Yishan Won, former (ousted) CEO of Reddit posted the following in his Facebook page:
It is an eye opener because it shows that Liberals suddenly lost the faith in the Government to defend them (must be a Trump thing) and there is a suddenly tightening of sphincters.
I am sure Mr. Wong did his due diligence trying to learn about gun laws, but since he lives in California, what he discovered was not to his liking. And what he wants will surely have him removed from Shannon Watts’ Christmas Card list.
He had a momentary lapse of clarity, but who knows if it will last.
Skippy, we could have told you long ago it would come back to bite you in the ass.
At least one of his friend/followers disagreed with him openly and fiercely. Others asked questions but I reckon they are still undecided. You have to understand that these people had a heavy emotional, moral and intellectual investment in Gun Control and they are being asked suddenly to drop it and go the other way. That is not easy and in some cases, impossible.
And also it has to feel dumb to call for a Revolution armed only with chopsticks and a half bottle of kombucha.
Here’s an earlier piece by him, in a slightly different tone: https://medium.com/@yishan/you-cannot-regulate-guns-unless-you-know-how-to-use-one-d129d0a82974
Yishan Wong: “I think (we) liberals are too concerned with taking these rights away from others, and don’t realize they are taking them away from themselves.”
Well, hail king of the obvious.
Gun control has never been about guns but one facet of the extreme anal-cranial-reversal need of libtards to control and intrude in other peoples lives (do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do), yet going completely apeshit when this little factoid is pointed out to them or they have to (gasp!) actually comply with their own stupid rules.
I feel no pity whatsoever for this lot, living in their “progressive gun free utopias” that have turned into crime-riddled shitholes (Chiraq anyone?). They created a mess, so they can fucking own it.
The cognitive dissonance on this one would be palpable for modern Progressives. However, classical Liberals have much more in common with Libertarians on individual liberties, including the right to bear arms. The neuvo progressive movement has, unfortunately, mostly crushed liberal thought under its statist-socialist boot.
It’s refreshing to see an actual liberal in the wild. Now watch as the Progressives come in and start stomping on Mr. Wong for not advocating their anti-individual liberty views.
I am 110% in favor of his idea of mandatory gun training in schools. Bring back shooting clubs. A little target practice would be good for the kids. (And as much as gamers like to claim Counterstrike time counts for target practice, it’s not. The reverse, however, is true.)
Progressives will never flip on gun training for kids in schools. Proper training at a young age instills discipline, self-sufficiency and an understanding that guns are not supernatural. This will have undesired consequences of having kids thinking for themselves (WrongThink). Progs can only be “pro gun” after they have RightThink embedded in their personal identity. This way, after they temporarily get behind the 2A during a non-progressive administration, they can return to the “guns are iky” doctrine with which they have been ingrained. To be sure, as soon as “their guy/gal/transporcupine” is elected back into the Presidency, they can return to trusting their Big Government of “Top
MenGender Fluid Beings” to take care of them and all of their enemies… foreign and domestic.Never cheer when leftards discover the 2nd. They’re not gonna suddenly become Constitutionalists just because they’ve figured out that being unarmed sucks. It’s YOU they’ll be using those guns on. Go up the page and reread the article on Charlottesville.