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  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    5 months ago

    Call me crazy but I think events like those deserve yearly commemorations. But bipartisan views on American exceptionalism hold that we must only rarely mention them again if ever. If we spend too much time thinking about mass shootings and tragedy - we might question the exceptionalism. And we mustn't do that. It's a scared conception.

    • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      They can't let something like that take off, or else we'd do nothing but commemorate past atrocities/tragedies. There would be multiple commemorations every day, which might make people realize that we don't have to live like this.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      You can tell I am a true USAan because I have multiple stories about being both directly and tangentially involved in horrible tragedies

      I hate that 9/11 is the big never forget moment, when my life has been a never-ending stream of calamities

      • Poogona [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        hope you are taking care of yourself comrade, it sounds like you've been exposed to a lot of psychic radiation

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          5 months ago

          Not to worry, I see a therapist once a month

          I just tend to get morose during these cold winter months

    • ped_xing [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Partially inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA, we could set up twin pre-memorial sites (physical and webpages) for the people who will be shot in the US in September 2035 and for people who will be killed in car crashes in the US in September 2035. Leave room for 3000 pictures/bios at each. Hold a ceremony every October. Would the hate increase or decrease after they both inevitably fill up?