05-04-2018, 02:00 PM
(05-04-2018, 10:11 AM)David Horn Wrote: There was a time when the issue was mostly moot. This hyper-fascination with guns and being forever armed is relatively recent. You can track the history of the NRA and its advocacy, and the two track together. Below the surface, this is about selling guns ... period ... full stop!
Well, no. You can reduce things so only your own values count, and indulge in the straw man, in assigning vile motivations to the other guy. That simplifies something complex, gives one a false sense of high virtue. Some folk will cling to other values, and attribute false motivation.
This is a messy situation. Locking into ones own values won't give an accurate feel for it.
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