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    FYI:

    Libs of TikTok is a handle for various far-right[a] and anti-LGBT[b] social-media accounts operated by Chaya Raichik (/ˈxɑːjə ˈraɪtʃɪk/ KHAH-yə RY-chik),[10] a former real estate agent.[11][12][13] Raichik uses the accounts to repost content created by left-wing and LGBT people on TikTok, and on other social-media platforms, often with hostile, mocking, or derogatory commentary.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libs_of_TikTok

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    Honestly it’s good for the MAGA crowd to see that normal people in America are armed too. They see themselves as wolves among sheep, while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

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      while the masses are armed only with their useless empathy and critical thinking skills.

      I miss the gold award here, you deserve one.

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        We should donate to trans support funds and post the proof of donation. Awards, but better.

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      Ive legit met a couple who were surprised I like blades and that I collect them. My three favorite ones are my 1942 Machete made for the US Army, my modern Ka-bar I bought at the Army surplus warehouse in Idaho Falls, and an M3 knife replica I bought from a local dealer.

      Now imagine how theyd react if I had a gun, though if shit goes down ill just jack it from one of their still warm corpses.

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        Now imagine how theyd react if I had a gun, though if shit goes down ill just jack it from one of their still warm corpses.

        having recently died of cringe presumably

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          Honestly if it makes it any better I dont know what the actual fuck possessed me to writ it that way. Guess thats what I get for writing comments while slowly losing it playing Wasteland 1. Seriously how did folks play this in the 80s.

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            Haha kudos for taking it in stride, I am just teasing of course. Philosophically I’ve always had mixed feelings on an armed population, but if there will be people with weapons I’m happier if they’re in the hands of the people pushing for equality and fighting oppression.

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              Yeah, also its just as important to know how to use them as well. Which means for example I am well adept at using a Ka-bar and a shovel since I use them quite frequently around my property, this isnt even that much of a joke familiarity with something weight alone can help quite a bit. But slight joking aside my original comment was probably the most unflattering and worst way I could have stated that, but its kinda funny in a mid 2000s 4chan sorta way so ill leave it.

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    And a Defend Equality sticker on the stock! Super based. This person has an open invitation to all my backyard cookouts next summer.

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    Good, every progressive should be armed. Its like the literal reason we have the second amendment in the first place.

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      That’s a very modern interpretation of the second amendment popularized by conservatives. What it means ‘literally’ is hotly debated but only relatively recently did conservative pundents push this definition away from the arguably more ‘literal’ concept of organized state militias. If you think an arms race between liberal activists and right wing racist hillbillies (ie. Most of America) is going to end with the armed liberals winning, you need to check out the gun cabinets and gun sheds of the conservative homes in my town. Every time I see a ridiculous call to arms post like this on Lemmy I put some money aside to donate to one of my favorite gun control charities.

      https://www.everytown.org/

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        Just because people don’t put them in a literal showcase and make it their entire personality doesn’t mean they don’t own as many they just don’t want to get robbed as badly.

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        The rulings testing the militia part of the clause go back a long way establishing it is not a necessary part (and certainly it doesn’t read that way).

        Also Everytown’s ideas are not based on evidence or even common sense. They can fuck right off.

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    I find it kinda amazing that they act shocked that Transpeople are arming and antifa is showing up armed when these motherfuckers have been brandishing firearms at their gatherings since literally forever.

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      “The second amendment is essential to protect against tyranny!”

      …Right wing takes over US government and immediately starts attacking and marginalizing trans and other groups…

      …trans and others start carrying guns…

      “Not like that!”

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        To conservative white mean, tyranny means having to pay an income tax to support social programs, not being allowed to marry 13 year olds, or the government pushing renewable energy over coal.

        To other groups, tyranny has a slightly more real meaning.

        I have historically been pretty pro gun control because my life had seen the US generally becoming more socially progressive and supportive of marginalized groups (whether that was truly the case is another question), but the last 5-10 years have me seriously walking back on that stance.

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          This is such a “rights for me but not for thee” take. Dismiss anyone you disagree with while only valuing your own feelings.

          Everyone has a right to defend themselves, their family and their community.

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        I haven’t met many pro-2A peeps that are against the left or minorities owning firearms. Most seem to loudly support it, actually. Taking responsibility for your own safety is generally a good idea.

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          Agreed, that is definitely what they would say and believe. Not just any pro-2A people but your conservative trumper gun nuts too.

          But the insidious thing about the conservative mind is that by necessity it leans into biases to mislead and fool itself. So they may not believe they are lying, yet somehow we’ll get gun control when LGBT and minorities are the ones waving around guns at protests, even though massacred children weren’t enough.

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            Use their good will until then and there won’t be an easy way to implement gun control against the left. Fucking red flag laws might be weaponized, but nobody pays attention until fucky laws are pointed at them.

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      That is awesome. I have always felt pretty real sure that Guthrie’s guitar has never actually killed fascists

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        According to the Behind the Bastards about Guthrie (they always do a Christmas episode about a non-bastard), it was a standard thing to put on machines used to build stuff for the war.

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    I remember when conservatives turned against guns because the Black Panthers armed themselves against racists

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        The Black Panthers and the insuing riots after the murder of MLK got blacks the right to vote. And led to the first sensible gun laws in US history.

        Nothing meaningfully improves until the rich fear for their lives.

        This is a historical fact for our Republic

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              Try looking up when “blacks” got the right to vote, and then maybe what the Civil Rights Movement was actually about, russki.

              It sure as fuck wasn’t “riots after MLK’s assassination”

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                https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_assassination_riots

                The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising,[2] were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968.

                Dr. King had campaigned for a federal fair housing law throughout 1966, but had not achieved it.[36] Senator Walter Mondale advocated for the bill in Congress, but noted that over successive years, a fair housing bill was the most filibustered legislation in US history.[37] It was opposed by most Northern and Southern senators, as well as the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Mondale commented that:

                A lot of [previous] civil rights [legislation] was about making the South behave and taking the teeth from George Wallace … This came right to the neighborhoods across the country. This was civil rights getting personal.

                The assassination and subsequent riots quickly revived the bill.[38][39][27][40] On April 5, Johnson wrote a letter to the United States House of Representatives urging passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act.[31] The Rules Committee, “jolted by the repeated civil disturbances virtually outside its door,” finally ended its hearings on April 8.[41] With newly urgent attention from White House legislative director Joseph Califano and Speaker of the House John McCormack, the bill—which was previously stalled that year—passed the House by a wide margin on April 10.[25]

                For some liberals and civil rights advocates, the riots were a turning point.

                The assassination and riots radicalized many, helping to fuel the Black Power movement.[42]

                In after the rise of the Black Panthers and the increased unity caused by the death of MLK the movement rallied together and kept pushing which led to integration the right to vote.

                As for calling me ruzzian, fuck you drag. I’ve seen you around here and you’re always spitting some dumb bootlicker shit.

                Grow a spine, grow up

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                  Lol, yeah, that’s what I’m known for, advocating peaceful protests and centrist positioning.

                  Your comment proved me right though, GJ on that?

                  Cya around, orc bot.

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    GOOD. UNIRONICALLY.

    this is what we need. Parity. Like guns or not, you need them at this point or you’re just going to be under the boot without ever having the tools you needed to fight back.

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    Armed minorities are harder to oppress. Stay strapped people. We’re not even a month into this shit yet

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    I can tell they mean it negatively, but they make it sound like a great time to join the protest.

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      Being Madison, it could go either way. The Capitol is very lefty, but there’s hillbilly farmland 20 minutes outside town.

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    Marginalized groups should bring more weapons to protests, then maybe we could get some god damn gun regulations like back when the NRA was against the black panthers brandishing them in public.