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[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

To your point, it's funny how we frame things depending on the circumstances.

Growing up I always thought the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was some huge slaughter where hundreds of people died. Turns out it was seven people. Mobsters, actually, so it could be argued it was "gang violence", but still. Seven people executed by a rival gang, and it's a massacre.

At least 37 die, over 800 injured, and over 10000 were left homeless, but Tulsa ignored it for decades, then called it a,,"race riot".

Twenty children and six adults are murdered by a nutter and it's still not a massacre, but at least it's "tragic", which is a step up from the average school shooting, which is normally called "Tuesday".

Over 45,000 Afghan civilians died from 2001-2021, but that's not a massacre, just collateral damage.

But that's over twenty years, of course that's not a massacre, plus they're, you know, foreign. Now if 45,000 Americans died in one year, well, that would be different. Except they do, but because they lack insurance coverage. So, you know, that's their fault for dying of preventable illnesses on account of being poor. That's not a massacre, just good business.

But one CEO is murdered and it's a tragedy again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Over 45,000 Afghan civilians died from 2001-2021, but that’s not a massacre, just collateral damage.

But that’s over twenty years, of course that’s not a massacre, plus they’re, you know, foreign. Now if 45,000 Americans died in one year, well, that would be different. Except they do, but because they lack insurance coverage. So, you know, that’s their fault for dying of preventable illnesses on account of being poor. That’s not a massacre, just good business.

And when Israel kills that many Palestinians in one year, college kids get arrested for protesting it while Congress jacks off while rubberstamping another $10 billion of arms sales to Bibi.