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Michael Coyne's avatar

I understand the point but first of all, not all white Americans are alike and more importantly, Brits gave up their guns without a fight. That kinda trumps everything said in this article. There's no way Americans will give up our guns because that's the first step to tyranny. Guns are not primarily for hunting as O'Bummer disingenuously said. Even if there were enough corrupt politicians to repeal the 2nd Amendment, it would be null and void because we would not acknowledge it. The right to defend yourself is a human right. Brits let the government take away that right and are now experiencing the consequences.

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The Noble Traitor's avatar

Great post. Britain is also such a smaller space that there's not really anywhere to escape, whereas Americans can always fall back on moving as an excuse. It's despicable that nobody fought harder in the 60s to disrupt integration and end segregation. Apparently a race war WAS on the brink, but it got suppressed somehow; a history that I'd like to look into eventually.

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