I don't want to talk about Aldean's "Small town" lyrics or video.

I do want to point out (again) that the homicide rate in GOP "small town" counties, is higher than that in Dem "big town" counties. 🤡

https://www.cjcj.org/reports-publications/publications/crime-trends-and-violence-worse-in-californias-republican-voting-counties-than-democratic-voting-counties

A white person in a red county has about as much chance of being shot as a Black person in a blue county.🤡

(I don't know how much you know about crime in the USA, but if you have as much risk of being a victim of anything as Black people? That's not good).

The secret to not being shot in the United States is:
* Be white
* Be in a big blue city

I think it's hilarious how white folk from small towns think of New York as a dangerous place.

If you visit NYC from rural America, your chances of being shot just went *down* significantly.

If you look at victim stats, in general you see that:

* Black people shoot Black people.

* White people shoot white people.

* White people in blue counties don't point guns at each other very often.

* White people in red counties point guns at each other way too often.

That vigilante justice in red counties is often expressed by someone pulling a gun on you after a perceived traffic slight.

You can flee SF for TX because seeing homeless people scares you, but you ain't ready to see guns pulled at a fender bender, or because someone merged.🤷🏿‍♂️

@mekkaokereke it's the hallmark of "honor culture", discussed well in this episode of Hidden Brain: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/made-of-honor/
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And like in other cultures that have "honor killings," it's all about the killer's ego.
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