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Good thing there are guns everywhere so a momentary burst of anger turns into a permanent tragedy.

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So, Republicans… Where was the good guy with a gun to stop this guy?

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Montana seems bout right

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Whatcha wanna bet he checks off all the usual red flags? Trump supporter, antivax, racist, the works. The O2 hose might be COVID related. Though even if not that dude will probably be dead from medical something way before he qualifies for parole.

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But of course when corporations do this, they are not dissolved or closed for 100 years.

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A corporation shot an 8 year old while trying to shoot an 18 year old? Corporations suck and I’m not defending them in any way, but it seems like a weird comparison to make.

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Chiquita. Banana republics. Check them death tolls.

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I mean, there’s that whole Banana hit squad thing. Also all those Amazonian tribes murdered for their land to deforest. That’s some corporate bs that didn’t get anyone closed or punished. Not exactly the same, but close enough.

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Amazon?

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Amazon shot an 8 y.o.? Source please.

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This is what libertarian thought does to a person. People lose all sense of perspective.

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It’s like gaslighting yourself. Huffing it hard. I honestly think it has to do with lower intelligence. You simplify things until they make sense to you, regardless if they make sense in actual reality, because you’re too stupid to comprehend anything more complex than racist Disney cartoons from the 30’s.

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Virtually every libertarian I know thinks that he’s a fucking genius, especially the really stupid ones.

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I think a lot of it is clever people who for whatever reason learned to fear thinking and all their brain mass has evolved to help them justify not doing it

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There’s an amazing book. Combatting Cult Mind Control, but even intelligent people fall for this bullshit because it’s all emotional manipulation.

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To a higher or a lesser degree, sure. I’m just saying, the statistics are firmly skewed in one direction.

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A quote from the judge according to the article:

“I just can’t believe being evicted would justify picking up a handgun in that small of a space with children present”

What I find particularly concerning about this is that this implies that being evicted would justify picking up a handgun provided you’re not in an enclosed space with children present. Why in the actual fuck would there be any further qualification after “I just can’t believe being evicted would justify picking up a handgun”. Full stop. You’re being evicted. You fucked up. Firearms don’t belong in that conversation at all with the only possible exception I can think of being if you are being directly and illegally threatened with a firearm.

Ugh.

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Agree to disagree

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They were just listing all of the reasons why it was a bad idea, not qualifying each reason as “okay if the other ones didn’t occur”.

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Look, if it’s an enclosed space with children present it’s okay as long as the rent has been paid in full.

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I can fully see your inference, but don’t believe that the judge meant it that way. This was more lamenting the senselessness of the entire situation.

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Isn’t that the story of Palestine?

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Another way to look it at is that there are situations in which picking up a handgun in a small space with children present is justified; however, being evicted is not one of them.

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