the argument of Till's body was clear: racism is not just day to day rudeness, or an abstract political issue. It is viciousness and cruelty that most people thought of as inhuman. The myth of southern justice couldn't stand after that.
What myth would a modern shooting victim's body destroy? That mass shooters are good people? That getting murdered isn't bad? The legacy of 9/11 is that Amerikkkan reaction to brutality is no longer to feign ignorance, but to justify why the brutality was necessary or inevitable.
It wouldn't destroy any myths, it's about emotional impact.
Everybody knows that 20+ children died in Uvalde. But they're just numbers on a page to people, which is understandable because seeing any of the victims would fuck me up badly and I imagine it's the same for many others. We naturally emotionally distance ourselves from such atrocities, this allows us to remain functional in a world where horrible things happen constantly, but it also causes us to ignore things we shouldn't.
Remember "the sound of children screaming has been removed"? Everyone knew that there was screaming, but the difference between hearing and not hearing it turned it from completely unbearable to merely very uncomfortable to watch. Nobody ever pretended children weren't being killed.
I don't know if it could cause an actual movement, but putting pictures of the victims out there would absolutely have an impact. It would make it more "real" for people, much harder to ignore and accept as normal.
but what movement would it even be for? the movement to give cops broader powers to take away guns at their discretion? the movement to give people more guns so they can shoot the bad guys? Even the left isn't in agreement on how we want this problem solved.
It would depend on the moment like everything else does. Anything we can do to channel that inchoate rage and despair into a desire to end capitalist alienation and the american death drive.
If a movement like this happened, it would likely call for stricter gun laws or outright bans (or more cops at schools if you want the :joker-troll: answer)
I don't think that would be the correct solution, but that's mainly because the correct solution would require several fundamental systemic changes which I don't believe a movement would call for :shrug-outta-hecks:
The current myth about mass shootings is there exist superhuman "good guys" who would always stop mass shootings if only they had access to more high powered weaponry and were strapped at all times. They currently don't stop every mass shooting because of buyback programs or gun-free zones like schools. The counter myth is there should be more cops and only cops should have firearms.
It's a sick situation and comes down to a childish understanding of American society that's probably built on white supremacy. Ask any 2nd amendment molon labe dipshit what one of these "good guys with a gun" looks like and they'll simply describe themselves, a white guy with oakleys and a big truck. They all believe themselves to be John Wick.
Then the liberals aren't any better. Their solution is tepid, uncoordinated gun restrictions and more money to police. They can't even do gun control correctly or point to other countries that handle guns without a mass shooting every year. They could point to Switzerland, where gun possession is restricted to people who join locally trained militia, and all guns are stored in armories. They could point to Japan, where owning a firearm requires lengthy mental-health screenings every 3 years and an accuracy test at a shooting range. Nope, it's always just more money for cops and prisons.
the argument of Till's body was clear: racism is not just day to day rudeness, or an abstract political issue. It is viciousness and cruelty that most people thought of as inhuman. The myth of southern justice couldn't stand after that.
What myth would a modern shooting victim's body destroy? That mass shooters are good people? That getting murdered isn't bad? The legacy of 9/11 is that Amerikkkan reaction to brutality is no longer to feign ignorance, but to justify why the brutality was necessary or inevitable.
It wouldn't destroy any myths, it's about emotional impact.
Everybody knows that 20+ children died in Uvalde. But they're just numbers on a page to people, which is understandable because seeing any of the victims would fuck me up badly and I imagine it's the same for many others. We naturally emotionally distance ourselves from such atrocities, this allows us to remain functional in a world where horrible things happen constantly, but it also causes us to ignore things we shouldn't.
Remember "the sound of children screaming has been removed"? Everyone knew that there was screaming, but the difference between hearing and not hearing it turned it from completely unbearable to merely very uncomfortable to watch. Nobody ever pretended children weren't being killed.
I don't know if it could cause an actual movement, but putting pictures of the victims out there would absolutely have an impact. It would make it more "real" for people, much harder to ignore and accept as normal.
but what movement would it even be for? the movement to give cops broader powers to take away guns at their discretion? the movement to give people more guns so they can shoot the bad guys? Even the left isn't in agreement on how we want this problem solved.
It would depend on the moment like everything else does. Anything we can do to channel that inchoate rage and despair into a desire to end capitalist alienation and the american death drive.
If a movement like this happened, it would likely call for stricter gun laws or outright bans (or more cops at schools if you want the :joker-troll: answer)
I don't think that would be the correct solution, but that's mainly because the correct solution would require several fundamental systemic changes which I don't believe a movement would call for :shrug-outta-hecks:
The current myth about mass shootings is there exist superhuman "good guys" who would always stop mass shootings if only they had access to more high powered weaponry and were strapped at all times. They currently don't stop every mass shooting because of buyback programs or gun-free zones like schools. The counter myth is there should be more cops and only cops should have firearms.
It's a sick situation and comes down to a childish understanding of American society that's probably built on white supremacy. Ask any 2nd amendment molon labe dipshit what one of these "good guys with a gun" looks like and they'll simply describe themselves, a white guy with oakleys and a big truck. They all believe themselves to be John Wick.
Then the liberals aren't any better. Their solution is tepid, uncoordinated gun restrictions and more money to police. They can't even do gun control correctly or point to other countries that handle guns without a mass shooting every year. They could point to Switzerland, where gun possession is restricted to people who join locally trained militia, and all guns are stored in armories. They could point to Japan, where owning a firearm requires lengthy mental-health screenings every 3 years and an accuracy test at a shooting range. Nope, it's always just more money for cops and prisons.
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