@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote:I still think you're a pompous elitist, but this comment of yours is certainly indicative of the snide disregard for the riff raff's point of view which you share with too many liberals and that led to Trump be elected.
So, now you label Glennn as "riffraff".
It's interesting that you ascribe so much importance to the habits and opinions of a class of people based solely on their low income and lack of advanced education ("riffraff" — you used the word, I didn't). From my experience I've found it impossible to gauge a person's political philosophy and acumen by looking at such superficial characteristics.
Holding whole classes of people up as "the salt of the earth" who are supposed to exhibit some sort of nobility is merely accepting a mythology which runs back to Jesus (the meek shall inherit the earth, etc) and was appropriated by Marxism (along with the Hebrew mythology of a "day of reckoning") and made part of the progressive canon. Such concepts serve a purpose but it's silly to take them literally. It's really better to think of people as individuals. It's interesting to see the right picking up the banner of the (white) poor. Nationalism and populism have been combined before; the results haven't been particularly positive.
Quote:You're tipping your hand here as well: You obviously want all guns banned, regardless of their purpose.
I don't see how you can derive that from I wrote in response to Glennn. While I don't believe that effective home security is dependent on owning a firearm, at least Glennn is realistic enough to know that an assault-style weapon is unnecessary for this job (or any other application a civilian might choose to use a gun for.) The word "overkill" comes to mind. There are more than enough choices of non-militarized weaponry available for home defense, hunting, and having fun plinking in the local gravel pit.
