Steam of Consciousness

This is a place for me to dump my unfiltered thoughts and opinions. I'm no expert in anything and you'll likely disagree with something I say. That's okay. Attack the ideas, not the people.

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I enjoy a bit of hunting and sport shooting, but I've never quite understood the point. It seems the biggest argument for acquiring them is to have access to "weapons of war" equivalent to that of modern militaries in order for the civilians to defend themselves if needed. Alright, then what's the point of our armed forces?

The second amendment was written as an alternative to maintaining standing armies, but if we don't give a shit about that part then why do we want to arm civilians? To be clear I'm making a clear distinction between full-auto or large magazine ARs and shotguns/handguns/bolt-action rifles for personal defense and hunting.

Further, if we are going to allow largely-unregulated markets for military weapons why do we not enact some policy requiring eduction and proficiency training? If you're not knowledgeable and you can't hit what you want to then you don't deserve a gun of any type.

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Gender vs Identity

Gender is what's in your pants.

Identity is the social role you choose for yourself.

This isn't a difficult concept. You can have a dick and call yourself a female all you want when describing your personality. Your gender is still male. Just male. People and organizations promoting the idea of 100+ genders are spreading misinformation and it is counterproductive to the education of young people.

It's not wrong to give yourself a different role than might be traditional for your gender, but short of surgery and/or hormone treatments you have not changed your gender. I'm happy to use whatever pronouns you want me to when talking to and about you, but as soon as you tell me that's your "gender" I consider you a dumbass.