Man shot in road rage upset that prosecutor won’t file charges

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65. Eh, I can see both positions as having an element of macho swagger to them

So, when I see your position (and that of your partner in arms there) it looks very macho swaggery at the point of execution (no pun): it's this "fuck around, lay around," "if you fuck with me I'll fucking KILL you," or, more eloquently, "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" sort of machismo. But it's certainly premised on a deep and fearful sense of vulnerability, which is in some sense the opposite of macho swagger.

My position, on the other hand, can be seen as an attempt to find (or retrieve) some sense of reasonable or proportional response, not having to destroy anything that comes at you. At the same time, you're right that it's premised on a sense of (at least projecting) invulnerability that was the certainly macho "code" I grew up with and that still inflects the way I look at these events.

Both positions have their own macho swagger, it seems to me. And both have their own reasonableness.