[Magdalen] Mass nightclub shooting.

[Molly Wolf]

Forgive me, but as both a history major and an editor, "worst mass shooting in American history" still doesn't parse. It's the worst mass shooting in the U.S. in this century. I think if you looked into U.S. Black or Native history, you'd find worse.

I'm not just nitpicking.  It's important to fact-check statement about history,

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

On Jun 12, 2016, at 7:33 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>>> That's the arrogance of a privileged white perspective.<<<
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> And also the natural result of thinking in terms of what is currently happening, regardless of what history teaches us.  The relations and loved ones of those lost today in Orlando are not thinking in terms of, or guilty of, "privileged white perspective".  Of course, the U.S. has done worse, when the context is expanded.
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> In current context, no one is wrong for saying this is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.