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In reply to the discussion: Guardian: Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths? [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)6. Yep. My thoughts exactly.
Thanks for writing them.
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Guardian: Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths? [View all]
wtmusic
Apr 2013
OP
And why didn't it work? Because the Head Gun-Humpers, the NRA, and its $, is more precious to them
MotherPetrie
Apr 2013
#44
Such palpably cherry-picked and misleading statistics don't help, I think.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#24
Without your *economy* you wouldn't even be close to a top tier nation, but that's tautological.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#36
Call that $5 trillion that we spent on the war on terror, what it really is
WHEN CRABS ROAR
Apr 2013
#112
I thought the city of Boston acted responsibly--the goal was to catch that little bastard
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#2
Somebody who murders--AND may destroy property or infrastructure--with explosives,
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#59
Er... bombings? Possibly in concert with others who might have been plotting attacks, too?
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#61
I'm not saying they did the wrong thing, but I think you're proving my point, and that's sad. (nt)
harmonicon
Apr 2013
#63
If your point is that shootings aren't different from terror, I don't think there's much difference.
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#68
What makes three deaths that happen simultaneously more important than three spread out over time?
wtmusic
Apr 2013
#96
No, but we were still largely terror noobs back then, the first WTC attack notwithstanding.
TwilightGardener
Apr 2013
#70
Yeah, it's so much more friendly to be killed by someone you know or someone you love n/t
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#16
I think that if anything you reinforce rather than undermining the article you attack.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#26
And many on the left live in fear of guns, christians, and pit bulls
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#20
Yes, America is de-sensitized to gun violence. Murder, mass shootings, suicide by gun, armed robbery
AlinPA
Apr 2013
#62
Because the big industry around gun deaths sells guns. The big industry around terror sells terror.
Marr
Apr 2013
#23
Big brother has taught us to worship our gun heritage and accept the carnage associated
indepat
Apr 2013
#29
Far from ignoring, many actually financially back them and reap the rewards. nt
raouldukelives
Apr 2013
#91
Acts of terrorism allows the US to puff its collective chest and say, "Look at me."
bulloney
Apr 2013
#43
The deathly news is dribbled to us so consistently and often that we barely raise an eyebrow
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2013
#48
Because the 2nd Amendment is sacred to the god of death and the god of death demands daily sacrifice
Hekate
Apr 2013
#73
War is profitable, and terrorizing the public ensures the prolonging of the Great and Profitable War
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#88
I don't have much to say about the article's point re: "cowed by threat of terrorism," but...
Orrex
Apr 2013
#98
Yeah, I have been feeling that way since 911... I grew up with a much greater threat M.A.D
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Apr 2013
#119