Mr. Scorpio

Mr. Scorpio's Journal

June 15, 2017

I just lurked by a forum consisting of "Tree of Liberty" gun nuts...

And, of course, they were all upset at the shooting of Scalise and others yesterday, blaming the attack on "liberals."

I didn't have the heart to inform them of the amount of irony that's being lost on them.

I figure that the "Molon Labe" gun nuts are all in the same boat too.

June 14, 2017

I have no qualms telling everyone that I hate Republicans

But it's really counterproductive and even wrong to go shooting at them, even when they themselves go out of their way to facilitate a proliferation of guns on the streets of America... Even arming mentally unstable people out there.

In spite of their own prior rhetoric about the 2nd Amendment making it alright to shoot politicians, I won't fault them that much for their own hypocrisy when it comes to their own getting shot.

In spite of their lack of concern for people unlike themselves, they are human. Barely.

Also, I'd like to point out for the record that shooting at Congressional Republicans is not typical for any of us on the left. Most of us recognize that such a thing is wrong and we'd rather do something about GOPrs with the business end of a ballot box, not the business end of a gun.

I will say that I can't wait until the NRA spins this debacle, I'm sure that most of us don't keep syrup of ipecac in the house for emergencies.

Lastly, I'm sure that we're all glad to see that Steve Scalise will recover from his wounds. I'm sure that he can't wait to leave the hospital so he can get back to the important work of denying health care to millions of Americans.

Take care!

June 13, 2017