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In reply to the discussion: This is a general statement on our FAR RIGHT and militias [View all]99Forever
(14,524 posts)23. We are at the mercy of the murdering, raging gun freaks....
... and quite clearly, there is NO ONE in Washington DC with enough spine and political influence to even try to do anything about it.
And they wonder why we are so damn cynical.
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Why I said it is a very small and chiefly loud and well connected, group
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#3
Why should the OP not offer her opinion on a news story? All anyone not interested has to do
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#67
why not wait until we find out who the shooter is, he may be militia, maybe not
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#4
i think that might be due to a thing called laws, its kinda difficult to shut people down who dont
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#11
I think the op is saying the gov't should do more to counter dangerous right-wing hate groups.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#57
exactly how do you mean deal with them, i get concerned with language like that
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#12
I just started posting here yesterday and I already noticed that about her too.
Ya Basta
Aug 2012
#42
I went to the link. She did not claim to be a cop. Everyone should click through to see
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#58
Not really. She was asked by several people in that thread (including me) to clarify, and she
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#64
No, a person can't click through and see what she was talking about. You are absolutely full of it.
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#84
I asked a legitimate question in the thread and it was ignored for several months. What part of
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#88
What part of "I was part of the original thread" do you not get? I asked her *in* that thread
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#101
I get that. She was not claiming to be a former cop. That screenshot is out-of-context harassment.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#105
Anyone can view the quote in context & judge for themself if the person was claiming to be an ex-cop
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#113
Exactly. She was not referring to herself, but her buddies on that 'other site' naturally
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#76
You are wrong. Two people have now pointed out to you that you have completely misinterpreted
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#80
The 'former cop' she was referring to, btw, was the one mentioned in the comment she was responding
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#81
As an actual ex-cop, not a pretend one, I took her comments as she wrote them. If, in fact,
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#85
I have to agree. If she was talking about someone else, she would have said "he", not I.
SlimJimmy
Aug 2012
#70
No, you are incorrect and you should delete your misinterpretations of her comment.
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#77
Yup, because we all know there is zero evidence of the true intent of militias
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#47
Just up-thread when you said you'd only been here two days I was gonna ask if
TheManInTheMac
Aug 2012
#52
I thought she seemed like the combative type but wasn't sure because I haven't been here long
Ya Basta
Aug 2012
#56
I don't believe in someone's right that's not part of the military or law enforcement...
Comrade_McKenzie
Aug 2012
#44
Ah come on, society needs more bigoted gun lovers getting together for fun and politics?
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#83
You missed the point completely. None ever are 'lone wolves', but that is how they are portrayed
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#94
Sure, but those who commit murder for political reasons rarely are lone wolves.
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#96
'Acting alone' and 'lone wolf' are two different things. He clearly was not a lone wolf, he had
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#98
It's kind of ironic that while denouncing these violent lone wolf types
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2012
#109