Here's one of the favorite bromides of the American Ammosexual:
I think maybe we're looking at large portions of the populace feeling intimidated into keeping silent; being reluctant to speak out because they're afraid some asshole with a gun might do something stoopidly shitty - and mistaking that forced reticence for courtesy.
Those two things are not the same.
And also too - the fact that Americans are heavily armed (and short-tempered) may be a contributing factor in our ever-increasing tendency to offload some of our societal responsibilities onto the cops.
Why would I knock on my neighbors' door to ask him to keep his dog quiet, when I'm afraid he'll shoot my ass? Am I being polite - or is it something else?
Just wanna point some of that shit out.
"An armed society is a polite society"
I think maybe we're looking at large portions of the populace feeling intimidated into keeping silent; being reluctant to speak out because they're afraid some asshole with a gun might do something stoopidly shitty - and mistaking that forced reticence for courtesy.
Those two things are not the same.
And also too - the fact that Americans are heavily armed (and short-tempered) may be a contributing factor in our ever-increasing tendency to offload some of our societal responsibilities onto the cops.
Why would I knock on my neighbors' door to ask him to keep his dog quiet, when I'm afraid he'll shoot my ass? Am I being polite - or is it something else?
Just wanna point some of that shit out.
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