I mean, I’m American and if I had to pick one, we’re definitely that latter. It’s just that I grew up here, so it’s more readily apparent to me that the conservatives who screamed about muh guns muh constitution were always operating in bad faith. Kinda like how the conservatives you guys are about to elect are operating in bad faith when they talk about how very worried they are about immigration.
The gun-totin, “don’t tread on me,” larping persona crowd have always been first in line to bend the knee and lick the boot of the weakest strongman.
Uvalde’s tragedy is a complete example: 400 armed, “trained,” professionals, all too cowardly and incompetent and deficient in character to actual do the job they thump their chests over.
Every Conservative boast about strength and power is performative nonsense to mask their deep and unabiding fears and insecurities.
I mean, I’m American and if I had to pick one, we’re definitely that latter. It’s just that I grew up here, so it’s more readily apparent to me that the conservatives who screamed about muh guns muh constitution were always operating in bad faith. Kinda like how the conservatives you guys are about to elect are operating in bad faith when they talk about how very worried they are about immigration.
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The gun-totin, “don’t tread on me,” larping persona crowd have always been first in line to bend the knee and lick the boot of the weakest strongman.
Uvalde’s tragedy is a complete example: 400 armed, “trained,” professionals, all too cowardly and incompetent and deficient in character to actual do the job they thump their chests over.
Every Conservative boast about strength and power is performative nonsense to mask their deep and unabiding fears and insecurities.