Comment on Time to bash Americans again
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 19 hours agoBeing American is not exclusive to black people and thus American culture is a country-wide problem in relation to guns.
Comment on Time to bash Americans again
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 19 hours agoBeing American is not exclusive to black people and thus American culture is a country-wide problem in relation to guns.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 18 hours ago
That makes sense from an outside perspective, sure. But your criticism was about Americans turning a blind eye to the “cultural” problem.
Within the US, blaming gun violence on “culture” means pointing out that 13-17% of the population commits (and are the victims of) 55-65% of the murders. Blaming “culture” means pointing out that mass shooters are predominantly white, they also account for less than 1% of all murders.
The Americans broadly adopting your “cultural problem” argument are MAGAts. Normal Americans are turning a blind eye to that viewpoint, rather than being lumped in with those racist pricks.