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I wasn't thinking about forgetting to eat. Stimulants like amphetamines boost your metabolism and make you more active. He's clearly too fat and lazy to be on stimulants.

If he really was hopped up on speed, shouldn't he be a lot thinner?

I know the man is smart, but how is he also so dumb about how our politics has become so broken? Surely he understands that his candidacy will only harm his stated goals until we pass electoral reform so third parties can't act as spoilers.

Of course. Why wouldn't he connect with his people?

In fairness, they have to. There's a fun challenge out there that says open the Bible to a random page and do whatever it says. The last person to go to jail wins.

The Bible doesn't teach morality. It reveals the morality the believer has chosen.

How? It's comparing one terrorist group against another.

If you suspect a witness of being an accessory to a crime, then of course a competent prosecutor would "set up" that witness to jeopardize themselves. Admitting to a crime isn't a defense against prosecution.

Demonstrably so, yes.

Also, I fear no gods I know how to kill.

The truth is you're dismissing the death and suffering of countless people because it might inconvenience you in the pursuit of your gun fetish. Which is what the article is attempting to address and that you are desperately trying to deflect from.

So now that we've established this, we can go our separate ways.

We hope it's the last breath of the religious right. If they succeed in imposing minority rule by invalidating any election they lose, then we could be dealing with them for a long time.

Isn't the straw already gone from that man you're beating? Or would you care to address what the post is actually talking about instead of nitpicking on whether or not the AR-15 is a military grade weapon?

Yes, thank you for making me realize that all those gun deaths don't matter. What's really important is how the AR-15 is designated.

Right, of course. Since the AR-15 was only briefly shipped as a military weapon it doesn't count as one. And since the article is talking about how worship of guns is making gun violence worse by elevating the AR-15 as a status symbol, its non-military status completely invalidates the argument. Clearly, people being hurt and killed by non-military weapons is better for the nation.

I've been so blind. Thank you for repeating this fact so I understand. It’s okay because the AR-15 isn't actually military. All those dead and wounded people can feel better now.

Yes, the other pendants got there before you long ago. Because that totally invalidates the point of gun violence. Good job.

Has there been a more incompetent, political judge to ever sit on the bench? I can't imagine how.

Thank you for making my point so thoroughly. They believed in strong, disciplined militias. And they never imagined the horrors of modern weapons technology inflicted on civilian populations by fellow civilians.

That's an amazingly good point. Thank you!

Except arming your trans/PoC friends is likely to get them killed even more than when they don't. The presence of guns escalates violence, far more often than it de-escalates.

Furthermore, arming everyone increases the chances that innocent bystanders will get hit. Or do you think everyone ever hit by a bullet was its target? The myth about the "good guy with a gun" is exactly that: a myth. The good guys don't hit their targets with that much accuracy. I'm sorry if this ruined anyone's "Die Hard" fantasies, but those fantasies are literally killing people every day.

So if we take away guns, only criminals will have guns, right. Sure, I'll concede that. Those with guns will be criminals. They'll also be far less likely to shoot you while they commit a crime because they'll have no reason to think you're going to shoot them first. I would rather be robbed than shot. I can get more money. I can't get more life.

Last, I find it curious that you took my conditional statement as an absolute. I pointed out that in light of the unwillingness of 2A freaks to consider any compromise, my only option is to demand all guns be taken away. What other choice do I have? If compromise were possible then I would accept that. I'm not going to make perfect the enemy of good. But thanks to the gun lobby and the Federalist Society, we can't have any restrictions on gun ownership and zero discussion on the impact guns are having on the health of our society. To balance that extreme, it is necessary for people who care about human lives to go to the other extreme.

When gun advocates are finally willing to acknowledge the problems they're creating, I'm willing to talk. Until then, I see no reason why I should give any more ground than they are.

How is it that humans are capable of recognizing that any amount of torture is immoral, but the alleged Source of all morality isn't?