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Maybe I’m feeling cornered, vulnerable, angry, as is often the case with these things. But how do you suggest we protect ourselves and our allies from an evil that strengthens itself off of your sickness, your hunger, your homelessness, and has absolutely no qualms about meeting you with violence and coming up with an excuse later?

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I would not suggest purchasing a gun if you are feeling cornered, vulnerable, and angry. Fear is the mind killer.

I would suggest reaching out to others, talking, getting political, and organizing.

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Bringing a good argument to a gunfight is unfortunately not a winning strategy. When the fascists have no qualms shooting you simply for being yourself, no amount of peaceful organizing is going to stop them. Peaceful protests and organizing only work because they have the implicit threat of violence if the demands are not met.

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Yeah because that is what Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted. We also have to ignore all the peaceful demonstrations throughout history to believe your line of reasoning.

I totally get you live in a fantasy world where moar guns are the only solution. I guess the good guys just magically kill the bad guys. Glad we got that all worked out.

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When diplomacy fails, you’re left with two choices:

Violence or giving up.

Diplomacy is proving to be ineffective. That leaves only the two above options.

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Tell that to India. I mean there are so many examples that prove you are full of shit it ain’t funny.

Let’s be real here. You just want people to be killed.

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I also wouldn’t advise a gun. Explosives are way more effective.

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Why stop there, surely there is something worse. Perhaps a personal nuclear weapon. Nothing too big of course, but just big enough to let’s say make everyone regret having messed with you.

Think what a civil society would develop if everyone had one of these. On a side note, I am taking investments on a hot new uranium mine prospect.

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