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Scrivener7

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6. I think, if you dig into causations far enough, you are absolutely right.

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 6, 2022, 08:19 AM

Oct 2022

At first I was thinking, no, just rein in the guns, but of course the need for some men to do their attempts at hyper-masculinity through gun-nut cosplay comes ultimately from a need to control women - and POC - which would be moot if we all had equal rights.

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I always feel like it is our own evil that we have exported when I hear these stories happening Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #4

I feel the same way. LuvLoogie Oct 2022 #5

I think, if you dig into causations far enough, you are absolutely right. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #6

It's definitely an "American disease." calimary Oct 2022 #8

Absolutely. That's how it proliferated here. Gun worship, toxic masculinity and Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #19

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Exactly. Straw Man Oct 2022 #18

Sure, Kali Multiple daily mass shootings in the US. Nothing new. Nothing to see here. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #20

violence or mass killings are not exclusive to the US or to modern times. Kali Oct 2022 #21

German news saying 36 dead. AllyCat Oct 2022 #7

He went home killed his wife, child malaise Oct 2022 #14

How awful, no words. dewsgirl Oct 2022 #9

. . . niyad Oct 2022 #10

This has to be ripping up the hearts of the American parents who have lost kids to guns. irisblue Oct 2022 #11

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Wow gixxerlee Oct 2022 #15

Sickening. lpbk2713 Oct 2022 #16

Similar happened in Russia recently Sympthsical Oct 2022 #17