Because â and this might be a hot take â I donât think it should be socially acceptable to bring up a recent national tragedy as a fucking punchline
Weâve been voting. Weâre trying to get the rules changed and weâre getting stonewalled by people who only listen to media that makes up reasons for them to hate things that would be good for the masses because it would be bad for a few people at the top and Iâm sick to fucking death of people making fun of us for it and treating actual dying children as some sort of own. For Christâs sake, have some fucking empathy. None of us, not even the furthest-right conservatives, think this is okay, and weâre trying to do something about it, and it doesnât help when youâre like âhaha look at all the dead children, isnât it funny how stupid Americans areâ
None of us, not even the furthest-right conservatives, think this is okay
Aguably, conservatives may not think itâs ok but theyâre so scared of losing their guns (because their politicians say dems will take them so they can get elected) that conservatives consider dead kids an acceptable loss. If they didnât, more of them would vote for the party that wants to control who can obtain them.
Or, arguably even more importantly, conservatives argue that this is actually about âmental health issuesâ but then subsequently refuse to do anything to improve mental health. So they donât even bother trying their own proposed solution.
You would think at this point that the US would have the most robust mental-healthcare system on the planet!
I wish I could say people were trying to stop school shootings in my area. I live in PERRY FUCKING IOWA, about a mile from the very school that was shot up, and all I fucking see from anyone around here is thoughts and prayers, wear a blue shirt, Perry Strong!!
Itâs embarrassing.
I do agree that we need more empathy. But that empathy can and should be used to have a better humour.
Because i canât stress enough how humour is important in dealing with tragedy. Itâs one of the greatest tool to overcome it.
Thatâs why you also see American joking about it. Only their jokes might be funnier than Europeanâs because they know and emphasize better with the tragedy.
On the other hand, one thing we do share is trying to change without any or not enough results. Thatâs something most countries know about in this day and age. Media and corrupt system is something Europeanâs deals with too.
So i get your anger, itâs also good, itâs a driving force for us to continue trying to change, however helpless we feel.
Americans: USA is the greatest country in the world. Behold our God given rights and freedoms! Weâre number 1! Weâre exceptional! U! S! A! U! S! A!
Europeans: Actually itâs pretty arrogant to think your country is so much better than all the other. All countries have flaws and strengths. For example USA have problems with gun violence and healthcare.
Americans: How dare you make fun of our national tragedies! Canât you see weâre suffering here? Youâre making fun of dead children! You MONSTERS!!
Not thatâs a meme. Which template should I use?
Americans: USA is the greatest country in the world. Behold our God given rights and freedoms! Weâre number 1! Weâre exceptional! U! S! A! U! S! A!
thatâs a nice strawman youâve got there
