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Comment · 5 years ago
I guess you can agree with a meta-satire of your comment.
Comment · 5 years ago
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Comment · 5 years ago
> he never made even a token effort at gun control.

That's not actually true, there are incidents like the ammo import ban to automatically prohibiting elderly people receiving financial assistance.

The fact that the gun control you were expecting didn't happen doesn't mean that none did.

Comment · 5 years ago
Leave the crowd.
Comment · 5 years ago
You picked a terrible example, as he did restrict guns on a number of occasions during the terms. The fact that the gun control lobby gave him an "F" rating is because the fact that they want too much and are never happy with just a little.
Comment · 5 years ago
It certainly didn't make Democrats reconsider taking the rights of millions of Americans away after they lost the midterms following the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
Comment · 6 years ago
Yeah, coast supremacy is getting really tiresome.
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Why is it acceptable when police walk around with a handgun, but "disturbing the peace" when normal people do the same thing?

Why is it acceptable when police stop people for breaking traffic laws, but "false imprisonment" when other drivers do it?

Comment · 6 years ago
The state divides aren't nearly as significant as the urban/rural divides. Practically every state red or blue has blue cities and red rural areas.
Comment · 6 years ago
>Considering all the other rights in the bill of rights are individual, there does seem to be some consistency to that.

But it could be argued that we would be a safer country if all of the rights in the bill of rights were collective rather than individual.

Comment · 6 years ago
So would this university take down a mural of the 442nd Infantry Regiment too, for not being diverse enough?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(Unite...

"The unit earned more than 18,000 awards in less than two years, including 9,486 Purple Hearts and 4,000 Bronze Star Medals. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month).[6] Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[3] In 2010, Congress approved the granting of the Congressional Gold Medal to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and associated units who served during World War II,[7] and in 2012, all surviving members were made chevaliers of the French Légion d'Honneur for their actions contributing to the liberation of France and their heroic rescue of the Lost Battalion.[8]"

Comment · 6 years ago
> both for ethical and commercial reasons

But primarily commercial reasons related to having a completely different distribution model.

Comment · 6 years ago
> So maybe do something less violent, like kneel during a football game. People will definitely unilaterally support that, right?

Yeah, get one of those famous players like Roger Federer. Or maybe the whole Detroit Redskins team.

Comment · 6 years ago
That's a very interesting perspective that would explain a lot of behavior.

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