If you go over to astroturfed reddit, there is no shortage of topvoted comments cheering the IDF for bombing children by saying “they’re all hamas.”

The same rhetoric Hamas probably used to justify killing Israeli civilians. But it’s okay if Israel does it, because you know.

banning guns doesn’t actually reduce homicide rates if the nation has people who want to kill each other.

You’re right. I thought you were smarter enough to equate lower desire to kill to lower homicide rates.

My bad.

(or disregarding the hyperbole, way less people who want to kill each other, which is still unrealistic).

Then what is it? Why do these nations have lower homicide rates than other countries that have identical gun laws if it isn’t their culture?

And again, saying “because of their culture” makes no sense when countries with low homicide rates have drastically different cultures.

Okay buddy, there you go ignoring information that contradicts your argument again. Culture is more than just the desire to kill one another, lol.

Care to mention a first world country with no gun control and low homicide rates? Or one with gun control but high rates? Because if you find none I really think it’s not a “cultural issue”.

You’ve already admitted it’s a cultural issue when you specified ‘first world’. This means that you think there’s more to homicide rates than banning guns, which is exactly my point from the very beginning. It’s culture, not guns. You’re trying to cherrypick, again, by ignoring entire continents that go against your incorrect assertion that banning guns equates to lower homicide rates.

Anyways man, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that you’re just going to twist your brain into knots to avoid admitting when you’re wrong. I see it all the time, and the only winning move is not to play.

I’m gonna block you now. Have a nice day, and stay in school.

Yeah, I just meant it was a lame joke befitting of reddit comedians and their fans.

Dang, there you go thinking in absolutes because you want to avoid information that goes against your arguments.

You mentioned homicide rates. They’re not 0 on any of the continents you mentioned. Why are you arguing against me as though I think there’s no desire to kill in the nations you mentioned?

Homicide rates are lower in some nations than others, regardless of gun laws, because of their culture. Why is this so difficult for you to understand?

This is my point. You will avoid any information that contradicts what you want to believe and then get mad when people don’t live in your fantasy world.

So… what you’re telling me is it’s not just the guns. It’s their culture.

Interesting. I guess we can agree that banning guns doesn’t actually reduce homicide rates if the nation has people who want to kill each other.

I wouldn’t really call that “cherrypicking”.

Lol, so ignoring everything that goes against your argument isn’t cherrypicking? Dang. Stay in school, son.

Nice cherrypicking.

Thanks for supporting my point about living in a fantasy world, lol.

And surprise! They have one of the lowest homicide rates in the world.

It must be the guns, right? Not their culture? What about nations that ban guns but have higher homicide rates than Japan or even the U.S.?

Sad watching people like you type out a bunch of nonsense as though it’s true.

I guess that’s why people like you are so ‘up in arms’ about gun control; you’re living in a fantasy world where you think that criminals don’t have guns in other developed nations.

Really shitty article.

Just give us the facts without all the dramatization.

You mean reddit humor?

That’s fair. I was comparing prices of houses outside of major cities since the vast majority of Americans will never be able to afford a house in or around one.

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Gonna block you now. Sorry I gave you the chance, lol.

Maybe stop trying to manufacture outrage.

Housing is way cheaper in rural Mississippi than rural Texas.

You may be able to find similarly priced houses in Texas, but they will often be dilapidated compared to what you’ll find in Mississippi.

You seem like the kind of person who thinks life outside of major cities doesn’t matter, so I don’t expect you to care about the price of homes outside of major cities.

I don’t see people saying that.

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Yeah. Watching white collar working get upset about AI is very eye-opening.

They legitimately believe that it’s okay to replace blue-collar workers with automation, but not white-collar ones. They don’t actually care about progress. They care about doing as little work as possible while making as much money as possible.

Pretty much the ruling class decided they’d be richer if more people bought guns, so guess what people did?

Where are you seeing these photos?

Reddit is a censorship hellhole.

There’s so much secretive bullshit going on there it isn’t worth taking seriously.

Having a public modlog is necessary to keep mods accountable.

Yep. It’s that bad.