"THE 'GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE' PEOPLE SURE SEEM TO THINK A BOOK CAN MAKE YOU GAY.
@NoahGarfinkel" #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #PhenomnCensorshipBookBanning #TheoryInstrumentalism #IRLWriterNoahGarfinkel ^[IMDB]

#CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM #TauntLeftist #PhenomnResponsibilityBlamingVictim #CatchcryAskingForIt

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Context tweet responding to #NMUSCNBCClarettaBellamy "A woman whose wig was ripped off her head by a man as she was walking in New York City early Monday said she now wants to take legal action.
The woman, known online as Lizzy Ashliegh, posted a video on TikTok of an incident that she said took place near Penn Station around 1 a.m., when a man ripped off a turquoise wig from her head. In the video, which had over 500,000 views Wednesday evening, Ashliegh, who is audibly distraught, asks the man, 'For what reason did you take my wig off?' The man appears intoxicated and laughs when he is questioned." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/new-york-man-fired-woman-accused-ripping-wig-street-rcna87079 #IRLMusicianLizzyAshliegh

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Addendum this appears to be the slightly redacted #CharacterisationDerivativeWorkCoOption version of the #MemeHowToRuinACity, the full version has the #OtheringCaricatureSlaveryNWord on the shaker instead simply the letter 'N'. The symbol of #BeliefTheismJudaismStarOfDavid is also visible (as per the circle with the star inside visible on the edge of the sleeve). Assuming this is so, the sum of the collected symbols adds up to the #OtheringHateAntisemitismCaricaturePuppetMaster canard, where in this case supposedly #IdentityJewish people are behind a conspiracy to corrupt cities through promoting #PhenomnMulticulturalism. More directly in terms of the illustration, to transform an (assumed) #PhenomnMonoculturalism.ural society into one based on policies of #PolicyDiversityEquityAndInclusionDEI, which would logically include people with #IdentityAmericanBlackAndAfrican heritage (among others).

#MassShooting2022NewYorkCitySubway ^[Wikipedia] https://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-10-injured-nightclub-shooting-downtown-cedar-rapids #MassShooting2022Sacramento https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arrest-made-in-connection-with-sacramento-mass-shooting-that-killed-6 #PowerControlViolenceGunShootingMass #ReasoningFallacyOfIncompleteEvidenceCherryPicking

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Addendum noticeably, such memes generally focus the perpetrators of gun crime while failing to mention a key precondition - that of easy access to firearms as guaranteed by the #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms. #TheoryOfAffordances i.e. guns are lethal devices whose design are intrinsically linked to their violent potential e.g. ^{[academic source] [pdf]}
Versus #TheoryInstrumentalism 'value neutral' arguments such as those of the #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA e.g. "guns don't kill people; people kill people" (thereby absolving gun advocates, gun manufactures etc. of any responsibility). #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople

#NewspaperUSBrdshtChattanoogaTimesFreePress
"A look at the 32 suspects authorities called 'worst of the worst' criminals in Chattanooga" #ToponymAmericaNorthUSTennesseeChattanooga #PhenomnCulturalFormPhotographyMugshot #CaricaturistScottAdamsAKADilbert

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Context ^{[pop culture wiki]}

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Supplementary http://redgreenandblue.org/2023/03/02/cartoonist-climate-denier-scott-adams-endorses-segregation-loses-job/ #PhenomnEnvironmentalSocialAndCorporateGovernanceESG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s&t=941 #PowerControlSegregationDiscrimination #OtheringDiscriminationRacismExclusionary

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Context "Myth: Criminals will always find a way to get their hands on a gun.
Fact: Laws like background checks stop gun sales to criminals every day. Since 1994, these laws have blocked more than 4 million gun sales to people who could not legally own guns." https://www.everytown.org/debunking-gun-myths-at-the-dinner-table/

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Addendum #TheoryInstrumentalism argument in support of #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms e.g. something along the lines of "a gun is just a tool (which is therefore neutral of cultural influence and consequence)". The argument runs contrary to the #TheoryOfAffordances where it is the fact that guns afford killing/injuring when used whereas a pencil only affords writing and neither failing/passing an exam. Because doing so, is the affordance of the exam-sitter's ability to interpret and understand the answers the exam expects and to use appropriate communication in order to do so. #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople

#OrgIntlAnonymous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvNQ36MlQ6I #Policy15MinuteCityFMC15mC #OrgIntlWEFKlausSchwab #OrgIntlUNSDG #IdentityLGBTQIATrans #PhenomnFamilyPlanning #MetaphorEyeOfProvidence #LiteralFoodEdibleInsects #ToponymEuropeFranceParis #ToponymOceaniaAustraliaVICMelbourne #TheoryConstitutionalLawOriginalism #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms #AdvocacyUSMisesInstituteForAustrianEconomics #ReasoningFallacyWhataboutism #OrgClassifPPKHKhmerRougePolPot #IRLDictatorJosephStalin #IRLHistoricalFigureChairmanMaoZedong #PoliticsFascismNaziPartyAdolfHitler
"GUN LAWS SAVE LIVES" #AdvocacyUSEverytown https://www.everytown.org/actions/ #ReasoningFallacyConfirmationBiasIToldYouSo / #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #ToponymAmericaNorthUSTexasUvalde #IRLActorMatthewMcConaughey #MetaphorZombie #IRLShockJockAlexJonesInfoWars #IRLEntrepreneurHunterBiden #AdvocacyUSTheNationalCenterForConstitutionalStudiesAKATheFreemanInstitute ^[Wikipedia] #IRLActivistJulianAssange #NMUSFOXFNCTuckerCarlson #1973_RoeVersusWade #OrgUSFedSupremeCourtSCOTUSClarenceThomas #TauntSelfRighteousnessSanctimoniousness #LiteralFieldEconomicsInflation

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Context https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/apr/06/why-has-15-minute-city-taken-off-paris-toxic-idea-uk-carlos-moreno

#ToponymAmericaNorthUSLouisianaNewOrleans #NMRURussiaTodayRT "Black culture is violent, aggressive, criminal, sociopathic, narcissistic, corrosive, contagious, and detrimental for any society." #OtheringCaricatureSlaveryBrute

#ReasoningFallacyOversimplificationCausalReductionism #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u5MA31T6I https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/despite-high-gun-ownership-scandinavia-remains-largely-free-of-firearm-violence #MassShooting2022ThailandNongBuaLamphuMassacre #ToponymAsiaThailand #ToponymEuropeNordicScandinaviaNorway #ToponymEuropeNordicScandinaviaSweden #OtheringOutGroupGangMob #OrgClassifPPSESverigedemokraternaSD #LiteralWeaponFirearmAR15

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Addendum what's missing here is any mention of #OtheringDiscriminationRacismStructuralSystemicInstitutional e.g. #PhenomnDeprivationPoverty etc. #PhenomnDemography
The headline: "Despite high gun ownership, Scandinavia remains largely free of firearm violence" seems to allude to a 'value neutral' i.e. #TheoryInstrumentalism argument such as those of the #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA e.g. "guns don't kill people; people kill people" (thereby absolving gun advocates, gun manufactures etc. of any responsibility). #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #TauntAmmosexual ^[Wiktionary]

#TheoryInstrumentalism #IRLHistoricalFigureJimJones #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms #ReasoningFallacyFormalNonSequitur

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Addendum this argument follows the logic common to groups such as #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA , which goes something like: "guns don't kill people; people kill people". #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople Instead, both poison and guns #TheoryOfAffordances.fford lethal consequences. Additionally, just because poison kills, doesn't mean that guns won't i.e. it's a #ReasoningFallacyFalseDilemmaDichotomy

#CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople ?

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Context #MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool ?

#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool #TauntIndoctrination #CatchcryCancelCulture #PolicyDiversityEquityAndInclusionDEI #TheorySociologyCriticalRaceTheoryCRT #MetaphorWarfareGender #IdentityLGBTQIATrans #OtheringDiscriminationRacism #IdentityLGBTQIACodingHypersexualizationGrooming #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople #TauntLeftHardFar #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticParty

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Context "Why more shootings lately? I suspect the increased indoctrination of kids in classes and social medias on with WOKE ideologies, CRT, cancel culture, diversity politics, racial hate, gender war, trans grooming..etc for 2 decades or more.
What MOTIVATES hate in a kid or young adult's mind to pick up a weapon to kill, starts by what's shoved into a CHILD's immature mindset to comprehend and understand.
Bad situations start with bad ideas too young for kids to understand, and worst if he or she suffers from mental illness. WE ARE looking in all the wrong places to blame that on Guns. Guns DID NOT PUT THE BAD INTENTION IN THE KIDS OR PERSON FIRST, it is what was taught or shared as an idea or an idea of hate initially.
Instead of teaching kids academic subjects (Math, Science, Technology, Geography, History..etc) ADULTS as TEACHERS fill their heads with mature problems, adult subjects, politics, all forms of sexual freedom, grooming them to pick a side from even their parent..etc.
KIDS are too young to understand or should be burdened to think about at their young age. Thus confuse them and when some has mental illness as well, THIS IS LIKELY WHAT HAPPENS AS AN ENG RESULT.
GUNS DO NOT KILL PEOPLE. PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE. AND THEY START WITH A BAD IDEA OR INTENT. THIS IS ON THE EXTREME LEFT AND THEY HAVE MUCH TO ANSWER FOR OR THIS WILL KEEP HAPPENING.
The DEM do not care. They just want to use this shooting as an excuse to take away guns. As that is simpler to do then admit, they MIGHT BE THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH. THINK ABOUT IT. "

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Supplementary "although other weapons are involved in homicide, firearms are not only the most deadly instrument of attack but also the most versatile. Firearms make some attacks possible that simply would not occur without firearms. They permit attacks at greater range and from positions of better concealment than other weapons. They also permit attacks by persons physically or psychologically unable to overpower their victim through violent physical contact." ^[Government]

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Addendum #PhenomnMisdirectionScapegoating #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms #TheoryInstrumentalism i.e. a #TheoryIndividualism worldview, which deems such issues to be the sole responsibility of the individual. This is the opposite position to the idea that we are primarily the product of our circumstances, that our perspectives are #EpistemologySociallyConstructed. An individualistic perspective is convenient because it removes any notion of shared responsibility for negative events such as mass killing such as this most recent #PowerControlViolenceGunShooting.s; with the corollary being that all success and failure is also only attributable to the individual (as well as making the archetype of the #TheoryIndividualismCompetitiveSelfMadeManArchetype possible).

#BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBenShapiro "The Texas shooter violated a multiplicity of gun laws. The suggestion that more gun laws would have prevented this act of unspeakable evil is unsupported, and the implication that those who oppose such laws are somehow in favor of mass shootings is morally reprehensible."
#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople ?

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Addendum easy to make such statements - more difficult to substantiate them. I wonder then, what are the supposed 'violated gun laws' (listing them off)? And what impact did the existing laws actually have i.e. how did they hindered/fail to hinder the shooter? And rather than fatalistically dismissing the whole idea of regulating gun ownership - what laws would actually work i.e. what is a constructive way forward?

#MassShooting2022RobbElementarySchool #LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms and presumably #CatchcryGunsDontKillPeoplePeopleKillPeople ?

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Context #TVGameOfThronesEddardStark

#LegislationUS1791ConstAmdt2RightToBearArms #ReasoningFallacyFalseDilemmaDichotomy i.e. both are weapons #TheoryOfAffordances.fford and are intended for killing. #WebsiteIAmTrump

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Supplementary #IRLAnthropologistBrunoLatour "Each artifact has its script, its 'affordance,' its potential to take hold of passersby and force them to play roles in its story. By contrast, the sociological version of the NRA renders the gun a neutral carrier of will that adds nothing the action, playing the role of an electrical conductor, good and evil flowing through it effortlessly. ...
Reversing the dogma of moralism, the materialists insist that we are what we have - what we have in our hands, at least. ...
For the NRA, one's moral state is a Platonic essence: One is born a good citizen or a criminal. Period. As such, the NRA account is moralist-what matters is what you are, not what you have" (Bruno Latour, 1994, p.31). Latour, B. (1994). 'On Technical Mediation Philosophy, Sociology, Genealogy.' Common Knowledge 3(2). ^[pdf] #TheoryOfAffordances #TheoryPsychologySchemaTheory #AdvocacyUSNationalRifleAssociationNRA #TheoryPhysicalismOrMaterialism #TheoryInstrumentalism #IRLPhilosopherPlato #TheoryDeterminismFatalistic

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#MagazineForbesTheodoreMcDarrah "You are different with a gun in your hand; the gun is different with you holding it. You are another subject because you hold the gun; the gun is another object because it has entered into a relationship with you." https://www.forbes.com/sites/teddymcdarrah/2021/03/29/how-a-gun-changes-you-a-philosophical-look-at-gun-control/