#yeah we suck our politics suck we've done bad shit. but ESPECIALLY seeing the BRITISH try to take the moral high ground here

[carcinized]

this post got wayyy more notes than i intended for a post phrased more as a vent than something coherent so let me say this before i see it in the notes again. especially because this post was made before uvalde but got popular after, let me try and square this away right.

this post is NOT to downplay the experiences of gun violence victims outside the US. any gun violence is horrible & so are any jokes where victims of it are the punchline, no matter where they occur.

HOWEVER, this post IS about the tons and tons of jokes i see about american school shootings. the old post where someone jokes about the british accent and some briton goes "well at least we dont have SCHOOL SHOOTINGS" or whatever the fuck it is like. guys thats not a one time thing. guys i see shit like that online all the time.

if you dont live in fear of a school shooting every day you go to school to get your government-required education, you cannot imagine the fear. if youve never been in a lockdown, real or fake, you cannot imagine the fear. if youve never texted your family a possible last "i love you, i'm sorry for [xyz]" if you've never accepted this it where i die when the door opens if you've never dealt with the grief of losing someone you know in a school shooting (or to gun violence at all) you cannot imagine it. all of that is the reality for many american KIDS AND TEENAGERS.

i know y'all hate everything american but like cmon. u can hate our politicians u can hate our laws and culture and structure i dont give a fuck. but youre taking it out on KIDS WHO DIED. BABIES. what the fuck did a bunch of kids do to you. a lot of these kids were TEN. they didnt do anything to deserve that no matter how you spin it, no matter how many "but america sucks" cards you play.

victims of gun violence & the millions of kids affected by it in the US are not your punchline. no victim should ever be a punchline. if you really fucking hate guns in america and the ONLY way you can express that is through edgy jokes, go poke fun at the NRA. even that though is like. that really aint your place if ur not american. this whole situations really not that funny. get better jokes ffs

some of yall have never had any expereinces with how scary gun violence can be and it shows. maybe instead of laughing at those of us with trauma and poking fun at those who've died you should be grateful your country has fucking laws protecting you