Things that made you frown today (Political Version)

[Parkbandit]

Considering how many on the right had their feelings hurt because of people kneeling during the anthem.. I'd say both sides need to learn this.

Huh? My feelings were never hurt. I thought they were being disrespectful pieces of shit, nothing more.

[Parkbandit]

The military and police departments outgun the average person by several magnitudes.

You would have a point.. if there were 320 million military and police departments.

[Parkbandit]

People can bitch and complain about what it was the or what it is now, but until there is an Amendment changing the second, it is what it is. Suck it the fuck up.

Exactly this. "Gun Control" is just a bullshit cover. What the lunatic left really wants is the removal of the 2nd Amendment, but they are too cowardly to come out and say it.

[~Rocktar~]

Exactly this. "Gun Control" is just a bullshit cover. What the lunatic left really wants is the removal of the 2nd Amendment, but they are too cowardly to come out and say it.

Which is why I never agree to any kind of limitation as lawful because it is a slippery slope and the Left is pushing us down it all the time. Giving an inch so to speak is still an inch further down the slope.

[Androidpk]

Huh? My feelings were never hurt. I thought they were being disrespectful pieces of shit, nothing more.

lolsnowflake

[Methais]

lolsnowflake

How does thinking someone is being a disrespectful piece of shit = snowflake?

What's your definition of snowflake? Besides "PB" or some shit, as that would be an "example" and not a definition.

[Tenlaar]

One of, if not the single largest principle, that this country was founded on is this little thing they called, "Liberty". It was founded by people who fled oppression. They were very much against such things (yes... slavery; every rule has it's exception!) and many of the laws and ideals they put forth were done to preserve their new-found freedom and to put themselves in a position to prevent future subjugation.

Let me say this for you again: They fled an oppressive government.

You need to take off those rose-colored glasses, man. The people who founded this country were only against the oppression and subjugation of themselves. Slavery isn't the one and only exception. This country was founded on destroying the Native Americans and continually herding them onto ever shrinking reservations. This country was founded on treating immigrants of every stripe as second class citizens at best, and a plague on our population at worst. Which is why...

When things like this are taken, or given away as some would prefer it, they aren't given back. The more a populace is disarmed and thus weakened, the stronger the hold a government has over it's people. So, no, I'm not a big fan of just handing more power to the government and I don't think they would be, either, if we're really talking about guys from the 1700s. Those guys stood for liberty. They fought for liberty. The laws they put in place were there to support liberty. You're trying to dissect a very limited portion of a much larger ideal in order to dismiss something that I honestly think would be quite contrary to what they wanted.

...we need to stop trying to govern the functioning of our country based on whitewashed principles and the ideals of the fucking 1700 and 1800's. If the founding fathers were still in charge, we wouldn't have a national army that, even if half of them defied the government and joined "the resistance," would still be able to put down any group of any people that they wanted to. This isn't a world where fighting the government means riding your horse to a field and forming a line, it isn't a world were fighting the government means you and your resistance buddies name yourselves after some cool animals and go all Wolverines on everybody, it's a world where fighting the government means satellite surveillance and drones strikes and tactical missile strikes and bunker busters. And what I'm not a big fan of is supporting your freedom fighter fantasies over doing the only thing we can do to help stop thousands upon thousands of people from being murdered every year.

[Latrinsorm]

My rights do not end because your feelings got hurt or you are uncomfortable. The left needs to learn this and so do you.

They do end when it is determined they pose an (arbitrarily determined) level of risk, though. You aren't allowed to shout fire in a crowded theater. You aren't allowed to bear nuclear arms. You aren't allowed to murder someone because God told you. If you ever step into the real world, you'll find out things are a lot more complicated than "I HAVE RIGHTS!"

Which is why I never agree to any kind of limitation as lawful because it is a slippery slope and the Left is pushing us down it all the time. Giving an inch so to speak is still an inch further down the slope.

It may interest you to learn that neither our legislative nor judicial systems operate on precedent at the highest level. Both the Congress and the Supreme Court are free to behave in a way that expressly contradicts prior behavior - this is kind of the point of both bodies.

No it's not, unless they are using violence or the government is getting involved in said stopping of 1st amendment.

The President is part of the government. hth

[Methais]

You need to take off those rose-colored glasses, man. The people who founded this country were only against the oppression and subjugation of themselves. Slavery isn't the one and only exception. This country was founded on destroying the Native Americans and continually herding them onto ever shrinking reservations. This country was founded on treating immigrants of every stripe as second class citizens at best, and a plague on our population at worst. Which is why...


...we need to stop trying to govern the functioning of our country based on whitewashed principles and the ideals of the fucking 1700 and 1800's. If the founding fathers were still in charge, we wouldn't have a national army that, even if half of them defied the government and joined "the resistance," would still be able to put down any group of any people that they wanted to. This isn't a world where fighting the government means riding your horse to a field and forming a line, it isn't a world were fighting the government means you and your resistance buddies name yourselves after some cool animals and go all Wolverines on everybody, it's a world where fighting the government means satellite surveillance and drones strikes and tactical missile strikes and bunker busters. And what I'm not a big fan of is supporting your freedom fighter fantasies over doing the only thing we can do to help stop thousands upon thousands of people from being murdered every year.

What's your solution though?

[Parkbandit]

lolsnowflake

You aren't even making any sense... which is usually the case in any political discussion with you.