I think gun manufacturers could give a rat’s ass about being able to sell bump stocks in any form. As the above article suggests, they’re only good as a range toy or to do what the vegas shooter did. Which means, it seems to me, that their legality is indefensible (including under most justifications for gun rights).…

“State sponsored terrorism.” Certainly “sponsored” when they’re handing out the guns.

Right, like maybe these don’t meet the above definition of “mass shooting” because it explicitly excludes terrorism and all of the above look like terrorism.

Political correctness is a good critical term for a set of superficial, dogmatic social norms, and it is a growing problem in academia. But, as your “see also” suggests, that problem is not one inherent to any ideology, least of all liberalism—and there is no more fragile a snowflake than one that feels attacked by…

“It was always about the win.” It’s funny that in the comments on another root article about how Trump voters are purely motivated by spite, I essentially made this and the instant article’s argument, (including asserting quite clearly that ours is a white supremacist country) and it was insisted that I was a…

I DO SEE THAT, IT IS EVIL! I’m being careful with my words, and you’re being careless with mine and yours. “Incredibly immoral and destructive” sounds like not evil? Like I’m making excuses? Again, I was talking both about the “why” of white supremacist ideology (as in, the idea that white people are superior) and…

illegally entering the country is a misdemeanor offense, however staying in the country without legal status is not a crime, and we don’t punish it. Deportation is a civil proceeding. Most illegal immigrants in the U.S. came here legally on visas, and therefore haven’t committed a crime.

Do you think no distinction can be made between ideology and effect, between justification and explanation of cause? Or do you think no distinction should be made, because understanding things is not productive to your ends? You’re understandably worried about “excuses,” but I’m not making them. White supremacy in…

“It’s ALL about keeping anyone with melanin in their ‘rightful’ place - below white people” is more or less exactly what I’m saying when I say people see dignity as a limited resource.

Did they start flooding in because DACA? Because DACA would not have actually offered those kids protections at any point, because DACA was fixed, not rolling. So you can’t conclude from DACA itself that migration would increase because it was incentivized. Of course, some people could have been misinformed about…

Life is a zero-sum game to many people. Personal dignity is a limited resource. It’s humanizing, not infantilizing, to say that they don’t know how to ask for dignity for themselves, and that they see others getting it as a threat to theirs. It is petty, yes fuck them, but it’s unrealistic and arguably even…

It’s actually maybe understandable that somebody who has to work two jobs and raise a family cannot add that to their to-do list, (especially if they have to get [and pay for] state ID before they can vote). Never mind that some people are perhaps too busy to even be politically literate.

It’s a rational decision to be made—your principles are a starting point, and your vote should not be symbolic of them, but should be designed to actually effectuate the end goals that follow your principles. A nonvote is not voting for the position to be vacant; you’re letting other people decide for you. You aren’t…

Lol I guess I can’t argue with that

I registered irony, especially with the stand your ground bit, but I was responding more to the idea than I was to you having, ironically or sincerely, that idea. Plus, the alt-right has demonstrated that irony is sometimes just the momentary half-denial of actual belief and id.

Right. I said hanging a noose is overt intimidation. Yes, all those things are more analogous to hanging a noose and could be criminalized without violating the first amendment. All those things are not analogous to hate speech, which should be and is protected. They can burn a cross in THEIR yard or paint a swastika…

Declaring yourself a Nazi is not an overt death threat, if what’s required to be a nazi is white supremacist views or even the extreme of desiring genocide. Wanting someone dead is not the same as telling someone or implying you’re going to kill them—declaring yourself a nazi isn’t even an implied death threat.…

There’s a big difference between the white moderate saying “wait” and those who believe non-violence and civil disobedience are more effective tactics than violence. Some degree of mutual combat is to be expected, and doesn’t seem politically damaging when one of those combatants are literal nazis who go beyond hate…

I thought I’d hit my anxiety maximum between Trump, global warming and a nuclear North Korea. But now it’s “fuck you” for wanting to preserve 1st amendment protections and “fuck you” for not thinking hate speech is a green light for retaliatory violence. “No one cares about my rights” is not a reason to eliminate…

Never thought I’d be reading stormfront shit here