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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
What's a SJW?
Nobody else answer, I'd like to know what Protagonist defines as one.
But yeah I'd be more worried about Klan members, Neo-Confederates and drunken frat boys.
edited 27th Feb '16 3:36:50 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranDrunken anyone, really. Public inebriation is a misdemeanour, yes? Driving while under the influence is also a somewhat grave offense, yes? What are the penalties for carrying a gun under the influence?
Also, Sanders is gun-friendly. What does he have to say about this bullshit?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.@Silaw: I'm joking, the joke being that easily offended college students are stereotypically SJ Ws (and vice-versa).
As for the term SJW, (at least how I define it) it's a sarcastic label applied to a particular group of people obsessed with political correctness who use Insane Troll Logic to see Unfortunate Implications where usually most people don't. For example: I forget her name, but there was an MSNBC speaker (I think) who said that Star Wars was racist, because Darth Vader is black when he's evil (due to his armor and being voiced by a black guy) and white when he's good.
Essentially, you can think of them as being like those Christian Fundementalists who think that Pokemon is Satanic. Except, instead of Satanism, they see Political Incorrectness everywhere.
edited 27th Feb '16 4:13:15 PM by Protagonist506
Leviticus 19:34The problem is that some of them are after their guns, Obama isn't, Sanders ain't, but Clinton and some of the House Dems are, now they're that way because the Roeublicans and NRA have stopped all reform even if it's reasonable, but that doesn't justify them going of the handle and trying to ban guns because they have a safety feature.
Federal Assult Weapons Ban, with a gun being banned if it has both a flash guard (to prevent the weirder being blinded in low light conditions) and folding stock in the case of a rifle or a barrel shroud (safety feature to prevent burns) in the case of a handgun.
edited 27th Feb '16 4:14:40 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThough I'm sure if the feds offered to buy back guns while also strongly restricting their manufacture and sale...
Like, nobody's coming after your guns, but if you bring us your guns yourself, we'd be happy to buy them from you.
Also, stats prove that guns being allowed or banned has no effect on criminality one way or another, that "good guys with a gun" are worse than useless in the vast majority situations where a "bad guy with a gun" reveals themselves.
I once saw an interesting "difficult choice" meme, the choices being "police are racists out to kill blacks" and "guns are useless to fight off criminals, let the police deal with them".
edited 27th Feb '16 4:16:12 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I mean, my dad is fairly liberal, but he keeps a few guns for hunting purposes and for protection. He's told me before that he believes that you're allowed to have a gun only if you're responsible enough to know how to use one. But he's not the type to go all "teh guvrnmunt iz tryn ta tke r gunz", while some of my friends are.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
X3 Then perhaps people should say that they want that banned instead of the nebulous term "Assult weapons". Hell they could forget bans entirely and do what Obama has done and focus on loopholes and trying to fund the relevant agencies and let them look into the causes of gun violence.
edited 27th Feb '16 4:24:11 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranClinton has successfully established herself as someone who will safeguard the interests of the people (by not rocking the boat too much), compared to Sander's push for change (specifically economically) being seen as simply unreliable. Certainly a interesting shift compared to the election 8 years ago.
For Super Tuesday, Clinton may have the South locked up, so Sanders would need decisive wins in states like Vermont, Massachusetts, Colorado, Minnesota, and Oklahoma in order to stay competitive in the race.
It depends. Oklahoma, and particularly OKC often seems a bit like border country between Appalachia, the West, and Texas, with a little southern influence as a matter of pride.
edited 27th Feb '16 5:23:11 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."

"Business as usual."
The National Rifle Association has a stranglehold on American politics at the state and national level and basically it will torpedo the careers of any politician who lives in a gun friendly area who doesn't toe the "Guns are always okay, we must not talk about mass shootings other than make sure everyone has guns because guns" line.