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And neither do Corporations or Governments. The NRA is an abstraction for the People that make up it's membership.. so we can't talk about the NRA as is if it is some objective living breathing thing. we have to talk about the actual living breathing things.. the people.
And when you join the NRA, you're joining and supporting those people.. not some abstract objective and blameless organization. Organization is an abbreviation.. It stands for Organization Of People.. they drop the last part to make the magic trick work. And so we direct our anger at the Organization.. and not the people that are organized by it.
The NRA is a group of people that come together for their own purposes.. find out who those people are, what those purposes are.. and line them up with who you are and what your purposes are.. do all of that before you give them your support.
Their is no 2nd amendment.. and there is no NRA.. their are just people.. and those abstract entities that they have defined are nothing more than vehicles that they use to organize themselves.. to rationalize their actions.. justify their dispositions.. and to sidestep your scrutiny. You blame the Corporation.. the corporation fires the President and hires a new one... you're satisfied. But the president was just an employee of the people that he served.. and they remain hidden behind the abstraction blocking your view.. the word.. the name.
if we don't start pulling these word games and concept games apart, we will eventually completely lose our grip on reality.
And when you join the NRA, you're joining and supporting those people.. not some abstract objective and blameless organization. Organization is an abbreviation.. It stands for Organization Of People.. they drop the last part to make the magic trick work. And so we direct our anger at the Organization.. and not the people that are organized by it.
The NRA is a group of people that come together for their own purposes.. find out who those people are, what those purposes are.. and line them up with who you are and what your purposes are.. do all of that before you give them your support.
Their is no 2nd amendment.. and there is no NRA.. their are just people.. and those abstract entities that they have defined are nothing more than vehicles that they use to organize themselves.. to rationalize their actions.. justify their dispositions.. and to sidestep your scrutiny. You blame the Corporation.. the corporation fires the President and hires a new one... you're satisfied. But the president was just an employee of the people that he served.. and they remain hidden behind the abstraction blocking your view.. the word.. the name.
if we don't start pulling these word games and concept games apart, we will eventually completely lose our grip on reality.