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i have been sitting here for 3 or so minutes of my life trying to figure out if i should intervene in mod-mode or not...i'll try it this way.
there is an accepted series of features that define totalitarian political regimes.
there is an accepted set of features that define facism. another that defines the characteristics of stalinism, etc. these are not mysterious. you can look them up.
*nowhere* is the presence or absence of gun controls a defining characteristic of any of these regimes.
in the history of stalinist political rhetoric--which i know way too much about--it was routine to call anyone who opposed the cp a fascist. one effect of that was the gradual draining any meaning from the term.
it's funny to see the gun folk reverting to the same tactic.
it's not necessary, it doesn't advance any arguments--and it doesn't refer to anything.
so stop it, please.
there are situations in relation to which the term can mean something.
no good is served by making it just another meme which substitutes for "i really don't like it."
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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