• Adramis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Living in a red state, I would? It’s not every year that an elected official gets whacked, even one that’s a member of a hated minority. For reference, there’s been 57 assassinated government officials in the US total: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians

    Saying “Eh this is just par for the course all countries are like this” feels like it minimalizes the problem.

    • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      “Not every decade” is maybe a poor choice of words given your supplied evidence. Though technically it does look like 2 decades were skipped… but a handful of decades had more than 5 to make up for those skipped decades.

      “Not every year” would at least be a much more defensible statement given your provided context.