You speak in coherent sentences and don’t seem belligerent and/or 14, so you might not be the target audience for that argument. :) An inordinate number of Kinja intellectuals run around saying things like, “I need a gun for defense, and you’re a pussy for being afraid of them.” I think that’s who OP’s sentiment was…

Uh, we lost Vietnam and Iraq (even if we won all decisive military to military battles). Even if they never win a fight decisively, rebels can win by attrition. See Afghanistan.

Yes, far better than I’m capable of, frankly.

And there is a big assumption that all of the military people and all of the people in the Federal governments and all the people at the state and local levels will not turn on the government themselves and side with the people.

As a veteran of Iraq, I witnesses first hand how a small group of urban guerillas armed only with AK-47s, RPGs, and bombs made from supplies you could buy at a local hardware store can cause difficulties for the most technologically advanced military in the world.

Similar lesson was learned in Vietnam. So, this idea…

By that logic, freedom of the press should only apply to people who publish old timey broadsheets on physical paper. This is the type of discussion that doesn’t help the issue - just straight up say you want to ban all guns and leave it at that. It’s more intellectually honest.

No they don’t, they work for whoever owns the medallion. They get a small cut of the til, and they have to pay for using the cab, gas etc.

All these cabbies are going to need to makeup new stories about why their Arro doesn’t work. “Sorry, no signal here. Must pay cash. I drive you to ATM.”

Two people were murdered on live television. Drama queen.

“Hey guys, I didn’t rape anyone. Guys? Guys?”

“You remember only flashes of Derrick Rose since 2013? Join the club”

Yea I found that last part odd to add in or say. Its more freaky stuff to ask as opposed to rapist. I can see someone being against those things but its quite prudish to think those things are weird/stuff sexual deviants would do. Not saying he didnt do it at all, but if wanting someone to masturbate in front of you…

“I lugged this archaic camera all the way out here and didn’t have one Kodiak moment!”

Which is why I would stay away from using a word with multiple meaning, some of which are insulting, especially when there is a plethora of words that could be used with singular meanings and would fit nicely.

My definition hits two out of four of those meanings.

Man: Now, what do l win?

Middle-class white people don’t do much cocaine, genius. Most people who do hard drugs are either poor or rich. And everyone smokes marijuana. If you really expect people to stop, you’re kidding yourself.

Yeah! Let’s invade Mexico! I can only assume you’ll be enlisting and volunteering for deployment, right?

In fairness, I tend to think that about most scripts.

Jesus, they didn’t attack anyone. I think having their frat suspended and the public shame that will follow them for years is enough.