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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s not the religion they’re worried about, it’s the adherents. And if you’re wondering why that is, there’s two towers in New York that used to be there and aren’t anymore.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoGotcha the ideas are perfect, it is the people who are wrong. Odd how often that is claimed
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat? In what way did I claim that?
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago It’s not the religion they’re worried about, it’s the adherents.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYes. The religion is abstract. It’s the people that are the problem. Are you worried about Mein Kampf or are you worried about Neo-Nazis?
minus-squaregirlfreddy@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago@FlyingSquid @afraid_of_zombies Some day soon I imagine the Christo-fascists will jail us all, then the neo-nazis will line us up against a wall.
minus-squaresolstice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah and it’s not the gun I’m worried about, it’s the bullets Same thing man, same thing. Control them both.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNeither guns nor bullets are abstractions. Very poor analogy.
It’s not the religion they’re worried about, it’s the adherents. And if you’re wondering why that is, there’s two towers in New York that used to be there and aren’t anymore.
Gotcha the ideas are perfect, it is the people who are wrong. Odd how often that is claimed
What? In what way did I claim that?
Yes. The religion is abstract. It’s the people that are the problem. Are you worried about Mein Kampf or are you worried about Neo-Nazis?
@FlyingSquid @afraid_of_zombies
Some day soon I imagine the Christo-fascists will jail us all, then the neo-nazis will line us up against a wall.
Yeah and it’s not the gun I’m worried about, it’s the bullets
Same thing man, same thing. Control them both.
Neither guns nor bullets are abstractions. Very poor analogy.