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  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I remember the Las Vegas shooting very well because the concert was sponsored by American Express and I worked as a concierge for them at the time

    Sold many a platinum cardholder tickets to that event

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      Call me crazy but I think events like those deserve yearly commemorations. But bipartisan views on American exceptionalism hold that we must only rarely mention them again if ever. If we spend too much time thinking about mass shootings and tragedy - we might question the exceptionalism. And we mustn’t do that. It’s a scared conception.

      • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        Unfortunately, in the case of the Vegas shooting, there was nothing they could uncover. The shooter left no notes, no manifesto, no background events, and nothing on his computer that could point to any motive. Like obviously he cracked for a reason, but the cops couldn’t find anything as to why