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In reply to the discussion: I REMEMBER DU [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)of human expression. It's dumb, but no dumber to me than, say, support of irresponsible drone killings or torturing Bradley Manning.
We're not talking about Jewish conspiracy theories or rape fantasies or the rest of the dregs that inhabit "the wide-open" Internet.
Vehemence and indignation over what remains essentially a political disagreement does not entitle us shut other people up. That's a tactic for those not equipped to argue their own point, which is not a group you inhabit.
The problem may be that there is a teeny tiny point in the "Knife guy slaughtered a bunch of kids" story. There are a thousand reasons why knives aren't guns. But it IS also true that violent madmen / women don't disappear where guns are rare, isn't it? Not germane to the discussion of mass killings in general? Maybe, but that's an argument, not an axiomatic truth.
Make the argument. Put away the censor stick. Those are for dummies.