• MrStankov@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Yeah, ‘a bit out of touch’ is a good starting point when talking about conservatives usually…

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      9 days ago

      It’s a cultural thing. In some red areas guns are seen as a cultural signifier. It’s straight up the same as naming a kid Christian or after a virtue or any other name that’s on the nose religious, but with rural cultural values instead of just Christian ones.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      9 days ago

      hey, Baylor is a good hard-working children’s name

      those hay bales won’t make themselves once all the farm hands are in concentration camps

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      I mean, a gunner is a job in the military. Not much different than naming your kid Gunars, which means warrior. Gunman would be more on the nose. I’m just saying, when I hear Gunner’s mom yelling at him not to spill his soda in the car in the grocery store parking lot in 15 years, I’ll be like, “yep, that’s a normal name.”

      Also, mass shootings arent the norm. They are extremely rare.

      But yes, naming your kid “gun” to “own the libs” is indeed cringe as fuck.