George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽May 6, 2023
Another mass shooting in Texas. Children are among the victims. When are our lawmakers going to act? Only when we make them pay if they don’t.
Show threadgigantosMay 7, 2023

@georgetakei I worry it isn't about logic, it's more like a religious question. Ban guns, allow abortions, hate god. Or something like that.

For many, US politics isn't really politics; there's no argument that makes people change sides. It seems closer to fanaticism on both sides.

I fully support anti-gun policy but worry it's about the people too. Norway and Canada have hunting + competition guns, yet not as much violence.

Show threadKazinatorMay 7, 2023

@gigantos @georgetakei

Would you be able to give three examples of fanaticism from each of the two sides?

Show threadgigantos

@Kazinator @georgetakei I have been trying, but they all just inversed points. And it is like 3 people on the left vs millions on the right.

* Abortion
* Left: no limits
* Right: Ban it and put offenders in jail
* Climate change
* Left: Everyone should drink green algee slurps and live in caves
* Right: It is not real
* Gun control
* Left: All guns should be vaporized this second
* Right: All white men should have a BFG

May 7, 2023 at 9:13pmWeb
Show threadKazinatorMay 8, 2023

@gigantos @georgetakei

But what you have on the Right is more or less what some republican politicians actually think, whereas on the left you have only comical strawman caricatures.