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> So, I kind of get why people might not like your argumentation style. Yeah. I know I should dial it down a little. But I'm actually really concerned about th

> So, I kind of get why people might not like your argumentation style. Yeah. I know I should dial it down a little. But I'm actually really concerned about the US. They do have a lot of mass shootings, and not even tackling this problem does point to a larger dysfunction in the US. And Trump does not accept is loss and 60% of republicans agree. That's why I actually fear that the next elections in the US will not be democratic. https://snyder.substack.com/p/911-and-16 https://snyder.substack.com/p/911-and-16

whiddershins 5y ago
You don’t understand what the mass shootings are and who does them.
- j_wtf_all_taken 5y ago
  Yeah but the people writing the articles I read do.
  - whiddershins 5y ago
    Really? I could have sworn you mentioned school shootings. Which are rare, which is why they make the headlines. In Chicago there are mass shootings every weekend that get no press coverage. The inner city gang warfare and similar makes up the vast majority of mass shootings in the U.S. Mass shootings have basically nothing to do with small town and rural NRA members. Did you already know all that?
    - j_wtf_all_taken 5y ago
      In my last post, where I actually agreed that I should dial it down a little, I therefore wrote about mass shootings. I really don't care about who shoots who. You know, as an European I know for a fact that if less people have guns, less shooting happens, no matter who's the shooter. And of course your rural NRA member has a huge influence on inner city shootings, after all the NRA is also responsible for the laws leading to that many guns circulating. So yeah, I know those things, and I know how wrong you are. Again, I actually live in a country with very few mass shootings, whatever the NRA tells you, they do exist. It seems like NRA "a good guy with a gun" propaganda works though, although I can't really believe that.
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      "Rare"? Matter of definition. Most other coutries have had at most one per country; I think Germany may be among the worst hit, and it has had something like six, total. The USA has, AFAIK, at least one per year. Idunno, I don't think I'd call that particularly rare.

whiddershins 5y ago

You don’t understand what the mass shootings are and who does them.

j_wtf_all_taken 5y ago
Yeah but the people writing the articles I read do.
- whiddershins 5y ago
  Really? I could have sworn you mentioned school shootings. Which are rare, which is why they make the headlines. In Chicago there are mass shootings every weekend that get no press coverage. The inner city gang warfare and similar makes up the vast majority of mass shootings in the U.S. Mass shootings have basically nothing to do with small town and rural NRA members. Did you already know all that?
  - j_wtf_all_taken 5y ago
    In my last post, where I actually agreed that I should dial it down a little, I therefore wrote about mass shootings. I really don't care about who shoots who. You know, as an European I know for a fact that if less people have guns, less shooting happens, no matter who's the shooter. And of course your rural NRA member has a huge influence on inner city shootings, after all the NRA is also responsible for the laws leading to that many guns circulating. So yeah, I know those things, and I know how wrong you are. Again, I actually live in a country with very few mass shootings, whatever the NRA tells you, they do exist. It seems like NRA "a good guy with a gun" propaganda works though, although I can't really believe that.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    "Rare"? Matter of definition. Most other coutries have had at most one per country; I think Germany may be among the worst hit, and it has had something like six, total. The USA has, AFAIK, at least one per year. Idunno, I don't think I'd call that particularly rare.