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Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war. Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?
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The “foreign influence” part is when mass shootings are a fraction of a fraction of the deaths, yet 50% of the news coverage. Media publishes sensational pieces about what consumers demand - consumer demand is increasingly driven by online discourse, which is free to manipulate easily. The best kind of misinformation is misinformation that is true but not representative of the real situation. Have you checked our hea…
It doesn't take foreign influence for shocking violence to get attention. Sensational news has been a big part of mass media as long as mass media has existed.
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Why the filter on race? And why are you comparing a rate in a subset of US population to the rate for the entire population in other countries? Edit: typo
If you can find per-capita homicide rates disaggregated by race in other countries, that would be most welcome.
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Looking through the list of the most recent ones, I’m having trouble finding any white nationalists
Took less than a minute to find.
Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war. Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?
> very real risk of instigating civil war. Doubtful. Especially considering the American Civil war was started by wealthy land owners, but fought by the poorest conscripted Southerners. I don't really think Americans are willing to give up their extremely consumerist lives to fight and potentially die over what is essentially a hobby to most. Of course it's a convenient narrative: that Americans would take up arms in…
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Please be more specific when you talk about "the media", the most abused term in American culture.
Obviously they mean anyone who ever dares to publish anything. Every comment here is clearly part of "the media". /s
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The “foreign influence” part is when mass shootings are a fraction of a fraction of the deaths, yet 50% of the news coverage. Media publishes sensational pieces about what consumers demand - consumer demand is increasingly driven by online discourse, which is free to manipulate easily. The best kind of misinformation is misinformation that is true but not representative of the real situation. Have you checked our hea…
You're telling me that "sensational and outrageous headlines" is a foreign influence operation? Let's be serious. Yellow Journalism was thriving in its modern birthplace of USA long before PRC or RF even existed.
Demand from consumers who interact with the internet.
Consumers who, on the internet, ONLY see upvoted comments about masa shootings and see anything talking about the more deadly issue of heart disease/obesity downvoted and mocked.
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If you can find per-capita homicide rates disaggregated by race in other countries, that would be most welcome.
Why does it need to be by race?
Besides, others seem quite confident the issue is guns. Without examining other causes, we can't be sure that's the case.
Cat's out of the bag on this one. You will never get all the guns back, not without running a very real risk of instigating civil war. Ms. Jackson Lee thinks the real cause of the problem is "guns, guns, guns" - I say it's criminals, criminals, criminals. Why's Texas have so many criminals willing to use firearms for evil?
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Sigh. This is like Americans being terrified of living in Australia, b/c they've been convinced by Animal Planet that they'll be killed by venomous wildlife. There are dangerous places, but everyone you are working with will quickly let you know where they are in your area, and you can avoid them.