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Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by diogenescynic on Thursday September 11, 2025 @08:46PM (#45217579)
You don't understand the difference between a school shooting where the killer randomly kills people and a targeted political assassination and see why that might be different? Or that school shootings have been happening for 30 years now and people are largely too busy to keep track of them all compared to the novelty factor of the assassination of a public figure (influencer) is getting more attention? Why are you trying to frame this like it's some dark plot and people don't care about kids. The left can't even debate in good faith any more. They've lost their grip on reality. You're likely one of those people whining about 'the Maryland father' while ignoring the Ukrainian refugee who got murdered. You just take assigned opinion spread by the media and don't think.
Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by lunarboy on Thursday September 11, 2025 @08:55PM (#45217625)
You're really trying to convince me people care about kids but we've been having school shooting for 30 years? And that the length or frequency of events makes them okay, or not worth mentioning? So 30 years of more frequent assassinations should be make similar types of events okay? To use "you're probably one of those" and "argue in good faith" in the same comment is pretty wild work.
Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah by diogenescynic on Thursday September 11, 2025 @09:02PM (#45217662)
You have a fundamentally dumb argument. You think every news story of school shootings should get equivalent news coverage? Columbine got arguably way more coverage than the Charlie Kirk story because it was NOVEL at the time. It's not novel after 30 years. I'm not arguing about what people care about more (kids vs Kirk)--I'm talking about media coverage. NEW=more views. This is about what does well with the algorithm.

I actually think we can care about kids and Charlie Kirk (and that there are different and overlapping audiences involved). It's more complicated than your lazy framing.