"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
- Angela Davis, for those who didn't know the reference
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
An armed left is like base level marxism, how are people still surprised by that at this point?
Because American media keeps pushing the idea that the Democrats are "the left" and because Democrats oppose guns because the Republicans promote them, they equate owning a gun with being a part of "the right".
Also far right conservative men are given all the permission in the world to threaten violence whereas many groups of people on the left, and leftism in general are defined by conservatives as inherently dangerous which both makes it practically much more dangerous to own guns and carry them (because you will just got shot by a cop and the cop won't even get in trouble they can just say "they looked dangerous") and also makes a culture of responsible gun ownership way harder to grow because the societal conditions around it are aggressively hostile to leftwing people owning guns.
Listen to the way centrists talk about the threat of violence from the far left and far right in the US, of course there are shitty, dangerous people on the left, but to compare the two as if there were similar amounts of violence coming from both is a ridiculous misstatement of reality.
Yeah - in non US places gun ownership only means one thing: you own a gun. It says nothing about your politics. And yes, US democrats being referred to as “left” is ridiculous. The Democrat party wouldn’t even be a centrist party in most (western) democracies.
Republicans "support" guns up until black people start marching with them.
Democrats "oppose" guns except for the police who shoot black people.
It's not like armed insurgencies don't happen in modern countries. Look up the IRA. Even if you are not keen on blowing up billionaires, you can still shoot meal team six as they try to bring back lynching and the KKK.
That said, disarming the country including the police, especially the police, would be more conductive to a peaceful life. So would actual democratic representation.
Liberalism is considered "left" to most people
It's never been about left and right. It's always been a war with the owner class and everyone else.
We occasionally forget; until everything falls apart and greed ruins everything. That's when the fight starts again.
I hate your choice of font. Completely detracts from your comment.
I couldn't even fucking read it.
On the flip side, the font caught my eye and made me want to read what it said.
Which then took 5 minutes because I couldn't easily read what it said. But still, good marketing of a comment
"Good marketing of a comment" is a concept I would like to remove from society, please.
Spoiler: it's an Israeli settler on her way to the West Bank
I don't like this twist
Gorgeous. Where can I get one?
A girlfriend or a gun?
It's a package deal.
True story for Americans: You should exercise your 2nd Amendment right unless you want only the Right to have guns.
If you actually listened to the Right's leaders, they're openly telling you that you should be picking out your favorite at the shop now.
Yeah I'm becoming increasingly nervous with the blue states systematically trying to disarm everyone and the red states are trying to whip everyone into a traitorous frenzy over the dumbest shit while arming everyone with a pulse.
Otoh, and this probably sounds absolutely fucking nuts, I've found republicans tend to understand "strength" and they are strangely respectful of liberal and leftist gun owners because that's a dynamic they can comprehend. It's not a good state of affairs but it's better than them believing they can just run things because they're the only ones with "strength"
If I only had the guts lol.
If I would only not just use it to log off.
Be well, friend.
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