He cited, as supposed evidence, the decline of national church attendance and the rise of LGBTQ youth — the fact, Johnson lamented, that “one-in-four high school students identifies as something other than straight.”

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    In a country where there are 410m+ guns and 330m people I can’t endorse the ‘go get a gun’ theory of democratic government. Yes, people should defend themselves, but damn, adding shit-tons more guns doesn’t seem like a solution. Massive respect for John Brown gun clubs and the like, but (prior service army) I recoil at the fetishization of firearms as a ‘culture’ of anything but more gun violence killing kids and other innocents.

    edit: sorry about your cows.

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      Nothing to do with fetishization. Everything to do with becoming ungovernable by stormtroopers.

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        a firearm per person should be enough for that. A NINETY MILLION FIREARM SURPLUS isn’t necessary to become ungovernable. It’s become ungovernable in a civil society.

        come on, tell me you don’t have one shirt, one hat, some piece of FLAIR that has an AR silhouette on it?

        COME ON. Don’t lie. You act like it’s patriotism and there’s something very sick going on there.

        You wouldn’t defend it otherwise.

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          Hey man, it’s nerdy, it’s like how some camgirls have a dildo collection, it’s culture for people with money to spare and little time to invest

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            bet those dildos get used by someone with proficiency and an eye toward safety.

            Unlike firearms.

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          Actually it’s Marxism, not patriotism. And no I dont fetish guns; I’ve lost some people to them. I just know what happens when everyone just sits around grumbling while fascism takes over. Now tell me how we should protect free speech for fascists and how that will stop them. Cone on, don’t lie.