Armpit Sweaty@beehaw.org to Creative@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 days agoGuns. All men are equal, but...beehaw.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 days agoTells you everything you need to know about how our government and media see themselves. We’re all driven to action, or at least expression of opinion, based on things that happen to us or people like us. Kids/poor people get shot: no government officials give a damn, media run the story for clicks. CEO gets shot: media and government freak out, they relate more to the CEO and see themselves as targets.
minus-squareArmpit Sweaty@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoYes , very very this - I’ve posted this around the public internet and so many knee jerk reactions like , don’t criticise my guns , gun laws and Luigi have nothing to do with each other how dare you
Tells you everything you need to know about how our government and media see themselves.
We’re all driven to action, or at least expression of opinion, based on things that happen to us or people like us.
Kids/poor people get shot: no government officials give a damn, media run the story for clicks.
CEO gets shot: media and government freak out, they relate more to the CEO and see themselves as targets.
Yes , very very this - I’ve posted this around the public internet and so many knee jerk reactions like , don’t criticise my guns , gun laws and Luigi have nothing to do with each other how dare you