TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1781arrow-down128file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarePsychedSylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-squarePsychedSylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI mean it seems like a change to inflate the numbers, but shifting it to minorities could prolly keep the right quiet.
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.