• imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      An average of like 10-15 children die every day in US due to being shot. Sure there are more that survive but look like SpongeBob here.

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        Thats a pretty solid dark joke. Itd also be more realistic and darker if spongebob was black.

        Bazinga

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        1 year ago

        That’s probably true but not really an answer to the question. Most shot kids are victims of gang violence.

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          What do you think was meant by “or something?” The question was answered. Meme shows school kids shot up. Gangs or whatever shoots them up. Yes it happened today. Happens everyday.

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            Okay but it’s disingenuous. You can disagree. It’s a massive disparity between school deaths and gang violent deaths so I feel it warrants a little more clarity of communication.

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              I can see why you call it disingenuous but the point of the matter is that children are getting shot. You can break it down into as many catagories as you like, the bottom line is that far too many school aged children are dying violent deaths in a world that has enough knowledge and resources to know what the solutions are to prevent it. The only thing keeping that going at this point is political fuckery.

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              What’s this obsession with minimising school shootings while maximising gang violence? Sounds very much like a racist dog whistle.

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                Because they have different causes and different solutions.

                Car crashes are killing X people; if you insist on treating all car crashes as though they were caused by someone intentionally driving into a crowd–versus inattentive drivers or driving drunk–then you aren’t going to be able to solve the problem.

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              1 year ago

              Is it a massive disparity or is it a simple common demoninator of guns are far too easy to obtain in the US? There is an incredibly strong correlation between stringent gun control and less school and gang shootings of children in many other nations.