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“Actually the guns exist to defend yourself against a tyrannical government” mfers when I ask them to actually defend us against the actual tyrannical government
Serious actually why leftists should’ve been gun owners and not pretending to stand on principle when they’re actually afraid.
We, unfortunately, live in an equal parts armed and divided society. Ever expecting that the people who side with the tyrants on everything would use their guns to help you is so unbelievably naive.
If you don’t own something now, you definitely should. The fed goons ain’t gonna disarm themselves for your house specifically.
I bought guns when I was a conservative because I wanted to fight what I perceived as a tyrannical government.
I retain those same guns as a progressive because I fear the government has now become tyrannical and will need to fight it in my life time.
Tell that to Charlie.
He was not part of the government was he?
Airforce 2 picked up his body immediately after his assassination. So apparently he is posthumously?
A propongandist of a regime is definitely part of that government
Okay but yeah that was a dumb target to go for. Definitely supports the groyper theory
The crazy thing is that this lunacy has infected the left.
I guess that shit is just in the water here in the US. It’s an article of faith that gun ownership as a prophylactic against State violence. Meanwhile, showing a cop your gun is a recognized form of suicide.
I guess that shit is just in the water here in the US.
The United States was founded with the help of private firearms and it’s citizens have always distrusted and disliked their own Government. What you’re talking about is literally baked into the fabric of our culture.
Meanwhile, showing a cop your gun is a recognized form of suicide.
Meh, it’s all about where you are. I could wander around open carrying a firearm here in Wyoming and have little or no trouble. If I tried it in a liberal area of the country, for example Denver, I’d almost certainly have a problem.
It’s all about the culture of the area.
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Not tryna get domed by secret service.
Countries with armed citizens have more draconian and tyrannical states than those without.
the thing is that according to their view, what’s currently happening isn’t a “tyrannical government” but something they needed or something.
Tyranny’s only something to fight when you’re not on the same side as the tyrant.
Were you under the misapprehension that only the right is armed? We on the left just STFU about it.
No, I was making a general statement.
Generally speaking, you’re right.
Yeah, meanwhile, it’s a volunteer service thought police out there. If you don’t fawn over CK, you lose your job.
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Who/what is CK?
Nice try, Pam Bondi.
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Pam Bondi said in an interview that anything said that isn’t praise of CK is “hate speech” and that the DOJ will target anyone that does that.
That is objectively dumb.
Yeah, well, welcome to Earth.
Some prick who got shot by another prick in the U.S. recently.
Oh, that CK. I had completely moved on from him existing.
It’s virtue signalling. Every single accusation
I think most progressive gun owners I know are on crazy high alert worried mode and wondering about the next few years are going to go. I know spikes and shit will happen but political assassination is pretty prevalent these days. States are starting to sidestep the federal government.
I am armed every time I’m outside my front door, never acted like this in my life and I’m mad as hell it’s come to this. I have a legal, brown, immigrant wife and I’m a loud-mouthed liberal, in a very red corner of Florida. Might say I got a dog in this fight.
And for the suburban white boys out there, you’ll get it once it’s too late.
Make no mistake the 2nd amendment people will be defending ICE and you will be staring down the barrel of their rifle if you fight back.
At this point the 2nd amendment is just a marketing tactic to convince more people to buy guns and they are currently leaning hard on groups who have not traditionally armed themselves.
After they are done arming both sides we can commit to civil war and they can finally purge the government of all dissenters. This is all part of their plan. So go buy more guns!
Odds are you would be staring down the barrel either way. You can die kneeling or fighting back. The choice is yours, but you can still end up dead either way.
Yeah, hard pass on the defense fantasy. That is the thinking that got us here in the first place. It is like trying to live with a bunch of mentally ill people surrounding me.
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I think their point is you have the guns too to protect yourself …
Either way It’s a flawed logic because tyrannical government can be a matter of perspective when it comes to defending one’s self.
I also felt like the “I’d travel back in time and kill Nazis” crowd suddenly became waaay smaller after a modern Nazi got shot.
One of the best responses to kirk’s death said something like “This is like writing an obituary of Joseph Goebbels that goes ‘Gobbels was a gifted marketer and father of six children’”
His wife also did some postnatal abortion with his children in the last days of the Führer bunker. Pity the Goebbels.
I saw this one 2 days ago:
Hey I did this one a while ago!
nah, i think they’re just relaxing a bit like “finally”
No, not them, they’re alright. But suddenly a lot of people have become pacifists and are against violence. Suddenly killing the Nazi is bad and hurts the cause.
Yeah cause that’s what those people identify as. They just thought CK wasn’t a Nazi like themselves.
But they are all scared Nazi scum after one of them got publicly executed.
I read a lot of this crap right here on lemmy
Yeah, .ml and dbzer0 are full of tankie and nazi shitheads.
dbzer0, the anarchist server with the strongly enforced “no tankies and no nazis” rule, has a lot of tankies and nazis?
Yes. Lots of them and lots of Ai apologists to boot.
Nazis and Tankies love to roll play as anarchists
