The system

[Delfuego]

we have way too many whiners in our country and WAY too many politicians buying votes from them with handouts.

I agree with this whole heatedly. Pandering to the poor can get a few votes and tugs on peoples heart-strings.

[Delfuego]

maybe he could have been less sarcastic,

Sorry brother, it's wired in there

I feel that the reason are our country is slipping downhill is because nobody has empathy for anyone else. People seems to enjoy on the misfortune of others. I can't even recall how many threads have been started where people were happy a person or politician with an apposing viewpoint died and members here would be virtually dancing on their grave. We are supposed to all be Americans, we are on the same team. If you say anything different, people will call you names and turn of their hearing aides. We could not come together to save ourselves at this point. This forum is a microcosm of the greater problem. I wish we still talked about guns and shooting stuff around here...

[Bailey Guns]

I wish we still talked about guns and shooting stuff around here...

Lots of people mention Chicago...

[Jumpstart]

You guys wanna act like victims, be my guest. Sorry I broke up your little echo chamber. Please continue telling us how tough you got it.

I'm just looking for a little equal application of policy.

[BlasterBob]

.delfiego wound up saying “Iwish we still talked about guns and shooting stuff around here”.

Really not much of the gun and shooting talk here anymore.

[VDW]

.delfiego wound up saying ?Iwish we still talked about guns and shooting stuff around here?.

Really not much of the gun and shooting talk here anymore.

Just as in life, having a variety of threads, ideas, opinions, speech, etc., does not mean you have to participate in, agree with, or even like any or all of them. To the best of my knowledge the myriad of other ?gun shooting? threads haven?t been locked, and nothing requires one to even read a thread or post they aren?t interested in....or are they 🤔

Maybe the system IS rigged!

[Gman]

Poor whitey can't catch a break...

Perhaps you can offer some insight, rather than simply urinating in the communal watering hole?

You claim "echo chamber", yet you're in here too. Perhaps you can inform rather than throw rocks?

[Bailey Guns]

I already tried the logic (with a dash of smartass thrown in) route. Didn't work. Maybe you'll have better luck.

[TheGrey]

Sorry brother, it's wired in there

I feel that the reason are our country is slipping downhill is because nobody has empathy for anyone else. People seems to enjoy on the misfortune of others. I can't even recall how many threads have been started where people were happy a person or politician with an apposing viewpoint died and members here would be virtually dancing on their grave. We are supposed to all be Americans, we are on the same team. If you say anything different, people will call you names and turn of their hearing aides. We could not come together to save ourselves at this point. This forum is a microcosm of the greater problem. I wish we still talked about guns and shooting stuff around here...

There are 14+ threads filled with sub-forums that talk about guns and shooting stuff. And you are welcome to start more- to include threads that make people recall that we are all Americans on the same team.

[Aloha_Shooter]

BTW (slightly off topic ,but same concept), I was looking for a new dentist about 2 years ago. I came up with this dentist, and I found out there are only FEMALE dentist/hygienist/Staffs. Still the same now.
ALL FEMALE, and NO MALE. (see photos).
I do NOT see this as a coincident at all.

https://www.appletreesmile.com/directions-120th-avenue/
https://www.appletreesmile.com/directions/

Standard self-selection bias. I don't know of any men who are interested in a career as a dental hygienist. Guys who are interested in having their hands in someone else's mouth generally want to be the dentist, not the hygienist. Meanwhile, it's still a profession that offers decent pay so women who didn't want to take the classes necessary to become a dentist (and more ARE) can still become a hygienist. Smaller, thinner fingers are an asset in this work (as in many other lines of work -- the magnetic core memory for the Apollo spacecraft were built by women for this very reason).

There's a difference between individual racism and systemic racism as alleged by the cretins tearing down monuments (including monuments to black Union soldiers and others who fought against the South).