r/MurderedByWords • u/Bad-Umpire10 yeah, i'm that guy with 12 upvotes • Dec 09 '24

#2 Murder of Week 68,000 Americans

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u/FROOMLOOMS Dec 09 '24

A father?!

Each one of those dead Americans ARE fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, people with friends, lives, jobs, and a human heart that loves people.

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u/Guest65726 Dec 09 '24

Just because those 68,000 were not gunned down in the street doesn’t make them any less dead….. and they are dead BECAUSE of health coverage denial… Why is it that when the cause of death isn’t something upfront and violent, it somehow makes it a more acceptable death?

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u/xSilverMC Dec 09 '24

It's a more acceptable death because they're poor. Hundreds of Americans die due to gun violence each day too, and nobody gives a shit because they're not rich.

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u/FROOMLOOMS Dec 09 '24

Largely poor and POC. So rich people people love that. Even the rich POC have shown disdain for the plight of POC because "fuck you, I got mine"

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u/ThaumaturgeEins Dec 09 '24

And children. Don't forget about school shootings. Oh, and the teachers. Whom the Republicans hate.