Unseen,

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths would go down somewhat proportionally.

Funny, you did not allow such nuance with the pro-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms position earlier.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
So did New York’s stringent weapons laws stop Salman Rushdie from getting stabbed by Shia’ lunatic Hadi Matar?

Zero gun violence is not the goal. Reducing the amount of gun violence is the goal. If one instituted an efficient and convenient public transportation system taking half the cars off the road, road deaths wou…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Here, Armin Navabi of Atheist Republic highlights the deranged people who are celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder.

All the worst from the Woke Left and the Woke Right, Islamists, Anti-Zionists, Antisemites, and people on BlueSky compiling a list of others to go after. Like I said, the collateral damage always goes beyond the…[Read more]

Unseen,

A free marketplace of ideas is inherently good. By, contrast, societies with stricter control over guns experience a lower rate of murder and assault because guns facilitate such violence, leaving people free to express their ideas.

While controlling media might also reduce violence it would do so at the expense of removing true…

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TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen,

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

Wouldn’t you have to say communications technology should be at least as restricted as guns, if danger to lives is your concern.

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Unseen,

I guess being antifascist has become a vile, nasty, evil thing.

No. Using the Antifascist label while doing Fascist deeds like murdering people for their viewpoints is the vile, evil, nasty thing.

So, would shitposting and trolling also be restricted from communication technology in your ideal utopia?

Jake,

Wall Street Journal headline:

Early Bulletin Said Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology; Some Sources Urge Caution

The caution they need to urge is for people in the area of Utah Valley University to stay safe as long as the assassin is loose.

jakelafort wrote:
Wall Street Journal headline: Early Bulletin Said Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology; Some Sources Urge Caution

I guess being antifascist has become a vile, nasty, evil thing.

Unseen,

I’m not sure where you’re going with that. Stop hinting and be explicit, please.

Wouldn’t you have to say communications technology should be at least as restricted as guns, if danger to lives is your concern?

Unseen,

So saying stupid shit is grounds for political murder? Let that sink in.