Reply #199: Except you *did* mean it literally

[jgraz]

If not, what were you trying to say? In my case, the sarcasm I was referring to was a phrase "the magic CCW fairy dust removes all risk of violence". I can tell you exactly what I was trying to communicate with that sarcasm: that the gun group places too much faith in the permit process to reduce the risk of personal handgun ownership. I clearly did not mean that actual fairy dust exists, nor did I mean that 100% of pro-gun people believe that a carry permit makes a gun owner 100% safe.

Now, you say that the following is sarcasm:

Clearly, despite the images from Rwanda 15 years ago, the idea that black people with machetes roaming the streets might have other than peaceful intentions could only stem from my own racial prejudices.

If so, what message were you trying to communicate? Is there some other meaning to this message other than an attempt to justify fear of armed black people by pointing to a 15-year-old situation where other people with black skin acted badly?

Go ahead, convince me.