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Why do you think 6 is a given? Has political tension in the US just got to breaking point?

• kasey_junk 4y ago
  The mass attacks on gay groups we’ve seen to date resemble hate crimes more than politically motivated terror attacks, so “political tension” isn’t really the right term. The issue is that the right wing has steered very hard into anti-gay rhetoric in the last couple of cycles which convinces the sort of deranged people who commit mass hate attacks that they are doing something for a cause. Combine that with the fetishization and availability of military style weapons and it’s pretty easy for a lone miscreant to kill a lot of people fast.
  • SyzygistSix 4y ago
    ARs are quite common which is why I predict someone with a GAYR-15 will stop one of these attacks in its tracks and people will stop associating them with right wingers exclusively.
    • kasey_junk 4y ago
      It would be pretty out of vibe for someone to open carry an ar at a pride parade. In lots of jurisdictions it would incite violent police response.
      • SyzygistSix 4y ago
        It has definitely happened though. Not everyone who is socially anti-authoritarian is anti-self defense.