Dildos descend on UT Austin in 'Cocks Not Glocks' protest of guns on campus - Polidicks

[quote]Surrounded by a sea of of dildos, the organizer of the Cocks not Glocks protest at the University of Texas at Austin spoke Wednesday to hundreds of students and supporters carrying sex toys through campus in opposition to Senate Bill 11, which allows those with concealed handgun licenses to carry at public universities. "It seems that I have cracked an enormous dick joke on the internet," said Jessica Jin, speaking of the protest she launched all the way back in October 2015 that is now being heralded as possibly the largest anti-gun protest in Texas history. Students armed themselves with sex toys, specifically dildos, on the first day of class as reporters and camera crews flooded the West Mall at noon. Photos of students strapped with the plastic phalluses began circling of social media days before and the morning of, using the hashtag, #CocksNotGlocks. Jin did not prepare a speech for the big day—she was too tired from carrying 55-pound boxes of sex toys around all week in preparation for the protest that has brought The Daily Show to campus to film the flamboyant event. "Let's put a dildo in the hands of every pissed off college student who hasn't been heard in this safety conversation," Jin said. "Strap it on, feel the discomfort, feel the weird looks. Wear it loud, wear it proud, and don't take them off until people take their guns home." [...] Jin said on the page that dildos are "just about as effective at protecting" students from "sociopathic shooters" as guns are. [/quote] [url]http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Dildos-are-descending-on-the-UT-Austin-campus-9181629.php[/url]

Why not cocks and glocks?

A dildo won't help you protect yourself from a mass shooter.

[quote]Jin said on the page that dildos are "just about as effective at protecting" students from "sociopathic shooters" as guns are.[/quote] That's a hard no. Sorry. As if a school full of strapped people wouldn't be a big enough deterrent, they have the means to stop a shooter with the only thing that stops a shooter. Being unarmed, hiding under a cafeteria table and saying please when the shooter sees you doesn't really work in your favor

Summary misses an important part: the university code of conduct prohibits the carrying of "obscene devices" such as dildos, but was recently amended to allow concealed weapons to be carried. It's not just dicks for the sake of absurdity, it's to point out that the rules are completely retarded.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50941498]Summary misses an important part: the university code of conduct prohibits the carrying of "obscene devices" such as dildos, but was recently amended to allow concealed weapons to be carried. It's not just dicks for the sake of absurdity, it's to point out that the rules are completely retarded.[/QUOTE] Exactly what is obscene or vulgar about a concealed weapon...? The point of a concealed pistol is that it goes unnoticed and doesn't cause distractions. It's not like people are lugging around M60s and shotgunning beers while playing the national anthem on the kazoo. Ultimately anyone who can legally carry a concealed firearm in Texas has proven that they can handle the weapon safely and responsibly. At this point it's an anti-gun-rights protest, not an issue of safety or distraction.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50941498]Summary misses an important part: the university code of conduct prohibits the carrying of "obscene devices" such as dildos, but was recently amended to allow concealed weapons to be carried. It's not just dicks for the sake of absurdity, it's to point out that the rules are completely retarded.[/QUOTE] The difference is that guns are concealed and if you whipped it out and started brandishing it you would be arrested

[QUOTE=gman003-main;50941498]Summary misses an important part: the university code of conduct prohibits the carrying of "obscene devices" such as dildos, but was recently amended to allow concealed weapons to be carried. It's not just dicks for the sake of absurdity, it's to point out that the rules are completely retarded.[/QUOTE] Except, what is vulgar and "retarded" about a [I]licensed[/I] gun owner legally expressing their rights on private property, which is allowed by administration. Texas is actually surprisingly restrictive on concealed carry. You can get in oodles of trouble for allowing your weapon to be obvious. Also, you need to jump through a dickload of hoops to get a CCW license, even in Texas. It shows that these people are more than understanding of firearm safety and would respect it in full.

This protest is stupid because it makes a false equivalence. It'd be like protesting the noise level of motorcycles by running around with an air raid siren strapped to your back. These people are protesting something they do not understand and do not care to learn about. Willful ignorance has no place on a college campus.

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50941501]Exactly what is obscene or vulgar about a concealed weapon...? The point of a concealed pistol is that it goes unnoticed and doesn't cause distractions. It's not like people are lugging around M60s and shotgunning beers while playing the national anthem on the kazoo. Ultimately anyone who can legally carry a concealed firearm in Texas has proven that they can handle the weapon safely and responsibly. At this point it's an anti-gun-rights protest, not an issue of safety or distraction.[/QUOTE] how is it an anti-gun-rights protest? what rights does it even infringe upon?

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;50941538]how is it an anti-gun-rights protest? what rights does it even infringe upon?[/QUOTE] They are protesting responsible concealed carry.

Personally, the having concealed weapons in schools is just too bizarre for me to believe. Here it's illegal to carry knives in public. In the US, guns in school is fine.

[QUOTE=RB33;50941546]Personally, the having concealed weapons in schools is just too bizarre for me to believe. Here it's illegal to carry knives in public. In the US, guns in school is fine.[/QUOTE] This is a college campus - a place for adults - not some elementary school. Adults can carry weapons if they choose as long as they do so in a law abiding fashion.

[QUOTE=RB33;50941546]Personally, the having concealed weapons in schools is just too bizarre for me to believe. Here it's illegal to carry knives in public. In the US, guns in school is fine.[/QUOTE] A school

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50941543]They are protesting responsible concealed carry.[/QUOTE] right but i'm failing to see how this exactly infringes upon rights. the point the protesters are making is that somehow carrying dildos in receives a bigger infraction when they're harmless compared to metal tubes which throw smaller pieces of metal at high velocities at people

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50941551]Adults can carry weapons if they choose as long as they do so in a law abiding fashion.[/QUOTE] I'm speechless. The weird looks you would get saying that in Europe. I prefer my gunless society, truly makes me feel safer.

[QUOTE=RB33;50941576]I'm speechless. The weird looks you would get saying that in Europe. I prefer my gunless society, truly makes me feel safer.[/QUOTE] Well, be speechless. I don't care. We live in different countries with unique cultures. You will not find me telling you to do things differently according to my culture's standards.

imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.

[QUOTE=meppers;50941615]imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.[/QUOTE] There's even an argument to be made against fire extinguishers, honestly. They're cumbersome, take up a lot of space, and can be noisy if moved around a lot. If everyone was carrying fire extinguishers around a college campus, things would get pretty stupid. Concealed carry weapons cannot even be seen. That's kind of the point of a CCW. They are invisible and only come into view when they're needed. Odds are, they won't be needed at a college campus. But someone who already owns one might want to go ahead and carry it. It's no extra trouble, and they'd sure be sorry if they decided not to bring it and then, by some horrific stroke of luck, did need it.

[QUOTE=RB33;50941576]I'm speechless. The weird looks you would get saying that in Europe. I prefer my gunless society, truly makes me feel safer.[/QUOTE] The point is, if you make it through the certification process, you are legally allowed to carry a concealed weapon on you in public places. The people who make it through this process have to go through training pay the fees, and are approved to be trusted with this right. Banning those who have a CCW permit does nothing to curb someone who wants to shoot up a school. Do you think someone who wants to shoot up a school will bother to pay the fees, take the tests, and register their name to database to have their permit when there's literally nothing stopping someone from just walking on campus with a gun other than the schools rules? This ban only affects law abiding citizens. Even if a gunless society is better, that is not the society that exists in America, and school rules saying you can't bring guns on campus, doesn't stop someone from bringing guns on campus.

[QUOTE=meppers;50941615]imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.[/QUOTE] They'd probably be protesting it because it would be plainly obvious that a campus which kept bursting into flames was unsafe and that relying on students to carry around fire extinguishers on the off-chance a fire broke out wouldn't be the smartest of ideas.

[QUOTE=meppers;50941615]imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.[/QUOTE] Imagine if people constantly killed other people with those fire extinguishers. All day. Every day. Like I won't weigh in on the issue but pretending guns are just as harmless as a fire extinguisher is ridiculous.

[QUOTE=meppers;50941615]imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.[/QUOTE] update: imagine if the school increased fire safety but students still decided to put little portable extinguishers into their backpacks, and people protested the little extinguishers (this is an analogy please don't look into this too literally)

imagine if signs that say "gun free zone" stopped school shooters ever

[QUOTE=TheBloodyNine;50941656]Imagine if people constantly killed other people with those fire extinguishers. All day. Every day. Like I won't weigh in on the issue but pretending guns are just as harmless as a fire extinguisher is ridiculous.[/QUOTE] I don't think [del]UTA[/del] UT Austin is constantly embroiled in turf wars and gang shootouts, actually, but that's just a guess, honestly, haven't looked into it that much, so I could be wrong, but probably not. I mean I guess if the campus was basically handing out master's degrees in deathmatch we'd probably have heard about that yeah? And we haven't? So it stands to reason that this actually isn't happening right? And I mean you realize you can't just go to Wal-Mart, buy a Smith & Nagant AK-GlockPoint 9000A6 with assault scope and shoulder thing that goes up, and walk around with it cocked and locked in your pocket, no questions asked, right? There is kind of a process. A long one, actually. [QUOTE=meppers;50941693]for future reference for everyone, UTA and UT Austin are two seperate texas universities. (don't confuse people)[/QUOTE] Yeah that was my mistake, I tried to abbreviate UT Austin and forgot about the entirely separate UTA

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;50941678]I don't think [B]UTA[/B] is constantly embroiled[/QUOTE] for future reference for everyone, UTA and UT Austin are two seperate texas universities. (don't confuse people)

[QUOTE=meppers;50941615]imagine if college campuses had a big outbreak of indoor fires, and the government allowed people to bring their own fire extinguishers to campus but some students protest it.[/QUOTE] I can actually think of a legitimate reason to disallow bringing in fire extinguishers from home for that scenario: You don't want to use a fire extinguisher that's not rated for a specific class fire on one.

[QUOTE=meppers;50941661]update: imagine if the school increased fire safety but students still decided to put little portable extinguishers into their backpacks, and people protested the little extinguishers (this is an analogy please don't look into this too literally)[/QUOTE] it's still a rather clumsy and broken analogy.

Presumably guns were previously banned on the campus. My question is, how did they enforce that? Did they have metal detectors and security checkpoints manned by security personnel on every building's entrances and exits? Did they enact random stop and frisks on students and staff to ensure they had no concealed carry weapons? If they were to ban these weapons so that the only people who would carry a concealed weapon on campus would be people out to do no good (vs standard law abiding citizens who conceal carry in an otherwise unbanned state in addition to potential criminals), would the students protesting be willing to routinely subject themselves to such measures for the security of the campus? That's the only way to be sure that the ban is effective; regular invasion of privacy.

[QUOTE=Morbo!!!;50941489]A dildo won't help you protect yourself from a mass shooter.[/QUOTE] That's what you think