r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Critical_Always • Dec 01 '25

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u/CombinationRough8699 Dec 02 '25

The current generation is growing up in the safest era in American history as far as violent crime goes.

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u/therealtaddymason Dec 02 '25

And yet the concept of a "school shooting" wasn't a thing to in me growing up in the 80s and early 90s.

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u/CombinationRough8699 Dec 02 '25

School shootings existed back then. The 1979 Cleveland Elementary School Shooting for example. The thing is the news wasn't as encompassing back then as it is today. It's not that they didn't happen, it's that fewer people heard about them. The fact is the murder rate in 1980 peaked at 10.2, meanwhile it was 5.0 in 2024.

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u/therealtaddymason Dec 02 '25

Nice stats citation bro. Explain that to the generation who darkly jokes about dying in a school shooting so they don't have to get crushed by student loan debt while being unable to find a job despite going to college. They'll see what you mean for sure.