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Darla
Part II
Every time a mass murder occurs in this country, there is an immediate and sharp spike in gun sales. This obviously is caused by the fear that guns are going to be restricted. As in any sane country they would be. Think for a moment how this spike in sales, spike in profit, incentivizes the gun industry. What do all other industries work to realize? Spikes in sales and profits. When an industry discovers something that causes sales to go up, like say, Christmas, then they use all of the power of their advertising genius and tactics, to make Christmas a bigger event than it used to be, a longer event than it used to be, and a more common event than it used to be.
What then does the gun industry do to bring about the ideal conditions for gun sales; fear, paranoia, mass murder.
Fear. The gun lobby stokes fear in the weak-minded by demonizing particular politicians. This works when the Democrats are in power. As they are now. The gun lobby also stokes racial fears. White people need their weapons because blackey is coming to fuck your woman, steal your chickens, and piss on your face. We now have black a Democratic President - whoa Nelly! The motherfucking jackpot of fear and paranoia for the gun industry! Sales have been through the roof! They are rolling in the green.
While in Newtown, in Aurora, in Portland, and in every town and city in this land, every single day…we roll in blood.
Then there is the more nebulous fear, without which all other fears cannot be built. It is anxious masculinity. The industry employs highly manipulative tactics to exploit anxious masculinity. Here is but one example.
Now, who needs an official “man card”? An anxious male. A male who feels impotent in some form. The decline of white male hegemony is an obvious culprit in this anxiety. There is no doubt that there exist many men who are not dealing with this decline well. I would also like to know, “Today you are a man, fully entitled to all the rights and privileges duly afforded” mean? Being a white male has always come with rights and privileges, this is the very basis of social criticism from the left. Now we see the right not only agreeing that being a white male comes with certain rights and privileges, but demanding cards proving it!
What rights and privileges does a white male holding a (what is basically a) military grade weapon have? This is a question that haunts many a black person, and many a woman of any race.
This part goes to culture. What kind of culture are we to define masculinity as how much violence you can visit upon another human being? If an opposing team member cuts you off in traffic you set his car on fire (per one of these ads). If a bitch mouths off what do you do to her? If a black youth doesn’t answer your questions fast enough or right enough, you Stand Your Ground…and he is put in the ground for an eternity.
Our culture I believe is slowly changing, but not fast enough. When a man’s worth is dependent on how fast he can kill, how much violence he can commit, we are still in a lot of trouble.
What is toughness? What is masculinity? These are terms we are slowly redefining and eventually will be the better for.
Every time a mass murder occurs in this country, there is an immediate and sharp spike in gun sales. This obviously is caused by the fear that guns are going to be restricted. As in any sane country they would be. Think for a moment how this spike in sales, spike in profit, incentivizes the gun industry. What do all other industries work to realize? Spikes in sales and profits. When an industry discovers something that causes sales to go up, like say, Christmas, then they use all of the power of their advertising genius and tactics, to make Christmas a bigger event than it used to be, a longer event than it used to be, and a more common event than it used to be.
What then does the gun industry do to bring about the ideal conditions for gun sales; fear, paranoia, mass murder.
Fear. The gun lobby stokes fear in the weak-minded by demonizing particular politicians. This works when the Democrats are in power. As they are now. The gun lobby also stokes racial fears. White people need their weapons because blackey is coming to fuck your woman, steal your chickens, and piss on your face. We now have black a Democratic President - whoa Nelly! The motherfucking jackpot of fear and paranoia for the gun industry! Sales have been through the roof! They are rolling in the green.
While in Newtown, in Aurora, in Portland, and in every town and city in this land, every single day…we roll in blood.
Then there is the more nebulous fear, without which all other fears cannot be built. It is anxious masculinity. The industry employs highly manipulative tactics to exploit anxious masculinity. Here is but one example.
Now, who needs an official “man card”? An anxious male. A male who feels impotent in some form. The decline of white male hegemony is an obvious culprit in this anxiety. There is no doubt that there exist many men who are not dealing with this decline well. I would also like to know, “Today you are a man, fully entitled to all the rights and privileges duly afforded” mean? Being a white male has always come with rights and privileges, this is the very basis of social criticism from the left. Now we see the right not only agreeing that being a white male comes with certain rights and privileges, but demanding cards proving it!
What rights and privileges does a white male holding a (what is basically a) military grade weapon have? This is a question that haunts many a black person, and many a woman of any race.
This part goes to culture. What kind of culture are we to define masculinity as how much violence you can visit upon another human being? If an opposing team member cuts you off in traffic you set his car on fire (per one of these ads). If a bitch mouths off what do you do to her? If a black youth doesn’t answer your questions fast enough or right enough, you Stand Your Ground…and he is put in the ground for an eternity.
Our culture I believe is slowly changing, but not fast enough. When a man’s worth is dependent on how fast he can kill, how much violence he can commit, we are still in a lot of trouble.
What is toughness? What is masculinity? These are terms we are slowly redefining and eventually will be the better for.
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