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In case you were wondering, this is what happens when a country actually doesn't want any more massacres. nbcnews.com/news/world/new…
And yes, that means our main problem is that a statistically significant, politically empowered part of our population actually does want massacres.
We live with a myth of personal redemptive violence.
The massacres are necessary for the entire myth.
We live with a myth of personal redemptive violence.
The massacres are necessary for the entire myth.
Gun culture is steeped in the need to be able to, at a moment's notice, save the day against a bad guy with a gun, by immediate appropriate use of one's own gun.
This fantasy requires a bad guy.
Hard to fantasize about stopping a massacre if there are no massacres to stop.
This fantasy requires a bad guy.
Hard to fantasize about stopping a massacre if there are no massacres to stop.
With every massacre, gun sales go up.
The theory is that people are stockpiling before a government ban. And sure, that pitch is used.
But even the dullest gun-defender must see by now, we don't do that here.
I think they're buying guns because it reminds them of the fantasy.
The theory is that people are stockpiling before a government ban. And sure, that pitch is used.
But even the dullest gun-defender must see by now, we don't do that here.
I think they're buying guns because it reminds them of the fantasy.
Massacres in this country are commercials for gun sales, and the violence-worshipping gun lobby treats them as such.
Pro-gun arguments sound like advertising slogans. That's not accidental.
Pro-gun arguments sound like advertising slogans. That's not accidental.
Before we can stop massacres, we have to decide that we want massacres to stop.
Before we can even do that, we must acknowledge that most who defend our gun status quo actually have a psychological desire for a world containing massacres. You'll hear them say it, if you listen.
Before we can even do that, we must acknowledge that most who defend our gun status quo actually have a psychological desire for a world containing massacres. You'll hear them say it, if you listen.
Before action, a plan
Before the plan, determination
But before determination, a realization that determination is even necessary
The reason we have so many massacres is because the empowered collective "we" wants them
"We" should stop that
We should say so
Before the plan, determination
But before determination, a realization that determination is even necessary
The reason we have so many massacres is because the empowered collective "we" wants them
"We" should stop that
We should say so
Gun defenders will disagree with this assessment. But they have had the political power to make their will reality, and we are where we are.
The reality they have imposed testifies against them.
They insist on driving. If this wasn't their intended destination, why are we here?
The reality they have imposed testifies against them.
They insist on driving. If this wasn't their intended destination, why are we here?
There is a difference between wanting to stop *a* massacre, and wanting to stop massacres.
"We" need to make that shift.
We need to demand it.
"We" need to make that shift.
We need to demand it.
Right now "we" want more massacres.
And we're going to get them.
And we're going to get them.
