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EdwardBernays

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39. Not sure

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:00 PM

Nov 2015

. .where you dug that chart up, but no other developed country have anywhere near the gun violence that America has.

OK lol. I just realised you're comparing America to places like Zimbabwe and Honduras. Lol.

What that chart ACTUALLY shows you is that the VAST majority of countries have a dramatically lower level of gun violence.

And there's NO country with a median income approaching the US's with anything close to the same level of gun violence.

Stupid chart is stupid.

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America is weak. [View all] EdwardBernays Nov 2015 OP

I love America bravenak Nov 2015 #1

Then don't hate or try to take Bernie down( your words) darkangel218 Nov 2015 #3

So Bernie=America now? 72DejaVu Nov 2015 #4

There's what is, and what should be. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #26

Ouch! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #13

Me too--it's easy to criticize here. Not so much in other places, I've noticed. nt MADem Nov 2015 #51

I agree. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #2

America's weakest link is its gun humping cowards Skittles Nov 2015 #5

Have you seen the OP's favorite group? nt valerief Nov 2015 #34

Have you seen the posts the OP makes in their favorite group? Glassunion Nov 2015 #38

And I just read an article in the HuffPo that we are ripe for fascism Cary Nov 2015 #6

Contrast craven America with even-keel Europe and the difference is pretty stark. Surya Gayatri Nov 2015 #7

Good post. My parents are English, and we visited London frequently in my childhood. cwydro Nov 2015 #23

Weak is only a symptom nolabels Nov 2015 #8

I don't know EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #19

Sorry, maybe more apt word would be ignorant. nolabels Nov 2015 #56

Yes we collectively lost our sh*t underpants Nov 2015 #9

indeed EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #16

All you need to do is detox from the matrix BelgianMadCow Nov 2015 #10

You make a brilliant point but your prescription is not universal tech3149 Nov 2015 #15

Come visit Europe EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #17

Well said Edward, thanks for the on-the-money post! Scuba Nov 2015 #11

I fear the possibility of a Ted Cruz or Trump becoming president. livingonearth Nov 2015 #12

That is real cause for fear. Especially Cruz SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #14

the antidote EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #18

I think Trump's scarier than Cruz Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #55

Don't tell that to my friend Rei yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #20

We did far more damage to ourselves after 9/11... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #21

I said the same thing EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #24

That's why I'm supporting Bernie Sanders Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #22

"Land of the free and home of the brave" = False advertising. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #25

Comrade, please. Rose Siding Nov 2015 #27

Scene from Newsroom says it all Va Lefty Nov 2015 #28

Edward, you mistake human behavior for American. Hortensis Nov 2015 #29

You'd be surprised EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #31

"No other culture is like American culture and many of its issues(eg gun violence)are uniquely..." EX500rider Nov 2015 #37

Not sure EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #39

So you mean "uniquely American" if compared to other cherry picked European countries.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #41

Yeah the OP has a weak argument at best imo. Rex Nov 2015 #45

No EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #46

again EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #47

You just can't call it "uniquely American" if more then half the countries.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #49

"We're better than Somalia in gun violence!!!" Quite the goal dream... LanternWaste Nov 2015 #52

Yes ... EX500rider Nov 2015 #53

What I meant, Edward, is that all people are born Hortensis Nov 2015 #57

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #30

Wrong, so wrong. Our government is weak, only held together by the Executive branch. Rex Nov 2015 #32

not true EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #36

That was not my point, humans are easy to scare and disturb. Rex Nov 2015 #42

I don't mean its genetic EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #43

And I mean it is genetic. Rex Nov 2015 #44

I know EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #48

Well sure everyone has their own culture, but Americans are neither more nor less scared Rex Nov 2015 #54

What Americans? Just because the pols and teevee say we're afraid doesn't mean we are. valerief Nov 2015 #33

Spend any amount of time EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #35

I blame the RW media for all this prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #40

Me too. How do we curtail their bs flamingdem Nov 2015 #50

Then we need a candidate to tell us that and that will make us strong Township75 Nov 2015 #58