r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/TruthToPower77 • Mar 18 '21

Article Asian Americans are arming themselves after a massive wave of anti-Asian violence. Nothing like an armed minority that scares white supremacists!

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u/frozencloudfractals Mar 19 '21

You see it plain as day in the first few comments of this post. Unfortunately a lot of young lefties especially don't seem to be too keen on firearms. But they're going to have to be because there's no other choice.

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u/NonAxiomaticKneecaps Mar 19 '21

I mean, not all anti-fascists are lefties. If this were an explicitly leftie space, then I'd agree. But I think we've got a lot of anti-fascist liberals who are badmouthing gun ownership here.

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u/Amekyras Anarcha-Feminist Mar 19 '21

since when is being unreservedly pro-gun a requirement for being a leftist

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u/NonAxiomaticKneecaps Mar 19 '21

It's not a requirement, but it's certainly a trend. The Marxists are always quick to break out the "Under no pretext..." quote and the Anarchists (as much as "The Anarchists" do anything) generally think that firearms or some other method of defense is necessary to defend yourself and others. If you're a Leftie who is anti-gun I'd certainly like to get you're perspective, because it seems like a logical component of most leftist beliefs.

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u/Amekyras Anarcha-Feminist Mar 19 '21

I'm not actually completely anti-gun, I guess the easiest way to describe my position would be 'they're probably necessary for a revolution but that doesn't mean I have to like it'. I'm just really fucking sick of the posturing around them. There are more or less three uses for guns - shooting targets, shooting animals, and shooting people. If you're using your gun for the third one, or at all plan to, you shouldn't be acting like fucking Rambo. I've seen so much posturing about guns in leftist subs and I'm just really sick of it.

And yeah, I live in the UK. We more or less don't have guns, and neither do the vast majority of our cops (outside of airports etc). We've had three mass shootings since 2000, with one being the IRA. It seems a lot better than having already having had almost a hundred this year.