• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I have a hard time equating the display or firing of a gun with promotion of violence but context makes a difference. Same thing with baseball bats. Both are used in competitive sports or could be tools for killing/maiming others. It’s performative and pandering but not necessarily violent without more information.

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      3 months ago

      The difference between a baseball bat and a gun, is a gun is from its origins, designed to kill. A baseball bat can be used that way, but that is not its intended purpose.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      Yea but didn’t Kathy Griffin get canceled or whatever its called because she slashed the head off a trump dummy? What is the differnece?