odinsblog:al-berta:odinsblog:Sometimes I catch a little flack for saying, “Republicans are evil” but
odinsblog:al-berta:odinsblog:Sometimes I catch a little flack for saying, “Republicans are evil” but nah … I never feel bad for saying it because it’s true. How heartless do you have to be to block common sense gun regulation right in the faces of the students who recently survived a mass shooting? Civilians do not need an AR-15. Anyone who believes that the 2nd Amendment means owning absolutely ANY weapon you want is childish and emblematic of white male entitlement. And yeah, I’m keying in on white men. They’re the overwhelming majority of mass school shooters. And no, I’m not worried about “being nice” or hurting a gun owner’s delicate little, snowflake feelings. It’s past time for all of that. Keep in mind: Florida’s Governor Rick Scott and Florida’s Attorney General, Pam Bondi - they both pushed to lower the age requirement for buying AR-15s. The Parkland mass shooter was 19-years old. Not old enough to buy liquor, but old enough to buy a lethal weapon of mass destruction in the state of Florida. And Donald Trump’s federal budget cuts funding for mental health services and also cuts funding for background checks. Republicans obviously DO NOT care about “the children” or they wouldn’t have spat in their faces.The NRA is a death-cult. The Republican Party is evil. Republican voters are their simple minded, easily manipulated death-cult followers.The NRA is Evil. The GOP is Evil. The Dickie Amendment is unconstitutional.But the AR-15 is not an assault rifle.It’s a semi-automatic rifle. Assault rifles are already illegal in the states.The “AR” part of the name stands for “Armalite Rifle”, which is the company that first designed it.The U.S. sorely needs better gun control, but for fuck sake, republicans are never going to have any kind of gun control conversation unless you take the time to actually learn what the fuck you’re talking about.Otherwise, they will notice that you’re not familiar with firearms, and immediately ignore everything you say.You have to speak their language to have any chance of changing minds.Who cares about trying to change their tiny little minds??? That’s a fool’s errand; a complete waste of time. Have you been paying attention? They ignored 20 dead children at Sandy Hook. And now they’re ignoring 17 dead at Parkland. NEWSFALSH: They’re going to ignore everything you say anyway. Protip: Never argue semantics. Especially not with gun nuts. They’ll drag you down into the mud arguing with that silly NRA talking point. The term “assault rifle” was first used to describe a weapon produced by the Nazis, and decades later it was adopted by the firearms industry to sell guns modeled after new military rifles. (source)But honestly, Idgaf if it’s “technically” an assault rifle or not. Idc if you call it Bob. They know exactly what tf we’re talking about: The same fucking kind of weapon that was used at Sandy Hook, at theAurora movie theater shooting, at the Pulse Nightclub, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, and at Parkland. So I think we all know the kind of weapon we’re talking about. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter if someone slips up and calls it by the wrong name, because they know exactly what we mean. They just don’t care. The problem here is not some misunderstanding of terms, or a failure to “speak their language” and change the hearts and minds of gun nuts. NO. I’m not playing their stupid little word games with them.Playing word games with these disingenuous assholes is another game of sealioning: endless minutiae intended to stall out any meaningful regulation. -- source link