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paulkienitz

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2. guns are the concrete expression of white privilege

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2022, 12:52 PM

Jul 2022

and I would bet that second amendment enthusiasm correlates strongly with racism.

I'd always wondered who all these gun stockpilers were thinking they'd need to shoot -- the Chinese army, or zombies, or their own neighbors trying to take their survival buckets after civilization collapses... but I now think the answer is often that they're planning for a possible race war.

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blame James Harris of the Socialist Workers Party paulkienitz Jul 2022 #3

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... lapucelle Jul 2022 #8

guns are the concrete expression of white privilege paulkienitz Jul 2022 #2