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Originally Posted by BBXX
Yes they do, particularly in the US. And of course, if they really cared about children they'd do something about the very preventable leading cause of deaths in kids in the U.S which is gun-related violence. But they don't actually care about children's safety, so they don't care about gun control - just control of women's bodies and gay people existing in society.
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Trust me when I say, the more people in the US experience this kind of outlandish view in the real world, they instinctively cling harder to their rights. This includes many liberal folk as well. We're not taught "protect gun rights at all costs"; We're taught to protect ALL rights at all costs. So yes, we know what we are actually hearing lol. It often comes from the same people who don't believe we can be left alone to follow good conscience and that curtailing Free Speech, Gun Rights and everything else is the easiest way to solve society's ills. Even though the West is declining on the whole culturally, so it's obviously not that simple, and it's one of the main reasons I like reading what people have to say here in SD about other parts of the world.
On just 1st Amendment alone, there is no right or left America. That doesn't exist. So it's odd to make protecting 2nd into being part of a one-sided political boogieman when it's considered a fundamental part of 1st. That's the reason for its order in the Constitution.
On the politicization of children, the media loves to focus on these arguments because it upsets political fringes. However, that's not fair to most people who still very comfortably can get along well and agree to hold key views in common. My experience has always been in a vast majority of cases that people do very much care about "the kids" and there isn't some enlightened monopoly that happens to "care more". No pun intended, but these are the arguments of a child.
My biggest hope is that my children enjoy the same rights I have another 200 years from now. We enjoy a prosperous life in the West by comparison to many nations (and especially history) and I think people lose sight of this. I am blessed every day I live where I do. So I am not going to give up a life and a philosophy I hold dear because of a few toasty memes or what trolls might write online on some media website out of boredom. It's amusing how many people think this is enough to make people switch. Obviously this isn't nearly sufficient or elections would be much easier to decide individually. But yeah, the above is non-negotiable for most Americans and the illusion that this is somehow a big one-sided political controversy here is very interesting to me...