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Fumesucker

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3. This is one of the best answers I've seen

Reply to Sarah Ibarruri (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:12 PM

Dec 2012

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/

Most firearms in America are actually used to make men feel better about their dicks -- sorry, as symbols and reinforcers of masculinity. Men buy guns, telling themselves that they will use them in the masculine role of protector and defender. But in fact, guns are used to defend masculinity, first and foremost. Very occasionally, defending masculinity means defending others in your masculine role, but usually it means attacking other men for slights against your masculinity, or women for being uppity enough to disagree with you or reject you. Or children, for caring about anything other than Daddy. The god of masculinity is a very jealous god indeed.

Why else are gun defenders are so willing to water the tree of liberty with the blood of kindergartners?

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"Majority of men, Republicans, and Southerners report having a gun in their households" [View all] Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 OP

A question I ask myself, too. Why do men need the protection, but women don't? mainer Dec 2012 #1

Apparently men, from the stats that show men are the major gun buyers nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #8

Men tend to hunt sharp_stick Dec 2012 #2

This is one of the best answers I've seen Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

Interesting article. So maybe it's a whole psychological thingie with men and guns. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #9

Some men, by no means all Fumesucker Dec 2012 #12

Maybe there's a huge component of fear and lack of confidence in masculinity Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #13

I think it's akin to the body image problem a lot of women get from the media Fumesucker Dec 2012 #15

So women have plastic surgery, and men buy guns and pretend they're Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #16

Women talk more HockeyMom Dec 2012 #4

Do you think movies and TV have a lot to do with this idea that masculinity=owning a gun? nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #10

A minority of a minority of a minority of a minority. And a minority of them oppose all gun control. baldguy Dec 2012 #5

In my household, both my wife and myself own several firearms. axetogrind Dec 2012 #6

Turn on a television.... polemic_realism Dec 2012 #7

Thanks for posting this. Maybe gun-owning men will cease being so scared of life and stop the Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #11

I remember that link... rrneck Dec 2012 #14