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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes anyone else find it ironic that
while all the Ukrainians who never had a use for guns are now buying them to protect their country from a force that wants to dismantle their elected government and destroy their country the guys in America who own truck loads of guns and say they need them to defend against a tyranny are the ones who are being arrested for wanting to overthrow the government and destroy the elected government?
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Does anyone else find it ironic that (Original Post)
AndyS
Feb 2022
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dchill
(38,503 posts)1. It's the difference between freedoms and freedumbs.
unblock
(52,253 posts)2. No real irony here. Ukrainians are acting rationally to a very real and imminent threat,
while gun nuts are acting on a pathetically absurd fantasy the manufacturers ginned up to increase sales.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)4. That's why punctuation is a game-changer.