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This consumer behavior reflects the fact that Americans are feeling a little more SECURE, quite literally.
originally posted by: Revolution9
I wrote this as a response to this news item published @Guardian:
US gun makers battle 'Trump slump' as sales fall compared to 2016
Personally I am mighty glad about this "Trump Slump" in weapons sales. Obviously the Guardian preferred Obama's BOOM in gun sales (pun intended). This consumer behavior reflects the fact that Americans are feeling a little more SECURE, quite literally. That's a good thing, too.
I am just playing you: I know that it is because they are not worried about the liberals taking their guns away with legislation. I am making a point at the same time, though.
Does this not give the liberals a glimpse into "backlash"? Surely, I tell you, that is what you need to know more than anything else I can think of right now. You need to know that all the extreme policies you are pushing relating to gender, sexuality, race and gun control are backfiring spectacularly.
I am a socialist and I find what you are doing to be ridiculous and so obvious. I do not give audience to media that plays infantile head games with me relating to social engineering. Do you not understand that we make up our own attitudes? HOW DARE the state or MSM think they have a right to condition people and tell them even what ATTITUDES to have. You are the Orwellian nightmare. The worst of it is that you do not even see it. I will not have ANYONE tell me what attitudes I should hold socially. I am an individual who makes up my own mind. Everyone else is, too. They have and are making up their minds that the liberal/left side of the equation is too extreme and crazy to have political power right now.
The very social issues you care about most, race and gender issues are being sabotaged by you because it is you, by way of extreme positive DISCRIMINATION ALIENATING the majorities in the U.S and Britain, particularly. Brexit and Trump are obvious signs that if you say walk left the majority will indeed walk right twice as fast.
I really do care about equality for women. I equally care about cohesion in a multi racial diverse society. I believe that extreme positive discrimination will continue to backfire spectacularly like fireworks in your face.
There is no way you are going to make the majority of the electorate into happy socially engineered liberals, no matter how much you persist. I am actually really glad about that.
As it stands I am a socialist. Yet I am so worried about you guys getting your hands on power again while you are all frothing at the mouth like this. I shall be voting and supporting the right until you show that you are sane enough to look after us ALL, not just positively discriminating for minorities and causing a huge backlash from your social engineering whip.
Here's a little prediction. Tories will win at least one more election and PRESIDENT Trump (to you) will have two terms. That should give you enough time to come back down to earth and realize the error of what you are doing alienating the majorities like this. They will not like you for it. You even tried to SABOTAGE democratic majority decisions because you are so fascist (one way only dictatorial). It is very unhealthy. Power must NEVER be toyed with like this in a democratic society.
This is how to make a right wing voter out of a former left wing socialist. Politicians are the very LAST people to tell anyone about race or be trusted about it. Hitler was a politician. Politicians manipulate. The last thing ANY of us need, black to white, is politicians manipulating us over race. DROP IT! You'll end up having everyone hating the Jewish people again like this. You are making it worse, not better. It does not work. It makes things worse. Look around you for once and see realistically the effects of your manipulation and social engineering; like a backfiring gun, like a reverse psychology policy!
originally posted by: buster2010
This consumer behavior reflects the fact that Americans are feeling a little more SECURE, quite literally.
Not really. Trump doesn't have FOX news, the NRA and every right wing pundit screaming he's going to take your guns.
originally posted by: carewemust
Maybe all who want a gun, have a gun?
Brexit and Trump are obvious signs that if you say walk left the majority will indeed walk right twice as fast.
originally posted by: TheTory
It's good to know some will swing to the other side of the spectrum, if only to keep the balance. But be careful you are not 'mugged by reality' in the meantime. A lot of us have been there.
originally posted by: dawnstar
oh, goodie, another "the liberals are so....." threads..
as if ATS isn't filled with them already.
heck there's so many, some of which seem to come close to threatening anti-liberal threads, one might come to the conclusion that the conservatives are attempting to do the social engineering that they want to accuse the liberals of doing.
Social engineering of ANY kind is not welcome in democracy. We have a vote to take care of that. It is an enemy of democracy. It will destabilize democracy, possibly even dangerously and irreparably.