That’s not the situation in the U.S. today but who’s to say what things will look like 50 years from now.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t have gun control laws just that the argument that the person with more/bigger guns will win is a poor argument.

Regardless, we don’t have to agree, have a pleasant weekend!

Just a reminder that the 1979 Iranian Revolution happened when 98% of voters approved of the shift to an Islamic Republic.

The battlefield isn’t always two sides facing off and shooting each other determined by who has the larger caliber. Sometimes it’s in basements and churches, whispered to close friends and trusted compatriots.

I tell people all the time (especially trans and BIPOC friends) as often as I can that now is the time to arm yourself. Get a couple firearms (a long one and a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn a bit of first aid (you just need to know how to stabilize someone), and start networking with like minded people around you. As you’ve pointed out the police and military will not protect us, they’ll happily shoot us in the face with rubber bullet and club senior citizens to the ground; just like they did during the BLM protests.

There are idiots champing at the bit for a “civil war,” and while they may not win it, more than a few might be happy to take a couple “queer-o libtard commie groomers” or whatever with them in the process.

So he just says whatever he needs to say at the moment to rationalize whatever result he wants.

That helps explain why Republicans love him so much I guess.

Not every nutter is a Gravy Seal I promise.

Flipped on its head your argument boils down to: If the GOP keeps winning and the country sinks further into fascism we should just give up because we won’t be able to resist the might of the military anyway no matter how many of us don’t want a theocracy.

Oh well it’s ok then I guess, they haven’t built gas chambers so it’s not efficient. Two missiles for 4 people really isn’t cost-effective, I see what you mean.

In your opinion, how efficient does it have to be before they’re trying to “systematically destroy” Palestine?

The whole “but do you condemn Hamas?!” thing is long passed my dude.

That you’d even mention it is pretty funny and makes me think you’re just a troll and not actually a Zionist.

And they’ve been very successful in convincing everyone that Israel = Jews; so that any criticism of Israel is defacto antisemitic (nevermind that Palestinians are a Semitic people).

We should be clear that Netanyahu and the far-right fundamentalist Likud party in Israel is the problem.

The Democratic party needs a supermajority for years (decades) if the actual left wing wants to have any voice in U.S. politics.

The GOP needs to go away, the Republican party is a party of failed policies. The only thing that needs to be conserved is the planet and peoples health and they’re failing miserably at both.

Does the government just bombing poor farmers ever work though? Recent history indicates a handful of determined fighters stand a really good chance against the U.S. military. Actually, has a conventional force ever won against a local insurgency?

The worst thing about Eminem is his fans.

I’m a social drinker, I have to drink to be around people, and I’m constantly around people.

Glad to see you appreciate the downs, have another.

You might’ve been joking but the BSD community really can make the Linux community look like the Windows community.

My understanding is that she wasn’t able to say with 100% certainty that he put his penis inside her; that it could have been his finger.

Which I’m sure is something his lawyers push but is still a pretty sick burn to have on-record, and actually lines up with what his other victims say.

You’d know about those I suppose.

Why would I like him slow walking descheduling? You don’t even make sense, you’re just saying things to score imaginary points in your head.

I wouldn’t really call Biden “My guy” or say he’s doing everything I want done but I understand incrementalism.

It took the rightwing 70 years of concerted effort to hijack the judiciary and local offices and get to where they are today. I don’t expect the left will be able to undo it in any less.

I hope they do just to shut up a bunch of people up but that part definitely won’t happen.

pol·i·tics /ˈpäləˌtiks/ noun: the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.

from the Greek poli meaning many and tick, a blood sucking parasite.

I agree, drugs (basically all drugs) should not be illegal IMO.

The overconsumption of certain ones might be a public health issue but I don’t think drug use or even addiction should be a criminal issue in the slightest.