StrugglingGuitarist
Listened to a segment on NPR the other day about violence and safety in the US from a regional perspective. Can you guess the safest regions? The most violent regions?

Safest is the NYC Metro area and New England
Followed by the Great Lakes Region

Most violent and dangerous regions?
The Deep South
Appalachia Region

The GOP gaslighting that NYC is dangerous is utter nonsense.
May 4, 2023 at 12:24pmWeb
Show threadREAL GJ Zig 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸May 4, 2023

@StrugglingGuitarist the article in question.....

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170771921/republicans-new-york-crime-wave-experts-disagree

Show threadOld Hippie ⓋMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist Am I surprised at this? Not at all.
Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 4, 2023
@old_hippie Right - yet people who are "indocrinated" by Faux News will buy into the gaslighting.
Show threadShoqMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist it never ceases to stop astonishing me that we have no pushback against this kind of vapid agitprop.
Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 4, 2023
@shoq well the study in and of itself is pushback. The unfortunate thing is mainstream news media won't do a story like the NPR story. And Faux News only accentuates the false narrative.
Show threadbeingextortedMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist This revelation does not surprise nor alleviate any of my reservations.
I'll give a few guesses as to where I ended up...
To help with the guesses, a clue or two:
"Y'all ain't from around here, are ya?"
and...(my personal favorite):
"You're in a heapa trouble, now boy!"
Show threadBuster McNuttMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist
BuT cHicAgO!
Show threadClaire-himeMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist that's because "crime" is just a dog whistle for places where lots of minorities live
Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 4, 2023
@waitworry exactly - trying to gaslight the public to instill unwarranted fear.
Show threadKevin RussellMay 4, 2023

@StrugglingGuitarist

"Atlanta Shooting Survivor Drops Horrific Stat: She Encountered 4 Active Shooters In 5 Years"

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/atlanta-shooting-survivor-cnn_n_645341afe4b04616030fecf3

Atlanta Shooting Survivor Drops Horrific Stat: Her 4th Active Shooter In 5 Years

One woman described the moments after she heard gunshots in the Atlanta medical facility where a shooter killed at least one person Wednesday.

HuffPost
Show threadGlitchMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist @kevinrns fucking hell that’s horrifying. I can’t even comprehend how that must feel like for her.
Show threadKevin RussellMay 4, 2023

@glitchontwitch @StrugglingGuitarist

It is the super-position all Americans are in, she is us.

We are being terrorized by the Republican Party.

Show threadjanetateMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist @Npars01 I can verify that. I grew up in & lived in Detroit a good portion of my life. And yes, I was raised in the actual city of Detroit, not a suburb. I had to move to Nashville to have gun violence find me. Right next door. Some college age kid with no coping skills started shooting a gun because he couldn’t find his cellphone 🤦🏻‍♀️🤬 Another in the neighborhood committed suicide by cop. Gunfire is heard nightly in surrounding neighborhoods. 😕
Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 4, 2023
@janetate @Npars01 😕
Show threadKaren StrickholmMay 4, 2023

@janetate @StrugglingGuitarist @Npars01

Well that sucks. Guns are common where I am too - similar problems. Something's gotta change!!

Show threadStrugglingGuitaristMay 4, 2023
@KarenStrickholm @janetate @Npars01 The majority of us think so, but in the case of guns - the minority of the populations always seems to win (especially so in regions of the country referenced in the piece). The point the interviewee made was that different messaging is necessary for different regions of the country. It's almost like different regions of the US need to be treated like separate countries with their own culture. Again back to my point a few days ago, the UNITED State of America is a myth and a bit of a silly name for our nation. We are anything but united on so many issues.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMay 4, 2023

@StrugglingGuitarist @KarenStrickholm @janetate

It's not the first time that seemingly disparate entities can overcome their differences enough to create something great.

Malcolm Gladwell in his books describes processes in teams or companies that appear like they squabble constantly yet produce amazing results.

Cookie cutter solutions are doomed to failure because humans aren't uniform & never will be.

Embrace a plurality & multiracial democracy & the USA can show off the outcome.

Show threadKaren StrickholmMay 5, 2023
@Npars01 @StrugglingGuitarist @janetate Man I hope so, with all my heart!
Show threadTobin BakerMay 4, 2023
@StrugglingGuitarist Appalachian counties have always had the highest per-capita homicide rates in the US. Read "American Nations" if you want to know why (spoiler: Scottish Borderlands reavers gonna reave).
Show threadBill O’Slarty-BartfastMay 7, 2023

@StrugglingGuitarist the whole country looks terrifying from the outside.

I don’t know how you guys survive at all.