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In reply to the discussion: This is a general statement on our FAR RIGHT and militias [View all]SlimJimmy
(3,154 posts)112. I can't make my position any clearer. You simply REFUSE to accept
anything I have to say and insist you are the arbiter of facts here. You couldn't be further from the truth if you tried. Keep blathering on without me. I won't mind.
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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