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Forum: Chit Chat 08-7-2019, 05:04 PM
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Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Trump: "It's mental illness that pulls the trigger"
Trump: *Revokes Obama-era gun checks for mental illness*
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 11:34 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

There are several Supreme Court rulings on a more precise definition of which kinds of hate speech are which and some are worse than others, but like just about every other crime in just about every...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 09:26 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Her point is that the law that went into place could end up being defined as like "Assembly or communication contrary to the common good" or something that could also be used to harm the kinds of...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 08:53 PM
Replies: 204
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Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

This is basically the discussion of when a new thing turns from "a new thing" to some kind of guaranteed human right that it is oppressive to not have.

20 years ago, social media functionally...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 07:45 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Yes and if you ask most Americans they will say that was good because the government took something away and then gave it back, as opposed to giving them something and then taking it away.
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 06:28 PM
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Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Which should be, to all right thinking people, FUCKING TERRIFYING. Even a straight repeal of the 2nd amendment wouldn't actually DO ANYTHING. Taking away just the fact that the rights are not to be...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:52 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Yeah, I mean you can't change a document if it would impact the second AMENDMENT TO THE DOCUMENT.
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:32 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

No, more like, there are people who are prone to acting on that kind of input, so if you expose them to that kind of input enough times, eventually they're going to act on it. You can't predict it so...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:23 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

In its simplest definition, Stochastic Terrorism is the act of using mass communication, like social media, news networks, etc, to generally incite hatred or violence towards a group or groups, such...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:17 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Well if you don't want to research Stochastic Terrorism yourself, I'm happy to give a basic introduction here.
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:13 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

And it sounds like Sanjix and FFA need to learn about Stochastic Terrorism and the way that the culture of the country in the last 18 years has moved towards fostering circumstances that make these...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 05:06 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

I recall reading that the fact that it was a gay club had nothing to do with the selection at all, and that there was evidence on his computer that he was basically looking around for any place that...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 04:54 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Nobody has said there's nothing 'wrong' with them. They have anger issues, they have entitlement issues, they have privilege issues, they have issues with expressing their feelings in harmful ways....
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 04:36 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

That depends on whether you are using a clinical, or a gross pop culture definition of "sanity/insanity"

I think they have a lot of internalized anger and should be in therapy. I think that toxic...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 04:34 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

What a fundamental misunderstanding of entitlement and privilege. I mean, yes there's a tongue-in-cheek argument that somebody who thinks they are so owed things from other people that murder is an...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-6-2019, 07:38 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Homocide and Mass Shootings are entirely different categories of thing. White people do plenty of Homocide as well. But mass shootings of mostly strangers is a pretty uniquely white thing in America....
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 10:37 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Lets not make laws against murdering people. If murdering is illegal, criminals will still murder!

Like...come on now. This is one of the saddest and weakest objections to a claim that civilian...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 06:02 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

I'll go out on a limb and say that yes, civilian gun ownership for purposes besides hunting and sport shooting is always a bad thing.

Edit: I suppose on further reflection, I need to explicitly...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 05:42 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Can you even show me, say...five such cases in...

Can you even show me, say...five such cases in the last 10 years? And then argue whether those cases justify the offsetting hundreds and hundreds of not prevented mass shootings?

If the cost of...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 05:37 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

That's the kind of false equivocation that gets trotted out any time somebody levels a reasonable criticism against America's lax gun laws.

"We should improve gun control somewhat"
"So you think...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 05:34 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Given the extent to which the media falls all over itself to do anything BUT criticize guns, and given how many networks constantly push the 'good guy with a gun' narrative, I would hazard a guess...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 05:07 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Well I hope for your sake that you don't join the majority statistic of people who own a gun for home defense, and use it, discovering that they've accidentally shot the aforementioned people you...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 04:33 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

I can't even begin to describe what a bad idea this is, supported by literally all the evidence.
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 04:16 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

There were 'good guys with guns' at several of the last few mass killings. In general they either do nothing, or accidentally also kill some innocent people. "good guys with guns" at the Vegas...
Forum: Chit Chat 08-5-2019, 03:24 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 18,076
Posted By devonin
Re: El Paso and Dayton Shootings (SERIOUS TOPIC)

Pretty sure that ready and easy access to guns of that sort absolutely contributes to these things. I mean...there's a reason almost every single one of these shootings of the last several years used...
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