Joanna Bryson, blathering on Nostr: I don't understand how an assassination attempt can be more shocking than a school ...
I don't understand how an assassination attempt can be more shocking than a school shooting. I thought American shootings were normalised; I'm honestly surprised people feel more about this one. I do worry about a sympathy vote surge but shootings are so normal in the US I wonder even about that.
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