*Prompter Thread* (NO personal attacks, NO trolling)

[cazzie34]

Is all constructive criticism of men devaluing men? Because that's what it feels like to me.

I for one don't feel undervalued as a man and I feel fine in my masculinity.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Definitely are

what are your top 3 ways to make america masculine again?

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by mthawk07

What if I told you masculinity was a bullshit concept to make weak men try to feel better about themselves and has no real intrinsic value of any kind?

you can’t say that, that goes against everything shotty has wrapped his self identity in.

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by cazzie34

Is all constructive criticism of men devaluing men? Because that's what it feels like to me.

I for one don't feel undervalued as a man and I feel fine in my masculinity.

[Lcsulla]

Originally Posted by drakan

like what?

Limiting magazine capacity, as if swapping out a mag doesn't take a practiced shooter 2 seconds.

Classifying things like a pistol grip on a rifle, a red dot sight, a fore-lug, a fore-grip, a tac-light, etc, etc as accessories. In CT any given rifle can only have 2 'accessories' the pistol grip is standard on any semi-automatic, medium caliber rifle (yet is classified as an accessory - the same thing often happens with a fore-lug) so I have my choice - break the law and trik my rifle out or swap out what I have on the rail system on any given day depending on where/what I am shooting. Does a rail system, a bayonet fore-lug (no one in civilian use actually uses that attachment), a pistol grip, a holo or red dot sight make a rifle any more or less deadly?

Crying and moaning so called assault rifles - as if they are responsible for a lot of crime. Truth is that exponentially more gun crimes are committed with pistols than assault rifles.

Not making the charges more severe when an assailant uses an illegal weapon - aka one they stole or bought on the black market. Hell, look at that illegal immigrant who shot and killed that lady about a year ago in CA - he got charged with UNLAWFUL POSSESSION - not murder, not breaking into a government vehicle, not stealing a firearm, not even unlawful discharge. That case was a debacle.

NYC limiting where you can transport a firearm to, aka giving 7 ranges in the city a monopoly on the whole market.

Not making people register shotguns. Would be nice for law enforcement to know who might have a 12 gauge in the house if the raided it wouldn't it? Ditto with 'antique' firearms (many of which are WW2 era and fully automatic) - to be honest if I ever wanted to murder someone and not get caught I would take them out with a shotgun because it could not be traced, an old ass muzzle loader with a .70 cal ball that cannot be traced or a high powered .22 with a very soft round that will just turn to mush when it penetrates the person and hits against a hard surface - again, impossible to trace forensically.

Look at the whole scandal regarding black talon rounds, the public cried and moaned about how they were more deadly so winchester dropped them, actually the just dropped the name and replaced it with winchester SXT's - which most people joke means 'Same Xact Thing." Not to mention they were and are no more deadly than a hollow point.

I could keep going but I hope you take my point. We need laws that will actually prevent gun violence, not laws that do absolutely nothing to make people safer. Look at the geneva convention for example - they outlawed using .50 caliber rounds on a human so what did the arms manufacturers do - they starter making their rounds a 49.9999999999999 cal instead - aka no difference.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by Route_2

Soy boy!

If you are threatened by soy boy you aren't actually tough it's just a front for your underlying weakness.

[ShotgunDMB]

Thats like saying Femininity has no value. Just unbelievably ignorant statement

[unccrombie]

Originally Posted by Lcsulla

I could keep going but I hope you take my point. We need laws that will actually prevent gun violence, not laws that do absolutely nothing to make people safer. Look at the geneva convention for example - they outlawed using .50 caliber rounds on a human so what did the arms manufacturers do - they starter making their rounds a 49.9999999999999 cal instead - aka no difference.

Gun violence isn't a fundable epidemic. Sorry dude.

[mthawk07]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Thats like saying Femininity has no value. Just unbelievably ignorant statement

Men haven't been shit on for centuries like women have. Rising up and taking your equal seat at the table isn't the same as convincing yourself that you're "manly" for whatever reason you see fit. Damn near every war in history has boiled down to some pissing contest between men and land. Maybe we should try something different?

[ShotgunDMB]

Originally Posted by trd1610

what are your top 3 ways to make america masculine again?

Make men step up to the plate and raise their children and not the government, quit tilting the divorce courts towards mothers as fathers are just as important as mothers, allow for more outlets in schools for boys to get out their aggressiveness and competitveness which is perfectly natural for boys.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by Lcsulla

Limiting magazine capacity, as if swapping out a mag doesn't take a practiced shooter 2 seconds.

Classifying things like a pistol grip on a rifle, a red dot sight, a fore-lug, a fore-grip, a tac-light, etc, etc as accessories. In CT any given rifle can only have 2 'accessories' the pistol grip is standard on any semi-automatic, medium caliber rifle (yet is classified as an accessory - the same thing often happens with a fore-lug) so I have my choice - break the law and trik my rifle out or swap out what I have on the rail system on any given day depending on where/what I am shooting. Does a rail system, a bayonet fore-lug (no one in civilian use actually uses that attachment), a pistol grip, a holo or red dot sight make a rifle any more or less deadly?

Crying and moaning so called assault rifles - as if they are responsible for a lot of crime. Truth is that exponentially more gun crimes are committed with pistols than assault rifles.

Not making the charges more severe when an assailant uses an illegal weapon - aka one they stole or bought on the black market. Hell, look at that illegal immigrant who shot and killed that lady about a year ago in CA - he got charged with UNLAWFUL POSSESSION - not murder, not breaking into a government vehicle, not stealing a firearm, not even unlawful discharge. That case was a debacle.

NYC limiting where you can transport a firearm to, aka giving 7 ranges in the city a monopoly on the whole market.

Not making people register shotguns. Would be nice for law enforcement to know who might have a 12 gauge in the house if the raided it wouldn't it? Ditto with 'antique' firearms (many of which are WW2 era and fully automatic) - to be honest if I ever wanted to murder someone and not get caught I would take them out with a shotgun because it could not be traced, an old ass muzzle loader with a .70 cal ball that cannot be traced or a high powered .22 with a very soft round that will just turn to mush when it penetrates the person and hits against a hard surface - again, impossible to trace forensically.

Look at the whole scandal regarding black talon rounds, the public cried and moaned about how they were more deadly so winchester dropped them, actually the just dropped the name and replaced it with winchester SXT's - which most people joke means 'Same Xact Thing." Not to mention they were and are no more deadly than a hollow point.

I could keep going but I hope you take my point. We need laws that will actually prevent gun violence, not laws that do absolutely nothing to make people safer. Look at the geneva convention for example - they outlawed using .50 caliber rounds on a human so what did the arms manufacturers do - they starter making their rounds a 49.9999999999999 cal instead - aka no difference.

Can you narrow this list down?

I am no gun guy but I assume a pistol grip is more accurate and that is why it's the gun manufacturers made it that way.

[ShotgunDMB]

Originally Posted by mthawk07

Men haven't been shit on for centuries like women have. Rising up and taking your equal seat at the table isn't the same as convincing yourself that you're "manly" for whatever reason you see fit. Damn near every war in history has boiled down to some pissing contest between men and land. Maybe we should try something different?

Familiarize yourself with all the sordid statistics of kids who didn’t have a father in the home. Men/fathers are very important to the health of society

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by TwoStep2888

so we're doing the men's rights thing today? ok

We only do it on days that end in Y.

[drakan]

The 3 Gun-Control Laws That Work Best in the U.S.
https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/04...search/586363/

Study: where gun laws are weaker, there are more mass shootings
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/8/1825462...nce-laws-study

[drakan]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Familiarize yourself with all the sordid statistics of kids who didn’t have a father in the home. Men/fathers are very important to the health of society

Why not just tell us?

[Route_2]

No shame. Devoid of shame. Amazing.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs during next year's presidential election, he would work to confirm a nominee appointed by President Donald Trump.

That's a move that is in sharp contrast to his decision to block President Barack Obama's nominee to the high court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.

Speaking at a Paducah Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Kentucky, McConnell was asked by an attendee, "Should a Supreme Court justice die next year, what will your position be on filling that spot?"

The leader took a long sip of what appeared to be iced tea before announcing with a smile, "Oh, we'd fill it," triggering loud laughter from the audience.

David Popp, a spokesman for McConnell, said the difference between now and three years ago, when McConnell famously blocked Judge Merrick Garland's ascension to the Supreme Court, is that at that time the White House was controlled by Democrat and the Senate by a Republican. This time, both are controlled by the GOP.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/polit...020/index.html

[mthawk07]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Familiarize yourself with all the sordid statistics of kids who didn’t have a father in the home. Men/fathers are very important to the health of society

Which has jack shit to do with masculinity. You're just talking about responsible parenting. You don't need to be masculine to be a responsible parent.

[BTBaboon]

Men are SO oppressed!!!

We're so alpha but no one gives us a chance!





This is one of the dumber things to come out of the modern right wing.

[TheLastPig]

Originally Posted by cazzie34

Is all constructive criticism of men devaluing men? Because that's what it feels like to me.

I for one don't feel undervalued as a man and I feel fine in my masculinity.

The fact that this is at the top of this page is so incredibly perfect.

Always funny to see people get threatened just because something is questioned. When that topic is men discussing masculinity it’s a self fulfilling prophecy.

[ShotgunDMB]

Originally Posted by mthawk07

Which has jack shit to do with masculinity. You're just talking about responsible parenting. You don't need to be masculine to be a responsible parent.

If you have kids are you raising them gender neutral?

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Make men step up to the plate and raise their children and not the government, quit tilting the divorce courts towards mothers as fathers are just as important as mothers, allow for more outlets in schools for boys to get out their aggressiveness and competitveness which is perfectly natural for boys.

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Familiarize yourself with all the sordid statistics of kids who didn’t have a father in the home. Men/fathers are very important to the health of society

I agree with all of this but I disagree that it is due to men and masculinity being devalued.

[drakan]

An analysis performed for CNN found that states that have enacted magazine restrictions are associated with fewer mass shooting events.

"Whether a state has a large capacity ammunition magazine ban is the single best predictor of the mass shooting rate in that state, " said Michael Siegel, a community health science professor at Boston University, who conducted the analysis. These states are associated with a 63% lower rate of mass shootings, according to his analysis.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/05/polit...gas/index.html

[zajDmB1]

Nothing is pussier than dudes whining about some war on masculinity

[coldengrey12]

So, if I'm getting this right, Shotgun wants all of the men to just be gay because then kids would be raised by two times the amount of men!

[mthawk07]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

If you have kids are you raising them gender neutral?

I don't have kids, but if that day comes, I'll let them be whatever and whoever they want to be as long as they are good people.

[drakan]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

So, if I'm getting this right, Shotgun wants all of the men to just be gay because then kids would be raised by two times the amount of men!

oh snap.

[ShotgunDMB]

Originally Posted by BTBaboon

Men are SO oppressed!!!

We're so alpha but no one gives us a chance!





This is one of the dumber things to come out of the modern right wing.

It’s sad sanity and reality is considered “right wing”

[TheLastPig]

Originally Posted by zajDmB1

Nothing is pussier than dudes whining about some war on masculinity

The irony so heavy

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

Make men step up to the plate and raise their children and not the government, quit tilting the divorce courts towards mothers as fathers are just as important as mothers, allow for more outlets in schools for boys to get out their aggressiveness and competitveness which is perfectly natural for boys.

how specifically do we ‘make men’ do this? court ordered child support that already exists? in which ways are the government raising the children?

are you talking about schooling and before/after school programs? or just things like snap and wic? haven’t you previously said you’d be against reducing both of those programs specifically?

if you’re concerned about the lack of two parent households in america may i suggest we stop jailing and imprisoning so many fathers?

‘quit tilting divorce courts’ - okay cool, more men’s rights type nonsense. but let’s say we do ‘even things out’, how is this achieving increased ‘masculinity’? or is it just getting more results in favor of men? what if those men aren’t adequately masculine?

more outlets to get out their aggression and competitiveness? such as after school sports programs? that already exist? what are the additional outlets you’d suggest, and where does the funding come from? how does increasing the amount of outlets make us ‘more masculine’?

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by ShotgunDMB

If you have kids are you raising them gender neutral?

My wife puts our daughter in clearly female clothes but I don't give two shits what she wears or what toys she plays with. She's really into cars and trucks right now and I'm not going to stop her from enjoying cars and trucks because those are more supposedly masculine things.