AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix0xc95 wrote
Reply to comment by AbsentThatDay in Chicago Alderman who said he wants fewer cops in his ward is now asking people to PLEASE stop shooting each other for 48 hours by CookieMasochist
It's not. You're going from one extreme to another trying to justify your country's poor decisions.
AbsentThatDay t1_ix12uys wrote
Nothing I have said has been extreme. I'm a lifelong Democrat in the most liberal state in the nation, I just happen to believe along with 80 percent of the nation that we should be an armed society.
AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix15qcc wrote
You entirely did. You went from either everyone is armed to the teeth or you're on constant overwatch and dictated how to live your life. You completely bypassed everything in between.
AbsentThatDay t1_ix191rq wrote
So your first example, where everyone is armed to the teeth, is that how you view the U.S. right now? Are we really extreme, I mean the common man in the U.S., you view that as some extreme armed to the teeth existence? I think your impression of bog-standard Americans is out of whack.
That being said I can understand how another culture would seem extreme to some people who haven't immersed themself in it. I get that a lot of people suffer because of gun violence. I still think it's worth it. A lot of diabetics die from eating too much sugar, we don't ban cupcakes.
AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix1dqv9 wrote
Were cupcakes designed to kill people?
It's unfortunate but the entire American culture is built on violence. Without it the country is lost, has no home. So I get why you think it's necessary. It's just unfortunate that America will always be that country hitting itself going "this hurts! If only there was a way to stop doing it!"
AbsentThatDay t1_ix1fu73 wrote
Bro we're standing tall, no offense, but is there a country in the world that has more influence? I'm trying not to be nationalistic here, but it's not too bad to be in the U.S. right now.
AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix1j5bw wrote
Another thing that you don't know anything else, so of course you think that.
AbsentThatDay t1_ix1ooh4 wrote
I get that you're not in favor of the U.S., it's fine, we have lots of detractors. But I will goddamn guarantee that your life 100% depends on the U.S. enforcing free trade in the world.
AsparagusFirm7764 t1_ix1p402 wrote
Tell me you have an ego problem without telling me you have an ego problem....
AbsentThatDay t1_ix1vbr8 wrote
You'd mentioned earlier you weren't from the U.S., do you mind me asking what country you are from? It's ok if you don't want to say.
ProfCharlesBrainman t1_ix2p2sn wrote
Free trade?
Kid, you are on delusional right-wing robot.
AbsentThatDay t1_ix3k2qc wrote
I normally would just ignore you, but today I'm going to be generous and educate you. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/sea-power-us-navy-and-foreign-policy Try not to be so confidently incorrect.
ProfCharlesBrainman t1_ix3l7eb wrote
So an article from a think tank that is so obviously biased I couldn’t get past the intro?
That article is so much propaganda that it’s first citation is the US Joint Forces Command.
It’s literally using it’s subject as a source.
Did you even read that or did you just do a Google search and post the first result?
AbsentThatDay t1_ix3mho8 wrote
Are you arguing that the U.S. Navy doesn't enable worldwide trade? Rather than attack my sources, just say it plainly whether you believe it to be the case or not. No wiggle room.
ProfCharlesBrainman t1_ix3o7bj wrote
I’m arguing that the entire premise is pro-military propaganda.
AbsentThatDay t1_ix3q20x wrote
My guy, you jumped into a rational conversation and you're out of your depth. You're arguing against points I make that literally are common knowledge. It makes the discussion uninteresting.
ProfCharlesBrainman t1_ix3qa4g wrote
You made points?
Where?
All I saw was a link you didn’t read before copy and pasting and you whining that I wasn’t here to entertain you.
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