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Stop the timeline, I want to get off (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The idea of a white America to begin with is inherently toxic, tbf. American whiteness is a construct made by ruling elites once they realized that the Irish and Italian immigrants were going to outnumber the British-Germanic descended citizenry.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, the United States is something like 75% white, so its mostly white. Right?

    The problem is batshit crazy racists, violent gun-obsessed lunatics, and other combo mental health/social indoctrination problems.

    And yes, by statistics those people are 75% likely to be white, too. And wouldn't you know it, stats for mass shootings show that's pretty accurate.

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/

    Maybe we all need to stop blaming race for everything. Maybe it's just America.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    1. it's more like 60% white

    2. statistics regarding "mass shootings" are ALWAYS misleading because the definition of "mass shooting" is way more broad than most people realize. More than 1 victim = mass shooting. So if there's a gang shootout between 3 or more people, that's a mass shooting. Someone shoots their cheating spouse and the person they cheated with? Mass shooting. It's very rarely the kind of planned terroristic thing people associate the term with.

    I think your overall point is still valid but I wanted to clear those things up.

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