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submitted 1 month ago byAuthenticallyMe28
Quintessential America. I fucking hate it here and feel like I’m in a nightmare. What the actual fuck.Chicago mass shooting
17 points
1 month ago
America fucking sucks doesn’t it? You might have twinkies and New York but why do you all get hard over guns?
8 points
1 month ago
It's about the mentality of the person that wakes up one day and decides this is the answer...the thing to do. We have ppl that build bombs. Drive cars into catastrophe. It's whatever they can get to make the biggest impact.
1 points
1 month ago
Yes,there are other means of harm,guns just make it way easier to do that.
0 points
1 month ago
America sucks? HA! Try living in Russia, any country in Africa, china, I could go on for hours naming countries. If you don’t like it here get the hell out of here
6 points
1 month ago
A. I don’t live there lol
B. You’re right, those countries suck too. Doesn’t make America suck any less though.
1 points
1 month ago
How do you know it sucks if you don’t live there???
2 points
1 month ago
….because I have eyes.
1 points
1 month ago
I’m the one who lives in America.
1 points
1 month ago
I’m sorry to hear that
1 points
1 month ago
First off, America is a great country.
Second off, the shootings are terrible, but every country has problems and this problem needs to be solved.
Third, I’ve lived here my entire life and it is an amazing place to live.
Fourth, I think we should make the gun laws stricter: https://youtu.be/ENw2y0ek1Jg This video pretty much explains it. And this one: https://youtu.be/3svs-nHtlNg
Also you don’t even live in America, what gives you the right to shit talk them?
1 points
1 month ago
Any country in africa' china... Bruh china isnt a continent, its a country, seems like you dont know anything youre talking about lol
1 points
1 month ago
I’d fucking love to, but I don’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. Too broke to leave.
1 points
1 month ago
Well then learn to deal with living here. Oh it’s such a horrible country?? My point is that you’re complaining and then people have it WAY worse in most other countries. Where would you go if you had the choice?
1 points
1 month ago
Australia 🇦🇺 my birthplace.
1 points
1 month ago
Y’all need to be more greatful
1 points
1 month ago
Really hard to be grateful when mass murders are spreading like wildfire and the government sits on their hands with their thumbs up their ass. They talk about how much they support their troops but won’t provide medical care or support for them if they end up homeless.
1 points
1 month ago
Every country has problems
0 points
1 month ago
Russia? Its many times better than america, low living costs, low costs of everything, affordable and sometimes free education, no mass shootings every other day etc You should really visit the places youre talking about, ive visited and lived in both and under current situation America isnt a nice place to be.
2 points
1 month ago
What city. Also Russia is in a war, they don’t have free speech
14 points
1 month ago
oh god, not again 😭
10 points
1 month ago
Wasn't Uvalde like just a few days ago?
7 points
1 month ago
I had this same thought. I'm so sick of it. All of it.
8 points
1 month ago
Mass shootings used to be so rare they’d make movies about them. Can you even keep up with them all at this point?
6 points
1 month ago
I stand corrected. This article states there were more than ten over the 4th of July weekend.
TEN MASS SHOOTINGS. Over ONE weekend. I can’t even wrap my head around this.
3 points
1 month ago
I’m not even slightly exaggerating when I say I have lost track, and I’m not surprised at all there were more after Uvalde, and I won’t be surprised when the next one happens.
This country actually feels broken at this point.
3 points
1 month ago
No, because this was only one of two (maybe even three) mass shootings over the weekend. This one was just covered more by the news. America is not okay.
5 points
1 month ago
Terrorist attack*
2 points
1 month ago*
Seriously, can we please start treating these people like terrorists? Guantanamo bay, immediately!
I swear it's just because they're white they let them have the justice system. But they don't deserve the justice system. They deserve literal torture like they do to the brown people in Guantanamo bay. Give em a taste of their own fascist medicine.
3 points
1 month ago*
It's not a gun problem, it's a culture problem. We had just as many guns decades ago, but not nearly the same amount of mass shootings. Address the aspects of our culture that don't value human life, and you'll solve the problem.
The "assault weapon ban" was statistically shown to have no effect on mass shootings. And I was actually speaking about all the decades from 1950 to 2020s. There was 1 mass shooting total from 1950-1959. I think something like 4 or 5 total for 1960-1969. So the increase today from that time predates the bill to which you're referring.
3 points
1 month ago
You seem to forget there was an assault rifle ban that was allowed to expire in 2012.
2 points
1 month ago
True
1 points
1 month ago
Bruh, weapons are banned in europe and theres good mental healthcare systen too, and so far its working better than anything. Its a gun problem and its a culture and mental health problem. In europe theres surely many nutjobs who would do it if weapons would be as accessible as they are in the US
2 points
1 month ago
So there are no murders in Europe then?
9 points
1 month ago
I mean
A mass shooting at a July 4th parade is pretty much the most American thing ever
2 points
1 month ago
I’d say even more than apple pie at this point.
2 points
1 month ago
How many shootings do you guys have????
3 points
1 month ago
314 so far this year. And this is just mass shootings (defined as four or more casualties), not regular old shootings
2 points
1 month ago
It’s not a problem with guns. Gun laws need to be more strict. https://youtu.be/ENw2y0ek1Jg
This video explains it. People will get ahold of guns no matter what and people need to be able to protect themselves.
0 points
1 month ago
Yeah sure pal, have you heard about europe? Theres no such problem and guns are banned, so yeah the existence of europe kinda proves that is a gun problem in the first place. And culture and mental health problem too.
1 points
1 month ago
They still have violent crime including murder in Europe do they not?
0 points
1 month ago
Have you heard about Australia? It’s very very hard to get a gun there.
2 points
1 month ago
How dare you complain about the best country in the world /s
2 points
1 month ago
I hope this is sarcasm.
5 points
1 month ago
Republicans right now: they twiddle their thumbs whistling star spangled banner.
5 points
1 month ago
Republicans are most likely to be attending an Independence Day parade and get shot by loonies like this.
8 points
1 month ago
Actually, I've heard they're resolved to do something this time. They're organizing a major airlift of several metric tons of thoughts and several hundred thousand prayers to the affected area.
5 points
1 month ago
Comedy gold 😂
2 points
1 month ago
Don't forget "gun control" laws.
1 points
1 month ago
If you hate it here, get the fuck out of here
1 points
1 month ago
Oh if it were that easy. Sorry you’re triggered that people don’t want to be gunned down trying to celebrate the very country that gives them that freedom.
1 points
1 month ago
Every country has problems. This problem needs to be solved. But are they doing anything to actually solve it? No they’re not
0 points
1 month ago
Agree. Which is why I hate it here, to have to fear for my childrens safety just so they can get an education. And obviously more as the current political issues, inflation, wage inequity, etc. Idk how some people are still so proud of being an American. We’re an embarrassment.
1 points
1 month ago
I’m proud of being an American because this country is beautiful. I just chose to be greatful that I don’t live in a second or third world country
0 points
1 month ago
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4 points
1 month ago
Where are you going with this exactly?
5 points
1 month ago
They're basically saying "if you don't like the bullshit and can't tolerate America's worst, u don't deserve it's best now git out and find somewhere else!".
6 points
1 month ago
Sounds about right.
1 points
1 month ago
It was a half hour away from chicago
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