• PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    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”.

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      11 months ago

      It’s a dog whistle for justifying the gun violence as only being between black people and hispanics, as if that makes it okay.

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        11 months ago

        I mean it seems like a change to inflate the numbers, but shifting it to minorities could prolly keep the right quiet.