• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Lose the gun talking point.

    Dems be Beto O’Rourke’ing every election

    This is the moment that O’Rourke lost texas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMVhL6OOuR0

    2nd amendment can serve an important purpose, kill traitors who are violating the constitution.

    Unfortunately, dems managed to convince people left-of-center to disarm, while the far-right have become the majority of gun owners.

    Thanks, Democrats. You did the job for the fascists.

    Gun are great. End fascism where the idea begins 🧠 by using the 2A

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      it is like watching interdimensional cable from Rick and Morty “in this reality it is normal to carry guns and the discussion is which side of the aisle has more”

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      I have been saying this for years, as someone who lives in Texas: If the Dems stopped talking about “taking away guns”, then Progressive policies/candidates would win in landslide elections constantly.

      I voted for Beto, donated to his campaign, had his yard sign, etc. But I knew that sound clip was going to haunt him forever.

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        I am far from a one issue voter, but the louder you are against the working class being armed, the slimmer the chances of me voting for you.

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          Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary

          • Karl Marx

          It’s one of things we actually agree with rightoids about… Democrat strategy is stupid beyond belief; who are the anti-gun libs going to vote for, the Republicans?

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      I feel like… this is half baked… but I feel like the gun stuff should be … states rights? Push it down to the state level. Let texas be texas. Let new york or new york city specifically have its own laws. Make right wing people argue against states rights some more.

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        But the gun stuff is a constitutional issue, which is the complete opposite of states rights.

        Abortion was pushed back to a states rights thing because there was no federal laws on the books and they scrapped the right to privacy interpretation it was previously under. The right wing is happy to argue against states rights for a national abortion ban, especially when they are losing at the state level.