Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I don't think a rational debate on gun control is currently possible in the United States [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)You've seen the hatefulness, the day in, day out insults, the never-ending claims of compassion, the enbracing -- publicly -- of a strategy of shunning, smear and moral condemnation. And it's been going on in MSM since before the innertubes existed. "Rational debate and empirical data" are what many DU controllers have SPECIFICALLY cast overboard, YoungDemCal.
You can expect a Big pushback, esp. among those on the right who are Not prone to walk over a gold-gilded political gift.
No, you shouldn't expect to "get that soon," as long as "blood on your hands," "cowards," "hidden criminals," and vast quantities of "penis" talk are the order of the day, here in DU and in the remnants of MSM. Some folks may get off to this anonymous trolling and hate speech, but remember this Hard fact: The "other side" of the 2A debate, both RW and an increasingly active pro-2A left, are in this for the long term, and are increasingly resolved to treat gun controllers & banners like Grant treated Lee until Appomattox.
If you want to change the outlook, act on that over which you have some measure of control: gun controller/banner behavior, language and values.
My $2.