New polling shows national Republicans and Iowa Republican caucusgoers were more interested in “law and order” than battling “woke” schools, media and corporations.

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    That is such a stupid whatabout. Even if you can’t get a universal definition

    I thought we were talking about defining terms? How is asking to define a term whataboutism?

    you can at least get as far as “rifle that kills people.”

    Any rifle that’s ever killed an individual is an assault weapon? That’s why non-crazies think the push against AW’s are stupid, because you just say dumb shit like that

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      Any rifle that’s ever killed an individual is an assault weapon?

      I never even implied such a thing. You are being highly disingenuous by saying so. The suggestion was that it was a subset of rifle, which is more definition than you can give for “woke.”

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        Even if you can’t get a universal definition for “assault weapon” you can at least get as far as “rifle that kills people.”

        Was this what you said?

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          Oh for fuck’s sake, I apparently left out an indefinite article. “A rifle that kills people.” Happy?

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            If my .22 kills someone, should every .22 be considered an assault rifle?

            You aren’t clarifying anything. If you have an argument state it, stop pussy footing around.

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              Do you not understand what a subset is or are you just going to continue to accuse me of saying every rifle is an assault rifle when I already told you that’s not what I said? I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you aren’t ignorant, just dishonest. I would request that you stop being so now. Alternatively, I can just block you.

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                Do you not understand what a subset is or are you just going to continue to accuse me of saying every rifle is an assault rifle when I already told you that’s not what I said?

                Then tell me what the fuck you’re saying dude. You’ve just found yourself in a losing position and are trying to back out of it. Tell me straight up, what’s an assault weapon.

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                  It is, as I already said, a subset of rifle, which, again, is more definition than you can make for ‘woke.’ Now, are you going to stop putting words in my mouth and accept what I have now told you more than once?