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Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings (newsthump.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] F_State@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We used to have guns but few mass shootings. The obvious link is between the accelerated impoverishment & corrosion of society by an increasingly greedy capitalist oligarchy and outbreaks of violence.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it is video games and the devil's music.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, sure. But you can't spell capitalist oligarchy without GOP.

[–] F_State@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

The two major parties are not the same but they are both guilty in this case.