• artyom@piefed.social
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    6 days ago

    The point he was making is that the vast majority of violence in America takes place in gang warfare, and if you’re not in a gang, it is far less of a personal concern than it might otherwise appear. I know this because it’s a common one that these kind of people make all the time.

    It’s a bad point because it basically implies that gang violence doesn’t matter.

    E: downvotes for explanation, I guess?

      • SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        6 days ago

        I mean it’s pretty true if you don’t count suicides and if you know that the police are just a legalized gang.

        I’d bet good money that gun violence by police is a pretty big chunk of the total.

    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Sometimes Lemmings don’t read the whole comment and assume your answering a question is the same as if you were personally proselytizing.