• PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Shit, rich people are dying? We better get around to fixing this whole air travel issue asap!

    Seriously, it seems like plane crashes are replacing school shootings as the American tragedy-de-jour

    • rice@lemmy.org
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      3 days ago

      musk is apparently replacing / trying to replace FAA system with some private spaceX system so good luck fixing that shit asap

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      4 days ago

      I’ll be honest, I was just thinking about the lack of school shooting news. Is it just getting buried or do those kind of assholes just feel too “seen” by this administration to take it out on kids or something?

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          Not school shootings and almost all of those are gang/drug/domestic related. Seriously the first and second one are gang activity.

          People think mass shooting/school shooting is a random act of violence. No one thinks mass shooting when two drug dealers are shooting each other.

          It’s bad enough, but we don’t need to drive false narratives.

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            3 days ago

            You’re right, I should have clarified that it was mass shootings I listed not school shootings. But I would still consider mass shootings involving gang members to count, as innocent civilians are regularly injured from this.

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              3 days ago

              Yea innocent people do get injured, but that’s a whole different set of issues to solve vs school shootings or mass shootings at random.

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        3 days ago

        Your guess is as good as mine; I couldn’t speculate on the thoughts of mass murderers. The cynic in me says that shootings no longer represent compelling content to the average consumer, so it doesn’t get pushed as hard.

        I haven’t looked up any actual statistics comparing recent mass shootings in the US, so I really can’t say.