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I dislike political parties so much. One of the many reasons I think they are stupid is contradictions between parties. One of the Democrats’ principle criticisms of Republicans is that they “don’t believe in science,” and therefore push to teach creationism in schools, ignore climate change, and want to restrict stem cell research. The Democratic party believes this ignores science because almost all scientists believe differently than the Republican party.
However, the Democratic party is just as stupid. When it comes to economics, all economists believe that free trade is a good thing. However, the Democratic Party consistently stands for a variety of trade restrictions.
It’s incoherent for either party to criticize the other at not believing in science. This is just one of the many ways that both major party platforms are incoherent. I am glad not to call myself democrat or republican, and I never plan to do so.
Since Barack Obama’s election, a whisper became a roar. The whisper started during the presidential campaign. The NRA, like it does in most high profile elections, started attacking Obama because he did not support gun rights as much as the other candidate, John McCain. For instance, they created this website, which includes lots of doctored pictures of Obama looking like an evil villain, and phrases like “if you vote for Obama, you lose your rights.”
Now, that whisper has become a roar, with gun sales soaring since Obama’s election and buyers claiming that they want to buy guns now in fear that they can’t in the future.
Virginia gun owner Kyle Lewandowski said he was buying a .45-caliber pistol to “hedge my bets.”
“Every election year, you have to worry about your rights being eroded a little bit at a time,” he said. “I also knew, because of the Democrat majority and because of the election, everybody would have the same reaction I did,” he added
Notwithstanding the fear-mongering tactics of the NRA (which, in my opinion, are just as bad as the animal rights and anti-hunting groups on the other side of the spectrum), are people really this gullible? When I hear people talking about “Obama is going to take away our guns,” I cannot help but wonder if these people are joking or serious. I sincerely doubt that Barack Obama will attempt to use his influence to alter gun rights in the US.
It is preposterous that anyone thinks that increasing or restricting gun rights is a priority for the US right now. The country is deeply involved in military conflict. The economy is tanking. The national debt is climbing closer and closer to an unhealthy level. Do you really think that Obama is going to get into office and say: “OK, Congress, let’s destroy all the political capital I have right now and try to do something radical about gun rights.” That is not going to happen. Obama needs all the political capital he can get right now to attack all of the serious problems in the United States and the world. If he decides to waste it dealing with a pet issue, he is a moron.
Moreover, the evidence that Obama wants to “ban guns” is just not there. Obama himself stated:
The bottom line is this. If you’ve got a rifle, you’ve got a shotgun, you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it away. Alright? So they can keep on talking about it but this is just not true. And by the way, here’s another thing you’ve got to understand. Even if I wanted to take it away, I couldn’t get it done. I don’t have the votes in Congress.
The fact that Americans can be tricked this easily is exactly what is wrong with the political process today.
