It’s a little too late for this to be a scorching hot take on the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, but Slate has finally come through with a psychological explanation of why conservatives are “so obsessed with guns.”
Why are conservatives so obsessed with guns anyway? Here’s a psychological explanation: https://t.co/CfM2Gqncq2 pic.twitter.com/3HevAvnTbs
— Slate (@Slate) March 1, 2018
We don’t expect anyone to click over to Slate for the explanation, so here’s a short summary: conservatives have less empathy, dislike change, don’t do nuance, see human nature as bad, are more moralistic … in short, that’s why they cling to their guns and religion.
So who wants to tell Slate that defending Second Amendment rights isn’t the same as “being obsessed with guns”? Guess how much conservatives would talk about guns if liberals weren’t trying to chip away at the right to own them?
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"If you like it so much why don't you marry it" writ large. Discourse, America. We're having it. https://t.co/OCpVeNeM2p
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) March 2, 2018
Slate: *tweets about guns over 100 times in the past week*
Also Slate: WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH GUNS? https://t.co/ggKYtvMwQN
— Charlie Peters (@CDP1882) March 1, 2018
Great, now do liberals who support the second amendment, you self-righteous prick. https://t.co/MB0xudzyPO
— Dead Agent (@Recursion_Agent) March 1, 2018
Just for fun, let’s see what Slate has tweeted recently about guns … since they’re liberals and not obsessed.
A two-guns-per-person limit would protect Americans’ lives and liberty: https://t.co/CtrcvY3yTh pic.twitter.com/ETqWNzYHfG
— Slate (@Slate) October 13, 2017
Colbert on guns: “If your village had a tiger eating people every day, you wouldn’t do nothing.” https://t.co/7cpggPIIzp pic.twitter.com/Y9DrGrlPJ3
— Slate (@Slate) November 9, 2017
Friends don't let friends hold onto guns.https://t.co/T0y4FQIh7S pic.twitter.com/OUHT1LXzoZ
— Slate (@Slate) February 15, 2018
Trevor Noah shames Florida lawmakers for voting to protect teens from porn instead of guns: https://t.co/iEzE2MJE0m pic.twitter.com/h3n6sX5jOp
— Slate (@Slate) February 22, 2018
Stephen Colbert with just a few of the many, many reasons giving teachers guns is a bad idea https://t.co/MetCDh4zK5 pic.twitter.com/Uv0cXGTgJt
— Slate (@Slate) February 24, 2018
Saying we should treat guns like cars overstates how well we regulate cars https://t.co/FrygYbrcJF pic.twitter.com/UsNIaHkaqb
— Slate (@Slate) February 21, 2018
How did conservatives come to see guns as a make-or-break issue? https://t.co/qYViErO1gk pic.twitter.com/kemO84w70N
— Slate (@Slate) February 26, 2018
Amazon, Etsy, and Google don’t sell guns. Why do they sell gun accessories? https://t.co/G8o66B8oPJ pic.twitter.com/decTzExLMo
— Slate (@Slate) February 28, 2018
Who’s obsessed?
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