Have you trained today? - eviltoast

Hello comrades! Friendly reminder that American leftists continue to be threatened by gun loving conservatives. You should know how to defend yourself and you should probably own a gun. Find an active SRA, John Brown Gun Club, or (if things are dire) pink pistols or other “apolitical” gun club.

I’ve been in the SRA for 4 years, it’s not great, but I met comrades local to me. I’ve learned a lot from them and fash who post good firearms advice and I love to share that when I can.

Open for questions and I’ll post more getting started stuff if this doesn’t get banned.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    3 months ago

    I really do not feel the need to continue to justify myself to you.

    Go ahead and imply that my stance enables fascism or whatever. I’m sure you’ll definitely berate me into picking up a gun and getting in the trenches.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
      71·
      3 months ago

      No, dude. Did you read what I wrote? I said

      1. I don’t care if you want or have a gun.
      2. I clarified how I interpreted your comment, which bore directly on how I framed my response (not wanting to kill ≠ pacifism & also in no way implies not wanting to own a gun).
      3. I asked questions to further conversation, which is how people communicate; in this case trying to find where you draw a line on violence.
      4. I said I thought it was healthy to not think you could kill someone.
      5. I pointed out that - for me, at least - this isn’t a hypothetical situation; that I believe it’s a serious topic deserving debate, which people should be thinking and taking about. In particular, I’m not trolling - these are real issues.

      What I did not say is that you needed to justify yourself, and there was no ad-hominem attack in my response.

      I think we’ve interacted before, and while I could be mistaken, I thought we’d had some good conversation with common ground. But it could be that we’ve butt heads before and that’s why I recognize your username.

      In any case, OP’s post reflects a growing feeling, especially among the targets of P.2025 - minorities, the poor - that they need to prepare to defend themselves for violence. You obviously don’t, for whatever reason, but many people do. And I think we should be talking about this.