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The second amendment, like abortion, is a political wedge issue used by politicians to wield against their opponents. You’re not going to replicate that with is

• umvi 5y ago
  The point though is that you can't afford minor losses here and there, because it's a war of attrition. Firearm lobby knows that the opposition's strategy is to just chip away at 2A rights slowly over the decades. Therefore, they can't afford to allow minor gun control victories here and there, or else a century later they are out of business and their supporters have no 2A rights anymore. Same with this. You can't allow minor anti-encryption victories here and there chipping away at privacy/mathematical rights or your great grandkids won't have those freedoms.
• queuebert 5y ago
  I think the lack of nuance employed by both 1A and 2A communities has been a strength. Nuance allows compromise, and compromise allows incrementalism. It's a classic fascist play. It's also a classic politician play to get people lost in the details so that no one truly understands their intent, i.e. "never let a good crisis go to waste". I'm willing to be proven wrong, however.
  • icelancer 5y ago
    >> Nuance allows compromise, and compromise allows incrementalism. Correct. So-called "pragmatism" and constant compromise is how we got into a ton of the messes we are in right now.
  • protomyth 5y ago
    "Encryption is my absolute right protected by the 1st and 2nd amendment" - there is no nuance and you are correct, nuance diminishes your rights over time. Plus, nuance is bad for campaign slogans or beating politicians about the head.