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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
When the indication is made that kids are less safe when around guns, I ask if kids are less safe around guns in a way that triggers cognitive dissonance.
But it's a parlor trick...you're reductio ad bananuming him, just in a more subtle way than the standard method of completely changing the meaning.
He said (i paraphrase) 'arming teachers is bad because some of them are fucking idiots who can't be trusted with guns, as recent events have shown. There are better ways to deal with school shootings such as getting at the root causes'.
You rephrase the question to be (paraphrasing again) 'well can't guns make kids safer?', and he rightly says 'i already answered that; it's not a yes or no question'
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