How fetishization of the gun shuts down rational debate about gun control

[krispos42]

10. Step one: Call anybody that questions your proposals about guns a "gun fetishist"

Step two: explain how their emotional, irrational fetish precludes rational debate.

Step three: act without input the from the other side because, after all, all opposition derives from fetishism and is therefore disregarded.

Step four: be surprised when the opposition mobilizes

Step five: be eternally confused why a) Republicans still control things, b) crime doesn't plummet when something you advocate for gets passed, and c) crime doesn't skyrocket when something you oppose passes.

Step six: reiterate step one, but louder and more insistent.



A perfect example: nobody, including you, seems inclined to debate or even discuss the facts and conclusions in my "smart guns" OP of a few days ago. Yet there were numerous posts and OPs about this issue that were diametrically opposite of what I said, things such that there is a strong market demand for smart guns that is being repressed by the NRA. Nobody seems fit to either a) challenge me, or b) admit that I'm right and they're wrong.


Have fun in the bubble.