The mass shooting last month in Maine — perpetrated by an Army reservist allowed to keep his guns reportedly bought days before he underwent psychiatric evaluations due to his erratic behavio…
Yes. Sports glorify said activity. Football glorifies football and basketball glorifies basketball. This is an extremely simple concept. You should not be struggling this much to grasp it.
I think if people want to argue that shooting sports glorify guns, they have to then say that the Olympics glorifies guns, because the Olympics features shooting sports. And you’re not going to get to the Olympic level of shooting sports unless you start practicing as a kid.
Does archery glorify bows and arrows?
Yes. Sports glorify said activity. Football glorifies football and basketball glorifies basketball. This is an extremely simple concept. You should not be struggling this much to grasp it.
Football glorifies the sport of football. It doesn’t glorify the football.
Lmao okay you’re just being disingenuous and obtuse. Bye bye.
I love it when two of my least favorite users find each other and totally justify my feelings about them both.
my inbox says differently
Ironic.
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Since this thread is getting irrational, and Lemmy is pretty toxic in this way, I’ll reply up here and take my down votes to agree with you.
ZeroCool needs to stop trying to be offended and actually read what you’re saying.
Of course archery doesn’t glorify bows and arrows. It may glorify archery, but there is nothing wrong with archery unless you are using it for evil.
Edit: ahh as predicted. Can we please be more understanding and less obstinate?
I think if people want to argue that shooting sports glorify guns, they have to then say that the Olympics glorifies guns, because the Olympics features shooting sports. And you’re not going to get to the Olympic level of shooting sports unless you start practicing as a kid.