Guns, Republicans and "manliness": We all suffer from the right's mental health crisis - eviltoast

Republican men seem massively troubled about their masculinity — and that’s literally causing death and suffering

  • charles@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    it would be a national crisis. “Something would have to be done!”

    People are already saying something has to be done because it is a national crisis. Toxic gun culture prevents any serious actions

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      The right has been pretty open about what kind of America they want to live in and what they’re willing to do to get there. We should all believe them and take them seriously, because they are fucking serious.

      Fascist militias are popping up left and right, and the only gun control measures that pass end up restricting the rights of citizens in blue states while red states continue expanding their own. Unless you can magically disarm the entire nation simultaneously that cat is out of the bag.

      I’m optimistic about the future and hold no deluded fantasies of armed conflict, but there may come a time where you’ll wish you had access to normal capacity magazines and non-nerfed rifles. Jon Stewart is not going to come rescue you when they have you on your knees in front of a ditch.

      Disarming the working class under the current hyper-capitalist regime doesn’t really work in our favor either, and in most instances gun control is proven to be a political loser that equals to nothing more than a waste of time/effort and only serves to cripple a campaign.

    • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Comprehensive mental health care for all is not being blocked by gun culture, it’s being blocked by the typical Republican calls of “SOCIALISM!!”