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mooreandrew58 posted...

not getting into if its over exaggerated by conservatives or not, just going to point out when liberals talk about gun deaths they don't like it when conservatives bring up car related deaths and some claim apples to oranges. or that just because one thing is worse you shouldn't ignore the other. so yeah double standards.

That's not really a relevant comparison. Car-related deaths are brought up in an effort to dismiss gun-related deaths, not as a way to provide perspective on the significance of the associated risks (it's also a pretty flawed argument, given that extensive measures are taken to minimize the risks of driving, and liberals also tend to be stronger proponents of active/public transportation developments to cut down on the amount of driving people do). Here, deaths by lawnmower is presented as a statistic that almost nobody would ever consider to be significant, given that it's quite small. Pointing out that it still constitutes more of a risk than terrorism is meant to illustrate just how small a risk terrorism really is, and to point out the folly of devoting so much hysteria to preventing it.

Blaqthourne posted...

What this says to me is that kids need to man up and walk to school. Look at all the lives that would be saved by getting rid of buses.

Or by putting everyone on a bus. Can't be hit by the bus if you're inside it.
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