Pencils dont misspell words people do

[brettdale]

That's the argument on twitter right now.

Not sure what response to do, to that tweet.

[ProudLib72]

1. Twitter doesn't make idiotic tweets, but if we took away tRump's phone it would spare us

at least a modicum of embarrassment.

[NightWatcher]

2. If guns don't kill, people do... then why are they freaking out about Kim Jong Un getting a nuke?

More nukes would make the world a safer place... with all that Mutual Assured Destruction.

[flamin lib]

3. Guns don't kill people, people kill people . . . with guns.

The difference escapes me.

[NurseJackie]

13. Yes. This. Exactly. Thank you!

[Guilded Lilly]

4. Try: We will pencil that in to the parents, family and loved ones of

the six years olds and teens of Sandy Hook, Columbine and Parkland whose bodies were ripped to hideous shreds by bullets coming from innocent guns.

[Hav]

5. It's hard to get behind the logic

But it's not surprising that it happens in a debate that is dominated by deflections from one side ("Define bs x term...", "More people die in car accidents" ).
Guns don't kill, people do....so presumably, they don't need guns for self defense or hunting as guns don't do the killing. I don't get it how some can be proud in presenting their flawed logic in public.

[Fresh_Start]

6. Guns don't buy or sell guns, people do

we are trying to regulate the sale and/or transfer of guns (so that the wrong people don't get guns)

[EffieBlack]

7. Two responses:

1. You’re right. And since spelling mistakes don’t kill or even hurt anyone, we just laugh at the boo boo and move on. But if someone starts stabbing people in the eye with the pencil, we take the pencil away from them. And if, after awhile, we notice that a whole lot of people are gouging people’s eyes out with pencils, we start making sure that people can be trusted with a pencil before letting them have one.

2. Maybe you should direct this to one of the Sandy Hook parents and see what they think about comparing their babies being ripped to shreds by automatic weapon fire with a word being spelled wrong.

[Guilded Lilly]

12. Yes, Effie! YES. n/t

[blugbox]

8. Talk about false equivalence

One is a small mistake with usually very little consequence, usually accidentally done out of ignorance.

The other is the ultimate consequence, usually intentionally done out of malice and hate.

Very easy to confuse the two

[greyl]

9. But those pencils that allow people to misspell two hundred words a minute cross the line. nt

[mitch96]

10. One pencil makes one mistake

but a person with a pencil that is capable of many many mistakes quickly, would surely cause a lot of damage.
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[LanternWaste]

11. Damn that "I before E" progressive spelling!!!! It's killing innocent Americans!!!

I remember when my typo resulted in the deaths of 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary.

Also, I read daily about pencils accidentally discharging its lead points into the backs, necks and faces of high school students when dropped. Or merely carried. Or just sitting there...

Damn that "I before E" progressive spelling!!!! It's killing innocent Americans!!!

[Kirk Lover]

15. But without the pencil the person could not misspell the word...the pencil

FACILITATES the misspelling. So the pencil doesn't misspell the words just like the guns don't kill the people....these objects just make it easier for the person to do what they wanna do. So fuck off Deplorables.

[XRubicon]

16. People don't kill people with 50 cal fully automatic machine guns

...because they are illegal.

[X_Digger]

17. The sentiment isn't new. See my signature.

The thought is thousands of years old, regardless of what some wits think.

[lame54]

18. Lead pencils turned out to be harmful...

So we made some common sense changes

[Mr. Ected]

19. The retort is simple

Without a pencil, the word is not misspelled. At that point, it's simply an idea in one's conscious mind.

No pencil, no misspelling.

[Iggo]

20. Pencils aren't designed to kill people.

[Iggo]

21. Also, pencils have erasers, so you can easily fix a mistake...