redballooon

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Civilian disarmamends happened in various countries, i.e. Australia in 1996/97, UK after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996, Japan post WW2, South Africa in 2000, Colombia in 2000 and 2016, New Zealand after Christchurch.

Strategies and success vary, but it's not unheard of.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Many liberals have terrible views about gun violence in general IMO, and a serious lack of comprehension of the problem.

Could you elaborate that a bit?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What country is that?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

What’s your view on Trump?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m not even American yet still in “the west”, and refuse to be identified by American subpar ways of determining people in power.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Just to understand what you are saying, do you say communists apply scientific reasoning?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Here are some properties of any conspiracy theory worth it’s name:

  • Closed Ideological Systems: They provide an all-encompassing explanation for various events or states, with everything fitting into their worldview.
  • Immunity to Facts: Any contrary evidence is dismissed as false or considered part of the conspiracy.
  • Enemy Construction: They tend to draw a clear line between "us" (those who "know the truth") and "them" (the supposed conspirators).
  • Adaptability: Conspiracy narratives can change and incorporate new "evidence" or events to maintain their credibility.

It matches for QAnon and the MAGA crowd as well as the lemmygrad crowd.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given the comment you're just responding to, that's a level of not-self-reflection that's usually reserved to /r/selfawarewolfs or the like.

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