We could have common sense gun reform and save untold amounts of lives.
But the Right's unrelenting, tragic refusal is based on their need to fundraise, create a climate of fear, and protect guns as a means of continued white supremacy.
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But the Right's unrelenting, tragic refusal is based on their need to fundraise, create a climate of fear, and protect guns as a means of continued white supremacy.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-culture-of…
Guns are a tool of white supremacy, a means of allowing a few to control the many. It's how colonizers oppressed indigenous people and slaves.
They need them now to intimidate anyone from advocating even the slightest change.
It's the same story of white supremacy over and over
They need them now to intimidate anyone from advocating even the slightest change.
It's the same story of white supremacy over and over
This devotion to guns, even as people are needlessly slaughtered over and over again, is based on a need to keep Americans afraid and white people ready to carry out violence should systems of power be troubled.
It’s time we reckoned with our poisonous history.
It’s time we reckoned with our poisonous history.
There’s a reason militias carrying these weapons around state houses has become a common sight, and why we have these shootings.
It’s about control, about warnings of violence and actual violence when these people aren’t given what they want when they want it.
It’s about control, about warnings of violence and actual violence when these people aren’t given what they want when they want it.
It’s not enough to just talk about gun reform. We have to talk about why the Right won’t budge, what it means for them in money, votes, and the implied threat of violence should their dominance be troubled.
We can’t keep doing this. We just can’t.
We can’t keep doing this. We just can’t.
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