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‘We the people’ is a timeless ideal of American democracy. What’s gone wrong?
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We’ve ignored key parts of it partly because of sentiment like yours.
So now the religious racist fascists have taken over and most of the rest of us aren’t armed. It was always the bad guys who mostly didn’t oppose guns.
And, particularly damning, neither side took action to deal with the underlying problem: mental health. By that I mean that ver half of ALL gun deaths are n the USA, every year, are from suicide. No magazine capacity limit, assault weapon ban, or background check will help that.
Neither side gives a fuck, preferring to use shootings as a political tool. “They’re coming for your guns!” helped elect Trump at least the first time, and “won’t someone think of the children?” is why I will soon need to apply for a permit just to be able to purchase a firearm in my state instead of universal health care.
tl;dr: Not nearly enough Democrats are armed and thus won’t be able to stop the fascist traitor racist criminal GQP.
So keep feeling smug, the planet has a way worse because people like you got your way and now a super power is evil.
Dude none of what you feel offended by was said in the comment you replied to.