• mrdown@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    When there is mass shooting in schools we discuss the root of the issue. When there is increase of violence we talk about how poverty etc. contribute to it . Only when there is a major massacre related to the colonization of Palestine that people feel like it’s not the time to discuss the root of the issue

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      9 hours ago

      It could be interpreted as victim blaming in a way that talking about gun control following a school shooting cannot be.

      The other side openly engages in that sort of mentality, and I aggressively condemn it.

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        9 hours ago

        A school shooting can also definitely be used for victim blaming. Nobody who victim blaming would preface his comment by expressing sympathy for the families of the victims