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> Even if you believe in gun rights to the extreme, being purposefully combative, negative, divisive, and awful just to make money is not a great look. From wh

> Even if you believe in gun rights to the extreme, being purposefully combative, negative, divisive, and awful just to make money is not a great look. From what I've read on this page and others, they raise money not necessarily for personal wealth's sake but instead to further their cause. "Give us money because this latest news report says they are coming over to your house tomorrow morning to take your guns." It seems in line with other cable entertainment ("news") sources who hold sessions to discuss the latest "sky is falling" policy proposals from lawmakers whose ideology they oppose.

oldsklgdfth 7y ago
Both create information glut. So much content so rapidly that you cannot properly process. If it passes the sniff test (which is usually underpinned by personal experiences, preferences and biases) and falls in line with your intuition it's one more thing that you "know" withou understanding. Similar to strange danger, the true disinformation is the subtle inaccurate "facts" we allow ourselves to believe.
SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
> Give us money because this latest news report says they are coming over to your house tomorrow morning to take your guns." Here is the thing about that. You can’t use that as “crazy” anymore. This presidential cycle a candidate stood up and said “hell yes we’re coming to take your [most popular rifles in America]”, it was met with studio applause and not one single candidate interjected with a “hey now wait”. Biden was the “most critical” saying he wasn’t sure that would be constitutional but then also said the guy that made the statement would be his chosen “gun tzar”. The New Jersey NICS (background check system) was off for weeks because of Covid19. Meaning it was ENTIRELY illegal to buy / sell / trade a firearm in the entire state. This is the system they want for the whole county. The Gov and legislature in VA just publicly floated using the National Guard to carry out their gun ban proposal. So... I don’t have a stated position on the topic, but that example of “look how crazy these people are! They think people are trying to do exactly what they say!” Isn’t a good one.
- frockington1 7y ago
  Absolutely correct, the goal is to disarm the population and increase state reliance. On the plus side, extreme viewpoints are not likely to win back the states Hillary lost in 2016

oldsklgdfth 7y ago

Both create information glut. So much content so rapidly that you cannot properly process. If it passes the sniff test (which is usually underpinned by personal experiences, preferences and biases) and falls in line with your intuition it's one more thing that you "know" withou understanding. Similar to strange danger, the true disinformation is the subtle inaccurate "facts" we allow ourselves to believe.

SlowRobotAhead 7y ago

> Give us money because this latest news report says they are coming over to your house tomorrow morning to take your guns." Here is the thing about that. You can’t use that as “crazy” anymore. This presidential cycle a candidate stood up and said “hell yes we’re coming to take your [most popular rifles in America]”, it was met with studio applause and not one single candidate interjected with a “hey now wait”. Biden was the “most critical” saying he wasn’t sure that would be constitutional but then also said the guy that made the statement would be his chosen “gun tzar”. The New Jersey NICS (background check system) was off for weeks because of Covid19. Meaning it was ENTIRELY illegal to buy / sell / trade a firearm in the entire state. This is the system they want for the whole county. The Gov and legislature in VA just publicly floated using the National Guard to carry out their gun ban proposal. So... I don’t have a stated position on the topic, but that example of “look how crazy these people are! They think people are trying to do exactly what they say!” Isn’t a good one.

frockington1 7y ago
Absolutely correct, the goal is to disarm the population and increase state reliance. On the plus side, extreme viewpoints are not likely to win back the states Hillary lost in 2016