And let’s give cops money to do it!

Edit: this post has nothing to do with “revolution” or adventurism. The libs like to point the finger at replublicans and say “they won’t let us do background checks!” As if that will stop any of this

  • Deadend [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I don't think it's the guns that are doing it.

    I don't know what it is exactly that is leading to more and more weirdos going "I'm going to kill a bunch of strangers/" in greater and greater numbers every year here.

    Some are racist, and some do it because they just want to have an adventure?

    I can say that we'd have way less of a problem with gun violence if these shitheads went after boardrooms instead of children.

    • bayezid [any]
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      3 years ago

      Americans thrive to be represented in 'the spectacle.' So it's become an actor, athelete or shoot up some people so you get on the news.

      • Deadend [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I’m going to go click like on some shitty edgelord teen memers TikTok, maybe it will save a life.

        • bayezid [any]
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          3 years ago

          Elon Musk knows he can't log of because for at least one of his fans a simple like on their meme is enough to prevent them from shooting up a school or a mall.

    • JamesGoblin [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I believe it's natural combo of constantly dropping living standard and - as a reaction to that - media becoming more and more aggressive in order to controll the poor; Say lots of stuff that would be banned/filtered 20-30 years ago is now tolerated or even normalised, plus social media is even harder to regulate (even if someone really wanted to) than the classical papers/TV.

      Social media alone is not "enough" - since there is practically zero shootings out of USA.

      • Deadend [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Maybe it’s the combination of things getting worse while being told things are actually getting better.

        American media goes very hard on saying things are getting better in a way that most people look around themselves and go “sure doesn’t look that way.”

        But then instead of going after those bastards they shoot random kids? Like they aren’t even shooting out of revenge.

        • JamesGoblin [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          The murderers are deranged, I have no idea what exactly happens in their minds - maybe they are lost and seeking point/purpose in life, thinking they are some kind of messiahs/martyrs, extreme anger management issues...I could go on with million other ideas but really it's just guessing and not really rellevant.

          What I had in mind is the climate of despair / normalised violence and easily available guns, in which these things start happening regularly. Unlike in many other countries in the world which, I bet, have their fair share of lunatics.