there's always the question of who is sincerely principled and who will always find an excuse for the principle to not apply to their enemies. a lot of the time it's a bitter lesson that most are hypocrites. but I gotta hand it to the gun people: they're principled.
the states' rights people are not very principled, I have seen literally none of them turn out to say that blue states should not be subject to mass yanking of federal funds for failing to fall in line.
the free speech people have a complicated track record. the ACLU turned from its mission of defending the worst people on principled grounds. FIRE's still at it. a lot of their supporters were furious with them for it, though.
but the gun people? the gun organizations uniformly in the strongest possible terms said "no gun bans" and I've seen dozens of independent 2A people say the same thing, in very clear terms, while being otherwise very anti-trans.
it warms my heart and it absolutely makes me care more about their cause and their policy priorities.
you said you wanted the guns to defend against tyranny, and when tyranny showed up to bully someone other than you, you said 'they should have guns too.' you win this round. send me a list of your legislative priorities.
@TheLastNeocon but I think with guns the case is in fact stronger, since their argument is "we want guns to protect against tyranny" and for this argument to go through you have to believe they will in fact stand up against tyranny
@TheLastNeocon @plaiceholder374 obviously we do not live in a world where an organized citizens' militia can fight the army fair and square. I don't think anyone was claiming that we did.
@Mithrandir48 @plaiceholder374 he should not have been arrested for it, though anyone who violently assaults another person in the restroom because of suspecting they're trans should absolutely be arrested because assaulting people is bad
@DeepWithARifle They did this because history had given them a deep and correct suspicion of government power, and because they wanted the American people to be a free people.
@DeepWithARifle They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, and their country became the wealthiest and most powerful place in the world. Its people have done things no other people even tried.
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