Republican men seem massively troubled about their masculinity — and that’s literally causing death and suffering

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Then any old asshole could just lie and say their neighbor or family member or spouse is suicidal, and disarm them. Abusers absolutely will exploit that to subjugate their victims.

    And it’s not really moral to say those men shouldn’t be allowed to kill themselves if they want anyway. Do people have self-ownership or not? Yes or no?

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      11 months ago

      Others could be injured in a firearm suicide, and someone still has to clean up the mess. Self-euthanasia is it’s own topic, but I think most could agree that the solution to assisted suicide isn’t allowing unstable people to own firearms.

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        11 months ago

        Any other solution would require getting permission from the state to die in some way or another, meaning you effectively don’t have a right to die on your terms.

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          11 months ago

          I disagree, ropes are easy to find or make, and you only need a couple pounds of force to asphyxiate; people hang themselves from doorknobs and shit, it’s super reliable if you do it right.

          Allowing unstable people to own firearms is a danger to others, and would only increase impulsive suicides and messy survivors.