Would It Be Fair To Say..
Would it be fair to say that people who are unwilling to compromise on the issues of guns to reduce the amount of people being killed, love their guns more than they respect life?
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I'd love to agree, but it's a little more complex than that.
I may rant about it, but I really don't think that everyone who votes for politicians who do nothing to alleviate gun violence actually are sexually attracted to guns or even use them personally as a substitute for other emotional or sexual gratification.
We've got ourselves into an us vs them atmosphere, I think, where lots of folks seem to support stuff like a few dead kids, or restricting a few slutty stupid women because they're more afraid of what would happen if the "other side" wins, replaces them with dirty brown immigrants, let perverts into women's bathrooms, keep their daughters from winning Olympic Gold through unfair competition, raises their taxes to pay for others, or educates their kids to the point where they reject their beliefs.
I may rant about it, but I really don't think that everyone who votes for politicians who do nothing to alleviate gun violence actually are sexually attracted to guns or even use them personally as a substitute for other emotional or sexual gratification.
We've got ourselves into an us vs them atmosphere, I think, where lots of folks seem to support stuff like a few dead kids, or restricting a few slutty stupid women because they're more afraid of what would happen if the "other side" wins, replaces them with dirty brown immigrants, let perverts into women's bathrooms, keep their daughters from winning Olympic Gold through unfair competition, raises their taxes to pay for others, or educates their kids to the point where they reject their beliefs.
@Graylight I'd generalize it all in terms of antisocial or sociopathic behavior, for the most part, especially when you factor in the fundamental embrace of dishonesty and failure to respect others as human beings.
Honestly, I think women are big victims here, but their sons still suffer as well, because the overarching theme here is to reject social norms of cooperation that allowed human beings to form civilizations.
The US vs them, and it's ok to lie to, or kill "them," to protect "us" seems, although always a part of human nature, to be the predominant unifying force behind those embracing Trumpism and what passes for conservatives these days.
Honestly, I think women are big victims here, but their sons still suffer as well, because the overarching theme here is to reject social norms of cooperation that allowed human beings to form civilizations.
The US vs them, and it's ok to lie to, or kill "them," to protect "us" seems, although always a part of human nature, to be the predominant unifying force behind those embracing Trumpism and what passes for conservatives these days.