Posts Tagged ‘census’

reality denial from guess who

20100620 17:09

local dying state mouthpiece speaks in code:

An unexpected result for some census takers: the wrath of irate Americans

This is the scary season for the nation’s census takers.

Since they began making follow-up house calls in early May, census takers have encountered vitriol, menace and flashes of violence. They have been shot at with pellet guns and hit by baseball bats. They have been confronted with pickaxes, crossbows and hammers. They’ve had lawn mowers pushed menacingly toward them and patio tables thrown their way. They have been nibbled by ducks, bitten by pit bulls and chased by packs of snarling dogs.

Some days, being cursed at seems part of the job description.

So far, the Census Bureau has tallied 379 incidents involving assaults or threats on the nation’s 635,000 census workers, more than double the 181 recorded during the 2000 census. Weapons were used or threatened in a third of the cases. [...]

no, weapons were used or threatened in 100% of the cases. however, all subjects of the state are to genuflect and ignore the obvious — that every edict from an official crime gang threatens the use of weapons. it so thoroughly pervades human interaction that we’re supposed to throw it out as part of any equation. a given.

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