• BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    These are the people that keep taking funding from education and put it towards more guns.

    I can’t possibly lower my expectations any further.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not opposed to guns, but the idea of a less educated population having more of them doesn’t quite sit right with me.

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        Neh. The stupid people are getting way too many of them and will use tragedies to justify owning them.

        How many more mass shootings need to happen before it’s finally too much? And a good guy with a gun is not the answer. The Uvalde police had guns but that didn’t change anything.

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          Cops are not “good guys”. They have a duty to protect property, not life.

          Plus they’re the only job where they can refuse to hire you for being too smart.

          • A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world
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            While it wouldn’t stop them entirely, saying it’s irrelevant is completely wrong. There’s enough data out there from countries not buried in gun violence to prove there would be a difference.

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    “I don’t get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I consider them to be symbols and I leave symbols to the symbol minded.” — George Carlin

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    1 year ago

    I have a friend who flies both a Black Lives Matter flag and the Thin Blue Line flag. He thinks he can support both. shrug

  • Hextic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Confederacy lasted 4 years. Star Trek lasted more than 50.

    The United Federation of Planets is more my heritage than some slack jaw redneck slavers.

    Also I know some people rep the confed flag cuz “I’m a rebel” well um maybe use the flag of the OG rebels aka The United States? Or the black flag🏴‍☠️ that’s cooler.