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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
This. 1000 times this!
In this whole Trump's kerfuffle, the outrage is pouring from both sides of the political spectrum and deservedly so, it is an outrageous comment. But purely for the sake of an analytical argument exercise, substitute the word "Muslims" with the word "guns" and you have the "no more guns" argument right there and then. (BTW, I do not have a definitive stance on the gun issue - I don't own one, don't intend to own one and can easily see pro's and con's of either outcome). Just use the rationale most left-wing radicals apply in favour of the total gun prohibition and you get the exact reflection of Trumps' logic and rationale for restrictions against Muslims.
Goes to support my deep and sincere belief that the further people get to either end of the political spectre, the more stupid, unreasonable, extreme and dangerous they become.
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this thought experiment of substituting Muslims for guns is the stupidest thing I've read in weeks
Which gets to the fundamental rub of the last couple pages of argument.
You have people on the "right" or as I think of them as people sensitive to change, basically complaining about how people are calling them out for making stupid arguments or for pursuing arguments with very depressing and scary logical and ethical conclusions.
Your opinions suck. Sorry for you, but the things that you argue for are horrible or stupid. You are not a victim, you are not being silenced, you are being asked to explain why you think and advocate for the things you do. If you can't stand that basic requisite then maybe you should turn those feelings of victimhood and anger inward.