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If the meme was clearly an assertion of fact that men in general love murdering women, yes

Personally I read it as “[some] men love murdering”

Statistically most people don’t get murdered, but air-travel is also very safe, and people are still afraid of flying. If a meme about wanting to travel said “shame that planes crash” people probably wouldn’t be all angry about it. Or perhaps they would, people* are weird

(* again [some] people)

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qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Probably wouldn’t, but some might be a bit miffed if someone said “shame men love crashing planes”. Even though it’s true most commercial pilots are men, so most plane crashes are done by men.

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- slackassassin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  It is a shame that pilots love to commit plane crashes, though. Fuck pilots.
  
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ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s an interesting point. I’m sure you’re right, it would not trigger anger fits on so many people, by a long shot.

It still irks me tough, because all planes fly (or they wouldn’t be a plane), that’s a defining characteristic. But planes in general don’t crash, and conflating the two just adds to the fear of planes and does very little for our overall safety.

I’m not arguing they’re not dangerous, because they certainly are. But I think the important discussion is why they can crash, and how we can prevent that.

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