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    He’s right, you know. If you own an AR you shouldn’t slack on practice. Go to the gun range regularly. Train how to clean and maintain it. You may one day be facing people who are well trained.

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    To answer Pete Buttigeg:

    That’s the point! We’re not Benjamin Netanyahu who enjoys targeting everyone but soldiers and police officers.

    You know those Russian soldiers dropped their weapons during the October revolution.
    If American soldoers are wise, they’d do the same.

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    Democrats will happily disarm everyone and hand the keys to the nation to the Republicans. The recent exhaltation of David Hogg in the party is proof. Not even January 6th 2021 will change their minds, they will never stop on their anti gun crusade.

    The justice system is not meant to protect us as we can all plainly see. We are on our own.

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      Yeah if dems dropped gun I expect more wins but you know dnc. They dont want guns cause they already keep trying to shoot its own limbs off as it is.

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    Oh right! Guess I should just let cops and military do whatever they want because they have the special American pass.

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    Well, the gun would certainly improve my chances in the battle against fascist cops and soldiers. Political resistance is proving to be a failure. The Dems are already thinking that Kamala (proven failure) is our best chance against Trump 3.0 in 2028. No third-party will be viable by that date.

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      political resistance includes strikes, protests and mutual aid. oh and also guns when (because its just a matter of when in the us) it comes time for it. libs are just doing it aimlessly, start listening to the socialists and you won’t even need to elect anyone to get shit done.

      also its cute that some people think you are likely to see another election in 2028.

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        and proselitizing. don’t forget proselitizing. if possible go to squares and city centers, perhaps with a small table or tent, lots of pamphlets and some good will to explain.

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          or talk to libs on the internet, since its equivalent in many ways to city squares 😉

          but yeah, it isn’t a substitute for working IRL.

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      This is only a problem because Americans continue to support Democrats. Unfortunately, we need to be even more clear that their corrupt and ineffectual politics are no longer desired than we did in ‘24, because the bozos are pretending they didn’t get the message. The corporate Dems work tirelessly to enable disastrous Republican policies all the time, usually at the behest of their common donors - they should just stop the charade and switch parties.

      In the meantime, there are efforts to get leftist 3rd parties off the ground. This Is our only hope to “vote” our way out of fascism, and yes, I’m aware it’s a minuscule chance of success. People typically don’t vote their way out of fascism, historically speaking.

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    Is that even happening? Considered US police and various letter agencies are basically at the level of open warfare against the population i would imagine population of such a liberty loving country would fight back…

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      Do you expect individuals to go up to their local government and let loose? What do you think the result of that would be?

      That’s not how resistance movements work and never has been.

      You must build first. Read history.

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        I’m calling up Americans and their relation to government. They are not the courageous liberty loving individuals they claim they are, there is plenty of gun violence in USA but very little if any is against the government and for their liberties despite it becing cited as the main reason of what is otherwise just a gun fetishism.

        Point is: liberalism sucks and is unable to organise anyone for anything.

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          Well Americans aren’t a monolith and as I said, individuals taking action against a government achieves nothing. Do you believe America has achieved a mass leftist movement capable of overthrowing the govt?

          Unless you are in China, Cuba, Vietnam, or NK you really don’t have a valid platform to criticize a people not overthrowing their government, have you partaken in the overthrow of your government/do you agree with your government?

          Considering the OP is mocking a “leftist” liberal advocating the disarmament of the people. Do you think OP/most people agreeing with OP here are right wing liberals or ollectivist leftists? It seems to me you are advocating for liberal individualism or from a similar liberal view unless I’m drastically misunderstanding something.

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      Police and the military aren’t attacked in the US because the majority of Americans think those are good things. Americans want white supremacy and classicism enforced. Americans just think the enforcement is being done to the wrong groups, so they carry out mass shootings against schools, churches, etc. as a correction.

      The actually oppressed are in no position to openly engage in warfare against the government. MLK pointed out it would be a disaster because the retaliation would exceed any forces black Americans could muster. Look at how much pearl clutching was done in the wake of the George Floyd protests. The so-called moderates immediately supported the pigs throwing people into unmarked vans.

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        Yes, again, US gun fetishist do nothing except shooting schoolkids. Butt Skaven is inventing fictional scenarios in his butt to get the thrill of being at the cops’s side despite he and his entire party never did anything else in his entire life.

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    Their fantasy is specifically a David Koresh moment where the ATF and FBI come at them for fucking children.