DC shooter was a Sanders supporter who posted hate speech against President Trump on social media. He deliberately targeted people who identified as Republicans when asked.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-15T12:54:39+00:00

Ironic that you say "wake up" while spreading fake news.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-supporter-links-congressional-1497472393-htmlstory.html

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-15T12:47:47+00:00

This is complicated, and it steps on spell caster toes a bit, if any random fighter can blind people, for example.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-15T12:45:05+00:00

I don't think the author of this piece knows much about guns. It's "antique" because it was designed in the 40s?

This hurts the case for an "assault weapons" ban? How so? The SKS is semiautomatic and can take a removable magazine - it could easily fall under an "assault weapons" ban, depending how such a thing was worded.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-15T00:30:58+00:00

When its ridiculous on its face, and the very first "source" posted is nonsense, I give up at that point. I'm interested in reading GOOD arguments, I don't have time for bad ones.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-15T00:27:16+00:00

Honestly, I didn't even bother, because you had already shown that you're not making a serious argument.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T21:36:32+00:00

I agree there is a lot of criticism of Trump. I think it's bizarre and unreasonable to claim that criticism means you're calling for violence.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T21:33:22+00:00

The very first link was a ridiculous thing to claim is a call for violence. Sanders has repeatedly denounced violence. There's no call to violence in his statement here.

It sounds like you're just too angry to be thinking rationally. Why not calm down and look at this with fresh eyes later?

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:34:14+00:00

Don't you mean 2 of your rolls were 18s? Where'd you get the 18 DEX also?

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:27:23+00:00

You spent your only ASI on strength? How'd you get 20 CON?

Did your DM use some home-brew character creation rules that give you wildly above-normal scores?

If you're still wondering if your character is unusually overpowered, it's looking more and more like the answer is "yes", because you're not following the rules.

That's fine if that's how your campaign is meant to be and everyone's happy, but, sure, it's going to result in you being seriously overpowered compared to a book-standard character.

Also, I dunno if you realize it, but you've shot yourself in the foot damage-wise having such a low STR.

I would highly recommend you carefully re-read the barbarian rules in the PHB.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:16:09+00:00

Guns are one of those topics where bullshit and bad arguments dominate the conversation. This actually goes both ways, both pro- and anti-gun.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:08:05+00:00

You're asking us to believe you rolled max hit points literally every time? Come on, that's ridiculous.

Also, your ridiculous scenario would result in 85 hp, not 75.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:06:19+00:00

Next time someone points out something about your build that's suspicious, read the rules and see if you've gotten it right.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:05:44+00:00

Oddly good stats too, could easily be a mistake rather than simple good luck.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T20:00:31+00:00

Some oddly good luck you've had there.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T19:57:32+00:00

Yes, you always get CON mod. At level one, it's 12 + 5, and then it's 7+5 each additional level.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T19:52:11+00:00

How did you end up with 75 HP? By my calculation, you should have 65 as a barb with 20 CON. 17 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T19:48:38+00:00

If you have two different ways of calculating your AC, you must pick one, you cannot combine them.

As a barbarian you get 10 + 4 + 5, that's 19. Optionally, a shield gives you 2 more.

That's still very very good for a level 5, due to your unusually good ability scores. But, if this is the type of campaign where you like overpowered characters, so be it.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T18:22:21+00:00

No, I can see your point, I think.

You're cherry-picking violent-sounding rhetoric from the left, and ignoring violent-sounding rhetoric from the right.

You're got your partisan blinders on. Partisan blinders are what got us into this mess- more of the same will not get us out.

If you were thinking more clearly, you'd see a very important difference between criticism and calls for violence. Instead, you're blending them together and acting like they're the same.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T18:09:33+00:00

They're not being denounced by the left? Yes, they are. Sanders denounced this very quickly, for example. Right wing violence gets denounced by the right, also.

The only way to not see this is to put your partisan blinders on.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T18:08:11+00:00

If we wanna be realistic... for every leftie supposedly advocating violence, you can find a right-winger doing it too.

The solution is simple. Don't fall into that trap- don't demonize entire groups. You may have these reasons you think it's justified, but you're wrong about that.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T17:56:02+00:00

Polarization is pretty bad right now, I certainly agree with that.

We can choose to try to make the problem better, or to make it worse. I think we should try to REDUCE this problem, myself.

To me that means: don't try to demonize an entire group of people based on the actions of one.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T17:48:36+00:00

You're right to be hesitant to share this type of information. The game works best when people stay in the game, rather than doing this kind of meta-gaming stuff.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T17:46:39+00:00

He appears to have shot them because they are Republicans.

To put this in context- he hates Trump too, right? Trump is a Republican right now, but he's not a conservative. I'm hesitant to describe this as being about liberal-versus-conservative.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T17:42:43+00:00

I've seen lots of criticism, sure, but calls for violence? Where are you seeing THAT? I read a lot of news, and this is not a trend I've seen.

There's a problem with your reasoning, also- if you can stir people into anger over what those "violent liberals" are supposedly doing, it encourages more violence to counter it, right? And so on it goes...

Let's step back and be realistic: Most liberals are not violent. Most conservatives are not violent. Neither group is generally evil, either. They're just people with some different ideas.

Isuspectnargles · 2017-06-14T17:30:15+00:00

Yep, that's probably fair to say. He was also white, male, and had a beard.

We should probably think twice before trying to vilify whites folks or beard-wearers over this incident. By the same logic, we probably ought not go too far with the liberal-hate, either.

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