I just really don't see how the other 50% or so of America arming themselves is really going to fix any of the problems we have right now.
Maybe, but it seems stupid to me.
Liberals fearing a more militarized police but thinking only police or military should be able to bear arms definitely *is* contradictory though, and ties into that argument.
Unrelated...
'm not even talking about just GAF. I'm talking in general. College campuses, churches, workplaces, forums, comment sections, anywhere people gather, there are insidious assholes who use our tactic of encouraging inclusiveness to secure a spot for themselves at the table, ensuring that we don't use their tactics of exclusion against them. They cling to some imaginary moral highground wherein they can continue finger wagging at anybody who dares to call out the sheer stupidity and hypocrisy of asking for tolerance of intolerance.
These people are virulent, poisonous, infectious, and they need to be excised immediately. A man like Milo is a parasite who only exists to spread disease, and anyone playing host to him is a fucking idiot and should be treated as a leper.
You know what? I've gotta say that this argument is poor, in hind sight. I say hind sight because I would have agreed with it a short time ago.
Let Milo speak. And then grill him alive. Hiding from things you disagree with it just aids a more divided political environment. Listen to what he says, then dismantle it. Listening to what he says doesn't mean you're giving it credibility. It's pretty clear the whole "let's close our eyes and ears" thing doesn't work. These people have been emboldened and ignoring them won't make them go away. The problem with having not letting Milo speak is that it runs on a presumption that we are right without being challenged. Of course, Breitbart and their ilk are trash, but if we truly believed in how we feel, we would debate it. Malcolm X and MLK argued for their POV's regularly on television. The idea that you can't argue with Milo makes it feel like our arguments are philosophically weak and will not stand to scrutiny. It is weakness defined.