Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The cycle of fear that drives assault weapon sales [View all]av8r1998
(265 posts)Or when they try to get people to change their minds on an issue,
they try to inject "Fear" (or in the case of anti-2A people, some sort of sexual inadequacy) into the equation....
On the pro-2A side of the debate, the word "Hoplophobia" (irrational fear of weapons) gets thrown around, whilst the anti-side insists they have guns because of a "fear" and then suggest the fear is irrational, or in many cases, racially motivated.
Think of the word "Homophobe" That word didn't exist in the vernacular until the Gay Rights movement started.
It was effective, if technically incorrect at the time, and what I mean by that is a phobia is an irrational fear of something that makes you want to avoid it.... someone with a fear of heights will avoid high places - not ban tall buildings.
"Homophobes" want to ban Homosexuality the same way that "Hoplophobes" want to ban guns. They fear or dislike the THING OR BEHAVIOR, therefore nobody shown OWN the thing or ENGAGE in the behavior.
That's not a "Phobia"..... it's an attitude problem.