i looked at moving there in the late 1990s, lived there for a year. After some time I realised I'd bought into the propaganda about this US being the greatest country on earth. I have never been back. After 9/11 they really jumped the shark.
Over-hyped issue? Would you be comfortable saying that in presence of parents that lost their kids? Gun violence is the LEADING cause of children deaths in the US. That in itself is a fact that should make you think long and hard about your country.
I'm not the person who commented earlier, but I think they were referring specifically to "mass shootings," which are more associated (at least, the perspective is) with being somewhat random. I think most Americans are more afraid of being shot at random in a mass shooting by mistake, as it would be out of their control.
Separately, gun violence as a whole is a huge problem. It is typically more associated with gang and criminal activity (which are of course big problems), but many Americans feel if you avoid dangerous areas you should more or less avoid gun violence, as the mass shootings tend to (but don't always) get an incredible amount of news coverage. Additionally, many of those mass shootings are gang shootings. It's really the school shootings, mall shootings church shootings, etc that people are afraid of. And those are a real problem, though the numbers are smaller than the hype would make it seem.
That being said, other countries don't seem to have the same issue, so it's still wild to have to try downplaying the violence.
No, you don't understand that was Obama and Biden's fault.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
/s
Trump and Kirk supported an environment of violence, they just never pictured themselves in the cross hairs.
Trump isn't protecting Americas but he sure is fuck has tightened up his security. He wants us to shoot each other and have fascist supporters blast dark skin people and liberals, not him.
:::
Right? Who hasn't lost a kid in a school shooting anyway, should we just close all the schools because of that? Meanwhile in Europe thousands of people dies of old age everyday. I'm not taking a chance on this.
stmu, by posting this you are part of the problem. Why are we platforming and listening to a person whose only qualification is “my husband was an asshole”? Just stop listening to her, she is irrelevant.
Political commentators get ironically assassinated in front of a crowds in broad daylight in the EU all the time. Just because it happened in the US once or twice this year doesn't mean anything.
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stumu415@lemmy.zip · 76 pts · 58d
Excuse my language but what a grifter cunt.
treehugger6@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 58d
No need for excuses
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 57d
We’re allowed to say the g word here.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 57d
Stay. On. Target.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d
You don't need to be so specific. They all are.
There are no exceptions.
Jessicat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
I dislike the term in general but some people earn the title fair and square.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 57d
Man, talking about being a psychopath
At this point I suppose that her children could be murdered and she'd still use that to get ahead.
Fucking disgusting
Felis_Catus_Domesticus@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 57d
db2@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 57d
She was probably a part of it. They're cartoon villains made real.
treehugger6@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 58d
I thank the universe every day that I wasn't born in the US. Something something school shootings, and that is only the start
remon@ani.social · 11 pts · 58d
Yeah, especially gun violence is pretty neckligible in Europe compared to the US.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 57d
I saw what you did there.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 57d
i looked at moving there in the late 1990s, lived there for a year. After some time I realised I'd bought into the propaganda about this US being the greatest country on earth. I have never been back. After 9/11 they really jumped the shark.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 0 pts · 57d
Eh, it's a really over-hyped issue, honestly.
In the US, you're about 5x as likely to be killed by a cop than by a mass shooter. But nobody memes all day about that for some reason...
treehugger6@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 57d
Over-hyped issue? Would you be comfortable saying that in presence of parents that lost their kids? Gun violence is the LEADING cause of children deaths in the US. That in itself is a fact that should make you think long and hard about your country.
abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 57d
I'm not the person who commented earlier, but I think they were referring specifically to "mass shootings," which are more associated (at least, the perspective is) with being somewhat random. I think most Americans are more afraid of being shot at random in a mass shooting by mistake, as it would be out of their control.
Separately, gun violence as a whole is a huge problem. It is typically more associated with gang and criminal activity (which are of course big problems), but many Americans feel if you avoid dangerous areas you should more or less avoid gun violence, as the mass shootings tend to (but don't always) get an incredible amount of news coverage. Additionally, many of those mass shootings are gang shootings. It's really the school shootings, mall shootings church shootings, etc that people are afraid of. And those are a real problem, though the numbers are smaller than the hype would make it seem.
That being said, other countries don't seem to have the same issue, so it's still wild to have to try downplaying the violence.
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 57d
No, you don't understand that was Obama and Biden's fault.
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler /s
Trump and Kirk supported an environment of violence, they just never pictured themselves in the cross hairs.
Trump isn't protecting Americas but he sure is fuck has tightened up his security. He wants us to shoot each other and have fascist supporters blast dark skin people and liberals, not him. :::
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
no you see obama and biden could have outlawed violence and that would have stopped it
::: spoiler spoiler if you need a tone indicator on this one i'm so sorry. your education failed you. :::
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 57d
Yeah, but just the one husband! (so far...) That's hardly a pattern, guys.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 57d
Right? Who hasn't lost a kid in a school shooting anyway, should we just close all the schools because of that? Meanwhile in Europe thousands of people dies of old age everyday. I'm not taking a chance on this.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 57d
You jest, but this is a perfect metaphor for the state of conservative news.
Really all news, but conservatives are far more guilty of it...half-truths and lies-through-omissions.
rockandsock@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 57d
To be fair, I do feel safer with him gone.
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 57d
Maybe that is why she say US is safer? idk
kboos1@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 58d
But now she has the spot light
hOrni@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 57d
You cut one grifter down and three more shall take his place.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 57d
I was perfectly happy having no fucking idea who she is.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 57d
This is how we know the attitude conditioning protocol was a success. Winston always loves Big Brother in the end.
Eddbopkins@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 57d
shes delusional and her perception of reality is apparently skewed or she just lying.
CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 57d
Well, it's cos she had him killed, duh.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 57d
stmu, by posting this you are part of the problem. Why are we platforming and listening to a person whose only qualification is “my husband was an asshole”? Just stop listening to her, she is irrelevant.
caboose2006@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 57d
Wasn't her own husband *murdered
FTFY.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
She hates us because they ain't us.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 57d
Israel left her in charge, she was in on it
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 57d
I am feeling unsafe here, maybe Erika is going to save us all here.
An incompetent overstepping police force that arrests brown people would be so great 😃👍. Erika will make that happen Thank you so much Erika 👍
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 56d
And her Idol surrendered the USA to Iran...
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 57d
Checkmate
replicat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 57d
Political commentators get ironically assassinated in front of a crowds in broad daylight in the EU all the time. Just because it happened in the US once or twice this year doesn't mean anything.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 2 pts · 57d
Sigh... Yet another way in which Europe is superior.
SaintNectar@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 57d
What a fucking joke of a slut she is.
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 57d
do better man