Well, someone had to be the first to say it.
Many people have said it, but the bar to repealing an amendment is very high. Impossibly high, in this case, what with the number of people who fear that this current administration is going to end in armed insurrection. And as the WaPo points out, this is not helping solve the problem, but merely building another wall between the Democrats and the Republicans.
Interesting thoughtâŚ
Literal fasces.
Iâll just note that I think that solidarity is great, but regimentation (bind the sticks) is what the metaphor is justifying. Take care with that idea.
Though it can be read that way, it doesnât seem to be the intent of the present-day telling.
A certain Father had a family of Sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves. No words he could say did the least good, so he cast about in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
When a DMCA notice isnât enough.
Female Shooter though, so, âYea, Diversity?â
(There is no more Too Soon)
yeah, i think it took about 3 minutes before i started seeing comments about how the shooter was breaking the glass ceiling into yet another male-dominated field.
Well, when the tragedy is perpetually ongoingâŚ
Ooh weâre feeling edgy today
I try to control myself outside designated sandboxes like the Apocalypse Watch
Maybe we need more dark humor topics
That was my thinking when I posted. Iâm at the point where the only thing left is bitter laughter.
Along the same lines:
Left out of the homicide statistic is that roughly 10% are committed by police and most of the remaining were mass shootings.
It seems to me we have a solvable problem.
You can skip the mourning period in 5 seconds.
Hasnât it always been a pretty much solvable problem, though? It just seems that America lacks the political will (and is, of course, beholden to the gun lobby) to actually tackle the problem.