I was gonna look up all the good bills he vetoed that I had heard about on the news a while back, but the top Google results are taken up by "nonprofit" "nonpartisan" irrelevant slop.
Yeah I agree. The more info that comes out about this, it looks like there's a crazy nihilism/trolling thing going on. They were a part of those nihilist internet communities where they groom and egg each other on.
I often wonder why Switzerland doesn't have this issue compared to the US. The US has so much untreated mental illness and trauma, lack of social cohesion, economic disparity, racial disparity.
Switzerland has across the board higher safety, training, safe-storage requirements. Guns and ammo must be kept in separate locked containers. The Swiss don't keep guns for self defense. Guns are only for military duties and sporting purposes. The Swiss don't keep that thang on em. A dispute isn't going to escalate into a shooting because a Swiss is packing.
Roughly 42% to 52% of U.S. households own at least one gun. In Switzerland, historical data from 2004-2005 indicated that approximately 28.6% of households owned firearms. That number might be higher with a growing interest in shooting sports particularly among women. There's also growing concern since Covid and the war in Ukraine. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/how-switzerland-combines-a-passion-for-guns-with-safety/49115108
Brownshirts would be a party paramilitary thugs, like the UHaul Nazis, Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer. Uniformed militarized national police would be like the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo). ICE in Marvel tshirts would be Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei).
Going cold turkey can cause a potentially deadly syndrome called delirium tremens, DTs. It can also cause seizures.
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You or her should talk to a professional. It's fine to remain anonymous. It's really good to proactively handle this.
I really doubt a parent proactively seeking treatment would lose their kid. There are more options than going away for inpatient rehab. That's as much advice I'm comfortable giving. Talk to professionals, this is a life-threatening condition.
I mean I've kinda learned lately not to really argue about the absolute overall state of countries neither of us have been to, but I do sow distrust in the US gov't and NATO and highlight irrefutable positives of other countries' revolutions. All my IRL friends are libs or anarchists. I'm not trying to die on a hill. It's a give and take thing. Local progress won't come from painting by the numbers of other movements far away in time and location, IMHO. Be cool, be charming, be graceful. I know it's hard, I blow my top sometimes too.
Be like water, flow around jabs, seep into cracks.
Then why does his hat say "47"