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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
If you want to look at propensity to commit violence across large groups of people, I would warn you that most statistical surveys will show the US is the one of the most violent countries in the world outside of active war zones. Our murder rate last year was higher than Afghanistan's. If you look at deaths in custody, we're competing with some of the most repressive dictatorships in the world. If you look at death sentences by courts, we're once again in the company of notorious police states. We should be careful about throwing stones.
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If I said that Americans who oppose those things have a responsibility to speak out against them, and to teach other Americans that these things are wrong and are not what being an American is about, what would your reaction (and Ty's reaction) be?
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