Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by MisterBastahrd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:59AM
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Yet they aren't a cultural focus.
How many mass shootings have taken place in the US this year?
10? 20?
Try 213.
243 deaths, 922 injuries.
This month? 44 mass shootings. 61 deaths, 219 injured.
These things don't happen everywhere. They happen here because guns make them easy. People hate facts and so they pretend that everyone has the same problems.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by colechristensen on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:22AM
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That really depends on your definition of mass shooting, and you seem to be quoting a statistic which uses a very broad definition.
The kind of thing that happened in Texas has not happened 44 times this month.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by colechristensen on Thursday May 26, 2022 @10:20AM
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A disturbed person going into public and randomly killing strangers is a different problem than gang warfare, domestic violence, organized crime, or organized terrorism.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by MisterBastahrd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:13AM
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People deserve the right to safety regardless of where they are.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by hunterb123 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:40PM
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Exactly, which is why I carry and support the 2A.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by greatwhitenorth on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:41PM
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What about first world nations like Australia, New Zealand? They too are not reported in the same way?
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by colechristensen on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:54PM
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Australia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_major_crimes_in_...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10629425/amp/Everyo...
> Stabbings have never been worse or more brutal, police say, as Australian hospitals struggle to cope with an emerging 'knife culture' amongst young men.
There are certainly differences in rates, but these things happen everywhere.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri...
by greatwhitenorth on Thursday May 26, 2022 @07:05AM
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If I tell you nuclear weapons should be eliminated from the world as they're dangerous and can wipe off cities, are you going to come back with statistics about how tanks kill people? Your arguments are exactly that.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India
China, with knives:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/09/china/china-knife-attacks...
These things happen everywhere, aren’t necessarily reported in the same way.
One part of why they are so prevalent in America is how each event becomes such a cultural focus, half of what I’ve seen on social media has been people posting about this event. Perpetuating the idea by giving it such attention must be part of the cause that people go out and do these things.