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In reply to the discussion: Do not think about arguing [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)As a bunch of old white guys do when they talk about women's health or race.
Seriously, you know how absurd GOP male lawmakers sound when they talk about ultrasounds or "legitimate ape" or how it feels to live in the ghetto? To anyone with any knowledge of guns, no matter where they fall on the political spectrum, that's what people sound like when they call AR-15's "automatic" or "high powered" or "killing machines".
And as a result of sounding ignorant nobody takes you seriously. And when people who are in the middle ground on an issue take time to research and learn they see who is talking from a place of knowledge and who is talking from a place of ignorance and who are they going to think is more informed?
You want people to take your opinion on gun control seriously? Take it seriously enough your own self to at least educate yourself on the issue you are trying to talk about so you don't sound as ignorant and out of touch as an old white guy talking about how a womans body will just "shut that whole thing down".