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RE: Leftist liberal media and SJW's are losing all connection with sanity...
Ah, it's not that! You have a thick skin, anyway, and know who you are, so I am not sure I could offend you. You don't need my approval, and that's how it should be.
The gun thing is a road to nowhere. I am sure we have both heard the rhetoric from the other side, and I am certain that our relative positions are intransigent. There is literally nothing to be gained from talking about it.
I have had so many conversations about it, and they never end well, and I am really enjoying talking to you. The funny thing is, we are miles apart at times, and then very close together! It just shows that all these labels are bullshit.
The big problem is that modern western politics forces you to pick a side.
labels are indeed BS.
The gun issue is a fundamental one - the right to protect yourself, and not relying on another authority to protect you.
You believe in that or you believe in authority.
I don't like authority - I have never encountered it, and felt better from the meeting...
Assuming one's own authority is freedom.
The thing is though that America is a particular case. You don't see what I see from across the pond. That doesn't make my view qualitatively better than yours, but it is different.
We don't own guns over here. I mean, they are around, but they are rare. As a consequence, there is almost no gun crime.
We don't need an authority to protect us, because there is no threat to protect us from. There are police, obviously, but their job is somewhat different over here.
And that's at the heart of the debate - you think you need a gun to protect yourself (perhaps you do), I know that I don't need one to protect myself.
We can't agree, because we live in different worlds.