TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 months agoUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1781arrow-down127file-textcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·7 months agoIt also encourages confusion that each mass shooting is someone trying to kill as many people as possible in a public place, when that overwhelmingly isn’t actually true.
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoThe new definition is mostly gang violence now, but that’s not what any of us think of when we see or hear “mass shooting”.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s a dog whistle for justifying the gun violence as only being between black people and hispanics, as if that makes it okay.
minus-squarePsychedSy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI mean it seems like a change to inflate the numbers, but shifting it to minorities could prolly keep the right quiet.
It also encourages confusion that each mass shooting is someone trying to kill as many people as possible in a public place, when that overwhelmingly isn’t actually true.
The new definition is mostly gang violence now, but that’s not what any of us think of when we see or hear “mass shooting”.
It’s a dog whistle for justifying the gun violence as only being between black people and hispanics, as if that makes it okay.
I mean it seems like a change to inflate the numbers, but shifting it to minorities could prolly keep the right quiet.