Canik, on 26 Oct 2016 - 23:21, said:
Chaplain of death, on 26 Oct 2016 - 19:35, said:
here are people on both sides of the aisle who are that way but on the majority Liberals aren't like that. Some of them are overly terrified of guns and are trying to take a short cut with the current situation to avoid unnecessary deaths by saying we should take guns away, I disagree with that, just as many do.
Yep. I'd disagree with that too and I'm not sure I know any liberal who is really like "we gotta ban guns!!1" I'm sure there are a few but most do not agree with that.
Most Liberals don't want full-on Socialism either. We just understand that there are merits to some Leftist ideals. You know that national park Lysis spoke of? That, ironically, would probably not exist if not for Leftist ideals. It would be privately own and exploited for whatever profit can be gained from the land.
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Well said both of you. Do you enjoy having a national highway system, national security agencies, a department of health, et al? These are all socialist type services. I don't know many socialists, progressives, or liberals who want to ban all guns. I do know a lot of people who think gun safety must be inforced, many of my republican friends and family feel this way.
The logic of deciding that if some criminals are of a certain minority group, then all members of that minority group are criminals is absurd and dangerous. We watch rRump use that kind of childish over-simplification to promote paranoia and feed the rage of people who don't know better. I have at least one person in my life who swallows this stuff down, hook, line and sinker, and wow, it is hard to watch the way he struggles! People who are weighed down with the kind of terror he feeds them suffer greatly. I am not just being snarky when I express concern for those who buy into his rhetoric, I think they are in real pain and experience real fear and that is why they are so angry and xenophobic. I am being totally genuine right now, I am not mocking anyone, aside from tRump.
I am debating sharing the following because it is one of my deepest, most heartfelt beliefs, and it will hurt me to see it get trolled, but I'm hoping that by sharing it someone might find some value. I believe we are all connected and if one person is hurt, we are all diminished. It Is profoundly sad that so many people look at each other and only see differences and not how alike we all are. We are all citizens of the world, we are all connected, we are all the same species, we all want to feel safe, we all want comfort, we all want some kind of love and connection to others. We are all connected and we would all be so much better off if we could embrace our differences, learn from each other, and work together to improve our world and the human condition.
You know that poem, by John Donne, "No Man Is an Island?" It is the way I see the world. And it is the exact opposite of the kind of stuff that rump of a man is trying to feed us.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
John Donne 1624
( @ )( @ ) The official salute from women in the great, nudist nation of Secor. I'm naked and very excited to be here.
The Supercalifragalisticexpealadocious Award
"This award was custom made for a special person. Its gleam reflects the endearment of the people that she leads. Awarded to the IRON Maiden, Sister Midnight."
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Nukes taken for IRON since restarting on 6/10/2016: I stopped counting after 69. bay102174, on 05 Aug 2016 - 11:15, said:
Sister Midnight has been Baptized in Fire and Blood and emerged as IRON!
Blade 619, on 10 Jun 2016 - 22:16, said:
The people of Antropomorphica join their leaders in welcoming the discovery of this previously unknown colony of Secor in the wilds of South America. They organised an airdrop of money and soldiers to protect this fledgling state as it undergoes construction (I mean... 1k infra at day 1 guys... come on!).
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from our leaders to yours.
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