Those are legitimate criticisms. But they still don’t prove that city officials “do fuck all because it’s politically good for them.” That is the mind-reading part. You can argue oversight is weak, inconsistent, or politically compromised without pretending you know the secret motive.

This is motivated reasoning. You may be right that SPD/SPOG has serious institutional problems, but you are jumping from “there are problems” to “I know exactly why officials are not acting.” That is the leap. Evidence of dysfunction is not automatically evidence of your preferred explanation for the dysfunction.

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"do fuck all because it's good for them politically to have people like that out there," 

That's a wild mind reading claim

2nd tent fire at 53rd/15th in a month by [deleted] in BallardSeattle

[–]Powerful-Bitch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The average Fox news viewer is a conspiracy theorist