• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yes, and black’s commit more crime in America. Because they get thrown in jail more often than whites. Wait…

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      “What about black-on-black crime?”

      “You mean they’ve been segregated into racial enclaves where they’ve been artificially impoverished for a few generations now, so the criminals have more access to other black people than any white people?”

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        1 month ago

        LiberalGunNut™ here! Reminds me of gun nuts defending the stats. Yes, a little less than half are suicides, like those don’t matter. The rest of the killings are largely gang violence, like those don’t matter.

        Very easy to read between the lines.

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          The suicide thing really bothers me. “They would have committed suicide anyway” is what I have heard, which is incredibly callous and impossible to know. Certainly having something that can kill you instantly without any sort of preparation makes it a hell of a lot easier to act on suicidal impulses.

          (I am indifferent about guns overall.)