Yeah but from what I hear from other Americans on the internet, generally all it takes is an hour or two of paperwork, and sometimes they even say that they think it's too much. In my country, the tests consist of a medical/psychological checkup, knowledge of the law concerning guns, technical/mechanical knowledge (assembling and disassembling etc.) and the obvious criminal record check. It can take a couple weeks because you gotta study for those tests. Basically, guns are treated the same way as cars, you gotta have a licence for a specific type and you gotta pass a theoretical and practical exam to get it. I really don't see what exactly about this system makes people think we're anti-gun or anti-freedom or whatever, the way it works seems perfectly reasonable to me. But I grew up in this environment, I'm obviously not unbiased.

But that's the thing, Americans often have this notion that Europeans are anti-gun. We're not. We just have some tests in place that can tell whether you are a responsible person or a total nutjob. So people who just wanna have a gun for protection or hobby can get it but people who would use it to shoot up a school can't.

Yeah exactly. Dress codes won't help, seeing 5 extra square inches of knee skin makes literally no difference. I think what you're referring to is the Washington post article from 2016, at least that's the first thing that popped up when I went to google the statistics about rapists not remembering the victim's clothes. According to the article, "deputy principal Cherith Telford at Henderson High School in New Zealand told female students that their uniform skirts must be knee-length in order to 'keep our girls safe, stop boys from getting ideas and create a good work environment for male staff,' "
Seriously, if your staff gets aroused by CHILDREN'S KNEES to the point of feeling uncomfortable because they can't control themselves, you shouldn't force your students to buy brand new clothing. You should hire better staff.

Yeah definitely not good

Technically, it's not a question. Do you see a question mark anywhere in the post?

I mean good for him but that won't erase all those memories of extremely annoying videos lol

back before funny.junk became a trump loving echochamber, there was this image going around whenever someone would post a picture from there https://huge---lolcdn.com/comments/2260049.jpg (it's being edited so remove the three dashes in the link)
I wish FS would let you post images in comments, then we could make this a thing again

Then say far left, not just left. I'm sick and tired of people putting all left leaning people in the same bag with the feminazis and SJWs and all right leaning people with the Alt-Right and Christian fundamentalists. It creates an extreme dichotomy which is very counterproductive to any debate or conversation.

How is that even relevant? You're the one who called this random tweet leftist, not me.

But isn't it more selfish to demand other people to go against their nature just because you don't like it?
They're not hurting anyone, why do you care?

What's... what's wrong with that? I mean I don't really use the "[something] much" phrase but it's fairly common nowadays and I see nothing wrong, grammar or vocabulary-wise.

@famousone
>makes a generalization of an entire half of the political spectrum based on one tweet about gays
>"maybe don't jump so far when trying to make a point?"
Again, you're one to talk.

"Leftist"? Nowhere in the tweet was it specified that the guys or the user were left leaning. So you just admitted that in your eyes, being right wing equals being anti gay rights. By extension, anti human rights. Well isn't that telling, and you're one to talk about projection. Oh the irony.

Totally fine with the "two people's experiences aren't the same thing" but I have experienced serious double standards, people who were attacked by animals are usually permitted to be afraid whilst people who were attacked by people aren't, is all I'm saying.

I was raped when I was just seven year old. Do I just jump in fear and pull out a crucifix whenever I see a man? No.
Him judging all dogs by one bad experience is a problem indeed and a big personality flaw. But in my experience, people whose scars are visible are usually more coddled and therefore more likely to stay in this generalizing mindset than people whose scars are internal.