Many times when watching YouTube videos about the latest incident of censorship by one of the Silicon Valley tech megacorporations, or the latest stupidity said or done by some institution, like a university or whatever, or whatever the latest craziness or trampling of people's rights is, almost invariably you will see in the comment section of the video people saying things like:
"This is why we need the 2nd Amendment!"
or:
"Remember: Never give up your guns!"
I have several times written a response to such a comment, along the lines of:
They just have no response.
One particular person responded to me, in the comment section of a video that was about Google, Facebook and Twitter, something along the lines of: "Maybe you won't do anything about it."
I asked him (paraphrasing): "And what exactly would you do about it? Go to the Google headquarters on a shooting spree? How exactly would that help anything?"
I got no response.
The 2nd Amendment is not the solution to this problem. (The only solution to the problem that I can think of is a complete reform of universities from scratch, but that's a topic for another blog post, which I have been thinking about.)
"This is why we need the 2nd Amendment!"
or:
"Remember: Never give up your guns!"
I have several times written a response to such a comment, along the lines of:
"How exactly is the 2nd Amendment helping this situation?So far, I have got no rational response. Very often they will go to the stereotypical yada-yada about "the 2nd Amendment stopping the government from becoming tyrannical", to which I respond that the problem is not the government, but all these corporations and institutions trampling over people's rights and freedoms, and restricting their free speech, and denying them essential services. We are talking about problems that are happening right now, with people being discriminated against right now, not about some hypothetical future overtaking of the government. The 2nd Amendment has done absolutely nothing to stop this from happening, and is not going to do anything.
University after university, corporation after corporation, institution after institution, has been invaded and overtaken by regressive leftist ideologues, who are indoctrinating their students into becoming activists, and enacting all kinds of draconian rules that trample over people's rights and freedoms. What exactly has your beloved 2nd Amendment done to deter or stop this? Absolutely nothing.
Giant tech corporations are censoring, banning and discriminating against people because of their political opinions. Social media and online video services are banning people, payment processors are denying their services and discriminating against people, banks have refused service to people, because of their political opinions. What exactly has the 2nd Amendment done to deter or stop this? Absolutely nothing.
Masked terrorists are roaming the streets, harassing people, beating up people, disrupting traffic, rioting, vandalizing and breaking all kinds of laws, trying to intimidate people. What exactly has the 2nd Amendment done to deter or stop this? Absolutely nothing.
They just have no response.
One particular person responded to me, in the comment section of a video that was about Google, Facebook and Twitter, something along the lines of: "Maybe you won't do anything about it."
I asked him (paraphrasing): "And what exactly would you do about it? Go to the Google headquarters on a shooting spree? How exactly would that help anything?"
I got no response.
The 2nd Amendment is not the solution to this problem. (The only solution to the problem that I can think of is a complete reform of universities from scratch, but that's a topic for another blog post, which I have been thinking about.)
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