I just told you why.
I still for the life of me cannot bring myself to see 1/6 as this insanely monumental act. If they brought in guns, took over and weren’t out within hours I’d be on your side. Takes this like just make me feel even less like it was a big deal because it seems so hyperbolic.I just told you why.
Look, we’ve had some unprecedented things happen in my country too.
After 220 years of being a shining example to the world of how to peacefully transfer power, we had a POTUS try and hold on to power through corrupt and criminal means, and then when that failed, through violent means.
But thank God for the patriotic gun owners!
Just kidding. Most of them didn’t give a fuck or do anything, and those that did tended to support the corrupt POTUS
They did wonderful things like try and stop vote counts, some of them sat armed next to ballot drop boxes to try and harass and intimidate voters…
We have politicians right now trying to gain power specifically so they can force everyone to live under the laws of (their interpretation of) their religion, and the pro-gun Americans largely back those politicians too.
Our Constitution begins the words “We the People.” Despite a lot of gun owners saying those words, wearing t-shirts and hats with those words, and even having those words emblazoned on their vehicles, the truth is that the people they care about are themselves and their in-groups, for the most part. They sure didn’t give a fuck when politicians tried to invalidate my lawful vote in 2020 (along with more than 13 million other Americans). They sure aren’t standing up for oppressed minorities—in fact, they generally support the candidates doing the oppressing. And there’s some small faction of them that seem to threaten civil war every 5 minutes, and unfortunately if that ever happened the sheer number and types of weapons we have here would make sure it was horrifically bloody and tragic.
I understand this delusion that if you had more guns you’d have a foothold against some tyrannical government. I understand it because a lot of people here have that same delusion. But as a lifelong resident of a country with nearly 400 million guns in circulation, I can assure you that isn’t the reality.
Solely in terms of threatening the peaceful transfer of power, the fake elector scheme was far worse than Jan 6 in my opinion. I continue to be saddened and amazed that Americans at large can’t be made to care about it.
I’m certainly not trying to be a dick, but this still feels hyperbolic. What kind of injuries? This makes it seem like they were all physically assaulted, some with broken bones etc.
Correct, I am speaking of physical injuries.
Trump's half-Scottish; I'm hoping he makes Scotland the 51st State if he wins in November.
Don't worry, he's committed fraud in Scotland too.
Trump faces renewed calls for investigation into Scottish business assets
Ministers asked to look again at request for use of Unexplained Wealth Order against former the former president in light of the New York civil fraud judgment against him in Februarywww.independent.co.uk
It's hilarious to me that the dude is considered by people to be merely one of the boys. You know, yeah, he's a founding father and one of the framers. Nah, he is The Framer and the man foremost responsible for constructing the national framework of the United States of America. It's not even close.
The US is an inherently more dangerous place than the UK and pretty much any European country. American culture values individual liberty, and British culture places emphasis on collective safety. It is what it is. The fact this kind of point is repeatedly brought up by people reinforces the desire for comfort and reassuring security that they aren't like those monstrous Americans and our guns! And to that, I say, congratulations. You don't have to live here, and I don't want to live there. That's okay.
There are of course exceptions, but I generally don't find European 'concerns' about American gun violence to be genuine either (albeit difficult to discern tone from text on a screen), and nobody is forced to live or raise their families here -- any and every other country on this planet invariably has far more strict gun laws and regulations. It's also worth noting that the US constitutes an utterly enormous land mass - the UK is smaller than the state of Wyoming FFS - and so the murder rates by region, state, city (and demographic) are often drastically disproportionate. It crosses into taboo-discussion land but @My Spot would probably be happy to fill you in on that.
You must hang out with a right bunch of bleeding vaginas!
Plus I’d prefer Europe not to gun-crazy so I have more living options for when I retire, because I sure as fuck don’t want to retire here.
