The Culturologist has invented himself a new term.
What to call these impediments to human civilization?I’m going to try out ‘gun fetishist.’
In the tried and true tradition of commodity fetishism, this would refer to the fact that so many gun-obsessed people seem to impute magical qualities to their inanimate yet greatly beloved chunks of metal and/or plastic, as primitive tribespeople attribute magical powers to their charms and totems and, unfortunately, as so many alienated Americans attribute such power to the things they purchase in the desperate hope of making their lives meaningful . It also gets at the erotic element of sexual fetishism–so many of the gunners talk about their guns the way sane people only talk about other human beings. There are rumors of gun fetishists who cannot get sexually excited unless they think of their guns.
This guy should be interesting for a while.
Thanks for pointing out another place for me to visit when I need my blood pressure raised!
“this would refer to the fact that so many gun-obsessed people seem to impute magical qualities to their inanimate yet greatly beloved chunks of metal and/or plastic”
Yeah, kinda like how we claim they go around causing mayhem and destruction on their own. Oh, wait.
I agree with SayUncle; it sounds like a case of the pot and the kettle.
Have you ever noticed that the hoplophobes seem to be disturbingly fixated on the genitals of gun owners? They are always coming up with comments about the gun owners and their sex organs; it makes me wonder about them…