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Facts For Thee (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I think it would have been funny in an ironic way if he was shot from behind the barrier. Just something to really prove his point.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

And that some can afford protection and made it impossible for others is also a fact of life

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

This is what it feels like when dealing with banks and utilities of a loved one when they pass away.

[+] [email protected] -14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are shootings not a fact of life?

People hiding behind a certainty of their own moral superiority are stooping to twisting people’s words to make their point?

Maybe just for one day, resist any dunks that require distortion of the facts of what people said. See how far your worldview goes when you constrain yourself to telling the truth.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

They exist in life sure

But they are not a daily occurrence in any civilized country.

In my 30+ years I have never even seen an actual gun, let alone be shot at. The perks of living in a civil society.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

The "they're a fact of life" rhetoric here is to imply there is nothing that can be done about the issue.

It's a thought terminating cliche). The purpose of stating they're "a fact of life" is to aim to quell dissonance about the issue.

That's the truth. I didn't need to constrain myself any. Maybe just for one day, resist pretending that these right-wing nutjobs say anything in good faith.

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