Comment on To quote a movie: Why is it when a person in the military dies we feel some sympathy for, but if someone killed a mayor or senator everyone loses their minds?

ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

A soldier is an active and usually willing participant in homicidal violence. If they’re killed, that’s merely the chance they took. A soldier either kills or is killed, so it isn’t a shock.

A politician is usually expected to be non-violent, and political violence is a way to intimidate the electorate so it is more personal to people.

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