• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    And has easy access to guns never caused problems? Possibly more problems than they’ve solved?

    My problem isn’t with people deterring potential attackers or fighting off actual attackers. My concern is with the potential for misuse, and the fact that labeling this as some innocent means of self-defense is covering up the fact that it wouldn’t be limited to being used exclusively by victims. That’s just marketing. Any psycho could buy one of these.

    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Yup. That’s the available option.

      Maybe we should try to address the issues with the longstanding preservation of rape culture. When that never happens, though, this is what we are left with. You’re mad at the pen, you should be mad at the person who threw the pen.

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        17 hours ago

        You are mad at men, just like racists are mad at immigrants. There is literally no difference in your worldviews, only the targets.

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            13 hours ago

            You’re mad at a bogeyman, and I don’t trust you with weapons, because then I will have to get one too, to protect myself from psychos like you.

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                13 hours ago

                Are you a maga troll? Because this is how they usually argue. None of your arguments make sense when you say this, this is literally the whole fucking debate, about psychopaths like yourself ordering pocket flamethrowers to use against anyone you dislike, which I’m going to confidently guess is everybody but yourself.

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                  12 hours ago

                  Yup, I’m real concerned about the bogeyman. You’re right and you should feel super rational and confident in knowing I’m the obvious victim of false insecurities. You’re doing great, have fun with your mission of fighting against rampant lighter assaults, big fan of that whole thing, but I’m done taking the piss out of you dolts.