• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Cars are not designed to inflict harm. This cheap false equivalence tells us a lot.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Right. I can’t ride my gun to work or the grocery store. I get that there’s a lot of negatives associated with car culture, but it’s a tool in a way that firearms are not.

    • limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 months ago

      Cars, roads, and car culture are inflicting harm though, even if it’s seen as a neutral tool by many

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        4 months ago

        Lots of things cause harm while also doing good things. It’s a balance.

        The problem is when that balance skews more one way than another.

    • LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, cars aren’t even designed to kill people and they still do it just as much as guns. They’re way too dangerous to be legal.

      • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        That doesnt make any sense. Since card have other purposes than killing they can be legal.

        Since guns only exist to kill they should not be legal. But it is a fight against wind mills since americans love their ability to kill who they want more than they love their kids.

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          4 months ago

          Car drivers kill more people without even trying than shooters kill. Imagine if the car drivers were actually trying to kill people. Cars are probably a hundred or a thousand times as dangerous as guns if you control for intent.

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            4 months ago

            Yet cars are not made to kill and have a purpose in everyday life. Guns dont. But sure, I am all for building more public transportation.

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      4 months ago

      Are you saying that OP is making a “cheap false equivalence”? They are commenting on news coverage, so I don’t follow what you mean.

      • breecher@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        Yes, OP is very much doing that. They are commenting on how they think that news coverage should do a false equivalence on those two things.

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          4 months ago

          Ty. I guess OP could be hinting at that. I don’t pick up on hints very well, and thought they were saying the news should also report about vehicle accident and death rates sometime.