Some thoughts on precisely what it is that makes the United States so exceptional. Spoiler alert: Europe is full of racists, too, but they don't have mass shootings every day. All over the US media there are discussions taking place, as one would expect, about the slaughter of 10 people in Buffalo, New York, by a young white supremacist in body armor with a rapid-fire weapon. I have heard no discussion about the phenomenon of mass shootings in general in the US compared to other countries, in this round of discussion. Lots of discussion about the many reasons for mass shootings to happen, without any explanation for what makes the US so exceptional in this regard, aside from implied explanations that can be very misleading, whether intentionally so or not.
When the Shooting Ended
When the Shooting Ended
When the Shooting Ended
Some thoughts on precisely what it is that makes the United States so exceptional. Spoiler alert: Europe is full of racists, too, but they don't have mass shootings every day. All over the US media there are discussions taking place, as one would expect, about the slaughter of 10 people in Buffalo, New York, by a young white supremacist in body armor with a rapid-fire weapon. I have heard no discussion about the phenomenon of mass shootings in general in the US compared to other countries, in this round of discussion. Lots of discussion about the many reasons for mass shootings to happen, without any explanation for what makes the US so exceptional in this regard, aside from implied explanations that can be very misleading, whether intentionally so or not.