“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

  • kool_newt
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    10 months ago

    I’m glad they exist, I just wish self-defense wasn’t associated with right-wing idiots. ILiberals have been convinced that we’re civilized now and have no need for self-defense at the personal or community level. The state will protect us right?

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      10 months ago

      Very well. So I assume you as an armed liberal will be going to that town and making a stand.

      We solve society problems by society level solutions not waving around a murder machine. Your gun isn’t going to stop a drone nor is it going to save you from a random pipe bomb.

      • kool_newt
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        Edited

        Very well. So I assume you as an armed liberal will be going to that town and making a stand.

        Well, I won’t be planning specific activities the authorities disagree with on Lemmy.

        We solve society problems by society level solutions …

        How’s that going for you?

        Drone operators have homes and families and neighbors, some of whom could object to their behavior and take action to stop them from causing harm to others. If things ever got to this point in the U.S. the battlefield would not be neatly contained.

        • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          7
          ·
          10 months ago

          How’s that going for you?

          Pretty decent. Chances are you will never be a slave and never meet one which is the only time in human history this has been true.

          Drone operators have homes and families and neighbors, some of whom could object to their behavior and take action to stop them from causing harm to others. If things ever got to this point in the U.S. the battlefield would not be neatly contained.

          Japanese interment camps. Your argument is defeated

          • kool_newt
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            10 months ago

            Pretty decent. Chances are you will never be a slave

            This is only maybe true (things are changing fast, and mostly for the worse), and only if you define slavery in the worst way, i.e. chattel.

            and never meet one which is the only time in human history this has been true.

            I’ve met people who have spent time in prison, given little option but to labor for pennies a day. Not hard to find at all. Slavery isn’t even forbidden in the U.S. Many others arguably fit the definition of wage slave. I myself feel compelled to sell my labor, what are my options?

            Japanese interment camps. Your argument is defeated

            Not sure exactly what you mean by this, but assuming you’re providing a counter example, a single instance of something doesn’t demonstrate that it is the only way a situation can play out.

            • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              10 months ago

              Yes if you redefine words you usually can get whatever result you want. Clearly being a middle manager at Target should be described by the same word as pre civil war hell on earth that was the South and Dutch diamond mines. That makes sense.

              Btw I have redefined not agreeing with me as murder so unless you want to be a murderer…

              • kool_newt
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                edit-2
                10 months ago

                I used no uncommon or unaccepted definitions of any word.

                Btw I have redefined not agreeing with me as murder so unless you want to be a murderer…

                I’m sure you identify as a helicopter also.