• silent_water [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    if I'm going to get killed either way, what problem has having a gun solved? my issue is with the uncritical acceptance of the right's narrative that owning a gun is somehow self-defense. it's a useful tool for community defense but it's not helpful past being threatening for self defense and it poses a significant risk of self-harm. we need to stop presenting it as if it solves a self-defense problem.

    • mkultrawide [any]
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      2 years ago

      I mean why do anything with your mentality? Everything is pointless. Transphobes have fists, too, so no point in fighting them. They have legs so they can just catch trans people that run away. I guess if trans people get ambushed by a transphobe, they should just lie down and accept their beating and possible death as a natural consequence of being trans.

      • silent_water [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        because there's better ways to deal with threatening situations? deescalation, situational awareness, and similar skills are much more useful for self-defense than guns. I've literally had to deal with this for years. I'm brown and trans - there's a target on my back.

        • mkultrawide [any]
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          2 years ago

          How exactly do you think trans people should deescalate transphobes attempting to do a hate crime to them?