Time to break free of traditional political ideological labeling and divisions. Time to abandon old, divisive sociopolitical labels like “liberal” and “conservative”.

A new political party based on a vastly, commonly held virtures lends itself to embrace over 66% of Americans, and it clearly embraces progressive principled thinking. In the most ideal American sense of unity, a political party should not be able to be defined or placed as “to the left” or “to the right” of where the Democratic or Republican parties currently are. Just let it exist organically based on present-day principled thinking. The American Progressive Majority.

Originally Posted By u/Atlanticbboy At 2025-03-23 04:38:18 AM | Source

  • LudwigVonPseudonym@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    So in Australia, if you call the police for any reason, I assume you are 100% certain that the police will definitely NOT shoot and kill you, rather than arresting the criminals?

    Must be nice, because in the US we do not have that luxury. Honestly it’s a bit short-sighted for you to tell me my country needs strict Australian-style gun control when in Australia, you can actually trust the police to protect you rather than kill you.

    • Pup BiruEnglish
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      12 days ago

      that’s correct - i’m 100% certain the police will not shoot and kill me

      the power imbalance is kinda the point… there’s no good reason for the cops to pull their gun, so it’s a big deal when it happens… a few years ago the cops drew their service weapons and fired a taser in the middle of the melbourne CBD and it made national news

      drawing a gun, let alone firing 1 is just so incredibly unnecessary that it’s a huge deal if it ever happens, whether it’s warranted or not… there’s literally no excuse - it’s just so unlikely that it’s “self defence” that “i thought they had a weapon” is never valid… there’s paperwork involved any time a gun is drawn, and way more any time 1 is fired

      it’s not an implicit trust, it’s removing excuses as an option and trust that the country takes anything gun related extremely seriously… most aussies i know have a similar feeling toward guns as i do - what the fuck, this scares the shit out of me, because guns should be scary, and we don’t want them anywhere around us - police included

      • LudwigVonPseudonym@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        12 days ago

        that’s correct - i’m 100% certain the police will not shoot and kill me

        Then I don’t need to read anything else you wrote, because you just lost the debate.

        See, I do not live in a country where I can expect the police to protect me if an emergency happens. Until I live in such a country, I will protect myself instead.

        Instead of lecturing people like me about the joys of gun control while living in a country where you know the police will protect you in an emergency, you should just be thankful you live in a country where you can trust the police in the first place.

        Now please sit down, because you sound silly criticizing the laws and culture of a foreign country that you clearly don’t know very much about.

        • Pup BiruEnglish
          11·
          12 days ago

          big “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” vibes there

          • LudwigVonPseudonym@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            12 days ago

            With how ignorant your comment is, I can definitely see why every bit of wildlife on that island of yours is actively trying to kill you and your people.

            You should probably stick to putting shrimp on barbies and drinking yourself stupid like every other Australian instead of worrying about whether or not someone half a world away from you has a gun or not.

            • Pup BiruEnglish
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              12 days ago

              do you always revert to xenophobia and personal attacks when someone shows a different point of view?

              • LudwigVonPseudonym@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                12 days ago

                Nope! Only when folks like you act self-righteous and crack xenophobic jokes while smugly lecturing me about your disapproval of my country’s culture and laws from up on that high horse of yours.

                Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it, sweetheart.