This.

Kazzy in reply to Brandon Berg says:

A non-exhaustive list of factors:

1) Demographics… American children, predominantly white children, young children, suburban children
2) Intent… Malaria doesn’t “murder” its victims; these children were deliberately killed
3) “It could happen to you”… what you say above
4) Concentration… 20 children dying one each in 20 different cities resonates differently than 20 children dying in one room
5) Gruesomeness… a gun shot wound is more horrifying than an unseeable infection

This tragedy struck me because I teach children not much younger than those killed in the attack. But it struck me differently than it did the non-teacher parents here. Which was different than how it struck non-teacher non-parents. No one’s reaction is right or wrong, better or worse, just informed by their unique circumstances. Similarly, I was in high school when Columbine happened. And had just graduated college when VTech happened. So those events resonated with me in a different way than OK City or 9/11.

But I did wonder about and debated discussing (thought ultimately decided not to) why these 20 tragic deaths were somehow a greater motivation to address gun violence than the scores of kids dying on the streets of Chicago or DC or Baltimore or LA every year. To say nothing of the thousands who die all around the world and whose death are just as, if not more, preventable.Report