• stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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    3 months ago

    And which of those situations are improved by you screaming at a person walking around with a holstered gun? Does it make them more likely to conceal carry or not bring a gun at all? I would say in most situations, people who already open carry will be more encouraged to do so by your actions.

    I consider actions like these as being more damaging to the anti-gun movement than anything.

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      3 months ago

      Ok, being that I am on the spectrum myself I really hope this doesn’t come across offensive: are you autistic?

      Because that’s the only way I can fathom you taking this literally. It’s a comic. I can assure you the artist never did this in real life. They are using art as an expression to point out that this dude’s entire bearing - the way he carries himself, the fact that he chooses to aggressively display his firearm, the clothing that he wears - is accomplishing the exact same thing that the woman in the comic is doing. It is intended to obnoxious, as it is pointing out that he is obnoxious for portraying himself that way.

      Metaphor, allegory, art, my friend. It’s not literal.

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        3 months ago

        When judging the action presented in the comics, who really cares whether it happened or not. I’m not judging the author for something he did, but something that a lot of people in this thread seems to be cheering for, which is to scream at people for doing something they disagree with and think as pathetic. You know, the type of behaviour that the American Conservative like to do to people they don’t like. Those kinds of behaviour are just horrible, imo, regardless of how good your intention for doing it is.

        As for whether I’m autistic, I don’t know. I’ve never tried getting a diagnosis.