• drislands@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Ehhhh sometimes it goes too far. I remember one time he commented after a mass shooting that, uhm ackshually the flu kills more people than mass shootings so why are you all upset? It was pretty offensive.

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      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t call it offensive. It’s factual. It is insensitive. It’s not thinking of those that died and their families.

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        10 months ago

        it’d work if it was just used to point out that WE NEED WELL FUNDED UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE

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        10 months ago

        I would consider it offensive to belittle the murder of children/adults just because diseases kill more people. That’s such a smooth brain take, and is honestly something I’d expect to come out of a Republican politician.