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Originally Posted by finnbow
Did you even read my post? I didn't ascribe a cause and effect relationship. All I said is that you can't be a cheerleader for 2nd Amendment solutions and then bury your pom-poms when somebody actually does it, whether or not they even knew you existed.
Isn't a bit like advocating for bestiality and then indicating disgust when you see someone doing it with a horse?
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Yes, I read it. I've actually read many of your posts. You've framed this issue in a number of ways. You've framed is an a gun rights/gun rhetoric issue:
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Originally Posted by finnbow
Do any of you think that for a moment that the GOP along with their operatives and enablers will have a cathartic moment and start toning down their 2nd Amendment reactionary rhetoric? I don't. They will certainly protest loudly against anyone thinking that their rhetoric incites this sort of shit, but they won't halt for a minute.
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You've also suggested that the GOP's rhetoric is responsible"
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The GOP's strategy of describing Democratic policy positions in existential, even apocalyptic, terms seems to have consequences. However, it's their strategy for capturing the white, middle (and lower) class vote. If a few people get killed in the process, so be it.
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Both arguments to me are straw dogs until theres actually evidence that the shooter was motivated by anyone's "reactionary" rhetoric, or was moved by descriptions of Democrat policy in "existential, even apocalyptic, terms."