American Exceptionalism

[kpete]

Mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map

http://www.vox.com/a/mass-shootings-sandy-hook
https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484





God Bless America.....

[Recursion]

1. I still don't get why we would compare ourselves to Western Europe

We're a colonial country, not a European country, and we have violence rates pretty much like the rest of the colonial countries.

[el_bryanto]

2. So we should compare our gun deaths to Canada and Australia and New Zealand?

I think we will still look pretty murderous.

Bryant

[Recursion]

3. Brazil, South Africa, and Argentina

Which of those two sets of three countries does our population look more like?

(And, well, it's kind of between the two groups, just like our violence rate is.)

[el_bryanto]

4. You are talking about 2nd and 3rd world countries with a history of political instability

It's starting to look like you are gaming the numbers to make the United States look better.

Bryant

[Recursion]

5. No, I'm talking about colonial countries, like ours.

Countries with relatively stable constitutional systems, large diverse colonial populations and a legacy of slavery, and significant income inequality. Just like us.

[Gothmog]

6. This is so very very sad