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The common theme I see on this thread is that our assault rifle posters cannot intelligently articulate why civilians should own weapons of war. It’s all uncontrollable outrage and raw emotion. Instead of rational thought they make personal attacks on anyone and even the survivors of the latest high school shooting.
The common theme I see on this thread is that our assault rifle posters cannot intelligently articulate why civilians should own weapons of war. It’s all uncontrollable outrage and raw emotion. Instead of rational thought they make personal attacks on anyone and even the survivors of the latest high school shooting.
You do understand, these "weapons of war" kill less than 300 people yearly? However, the pistol kills thousands more.....now you know why you and the others get mocked all the time. But don't let facts get in your way.
How much do you want to bet that if CT decides to make laws restricting the aforementioned, the first ones to be confiscated will be the ones who registered theirs.
The common theme I see on this thread is that our assault rifle posters cannot intelligently articulate why civilians should own weapons of war. It’s all uncontrollable outrage and raw emotion. Instead of rational thought they make personal attacks on anyone and even the survivors of the latest high school shooting.
I think these trauma survivors should work with trauma counselors first. Work through their emotions before becoming the activists. I am not saying this to be mean, I am saying this based on what I have learned from my survivor support group. What they believe in right now might not be what they believe in (say, 5 years from now) Just sayin'.
But how do you know they aren't? Maybe even becoming active is helping them to process. As we are not privy to their personal information we do not know what they are or are not doing in regards to working with a counselor, psychiatrist and so on. Besides can't everyone's beliefs change overtime?
For me, the weight of their words is not a function of how traumatized I believe them to be but rather the message itself and my inherent belief that gun control needs to happen in some way shape or form. The real thing the Parkland (and other mass school shooting) survivors bring, is a first person narrative. And that is not impacted particularly by how traumatized they are.
But how do you know they aren't? Maybe even becoming active is helping them to process. As we are not privy to their personal information we do not know what they are or are not doing in regards to working with a counselor, psychiatrist and so on. Besides can't everyone's beliefs change overtime?
For me, the weight of their words is not a function of how traumatized I believe them to be but rather the message itself and my inherent belief that gun control needs to happen in some way shape or form. The real thing the Parkland (and other mass school shooting) survivors bring, is a first person narrative. And that is not impacted particularly by how traumatized they are.
I am not saying they are not. I am saying their opinion in the future might not be the same as what they have right now. That is all.
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