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Canada warns LGBT travellers of US risks (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except, the truth is that this has happened twice in two years and those are only the mass shootings in which African Americans were explicitly targeted.

Florida Dollar General - 2023

https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-alleged-racially-motivated-killing-jacksonville-dollar-general/story?id=102599495

Buffalo, New York Tops Supermarket - 2022 https://buffalonews.com/news/local/complete-coverage-10-killed-3-wounded-in-mass-shooting-at-buffalo-supermarket/collection_e8c7df32-d402-11ec-9ebc-e39ca6890844.html

Dunno what world you live in, but if those events didn't happen it sounds a lot nicer than reality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These people aren't "you".

I could make a similar statement:

Child? You're literally being abused and raped by your parents on a regular basis.

This statement is true for a lot more children than the prior statement is for black people.

It's still a stupid statement.

No, being a child doesn't mean you'll be abused and being black doesn't mean you'll be attacked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The fact is the likelihood of black people being killed is in red states much higher in red states.