Hi! How did Canada become a fascist state?

@Davis

I’m posting to stimulate spirited discussion, not advance science.

Unseen, you have officially fallen down the rabbit hole of the internet. You seem to simply swallow whatever certain people tell you without critically evaluating things for yourself. Your COVID conspiracy nuttery was sad, the blowing neo-naziism in Ukraine all out of proportion was scary, and the hyper generalisations of “wokism” was a red-flag,…[Read more]

@Enco

Thanks for the history of gunpowder lesson, but it isn’t ignorance of it that makes the United States uniquely unable to keep its people from using each other for target practice.

Contrary to what right wingers tell us, we don’t need an armed populace to control government, we need a government that can listen to the people and then do…[Read more]

Unseen,

The “event horizon” was passed in the 1200s when someone in China created gunpowder from Potassium Nitrate (“Saltpeter” in ancient terminology,) Sulfur (“Brimstone” in case you’re wondering “What in the Hellfire is Brimstone?”), and Charcoal (wood burned in a vacuum.).

And Potassium Nitrate comes from decaying, dead organic matter, so…[Read more]

@Autumn

You missed the part about blacklisting companies?

@Robert

And the other shooter was a pretty good shot as well.

The Canadian government didn’t seize bank accounts: it temporarily froze them (seizing, in this context, would mean that the government or government agencies took possession of the funds). This is after streets in front of Parliament had been blockaded for a full month. Money was being promised to the protestors so they could remain indefinitely.…[Read more]

I have an acquaintance, an ex-Navy SEAL, who collects guns. I gather that quite a few of them are sniper rifles and that he has no problem hitting a target accurately, under the right circumstances, from a half mile away. He is avidly against “gun grabbers” on the left.

As kids we were taught how to handle guns and shoot accurately. From pel…[Read more]