• Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago
      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.