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In reply to the discussion: The whole gun regulation debate come down to 3 words, white male privilege [View all]Earth_First
(14,910 posts)99. So in otherwords; credit card debt can be surmised by white female privilidge...
See what I did there.
Your OP is garbage in, garbage out.
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The whole gun regulation debate come down to 3 words, white male privilege [View all]
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
OP
Oh Bullshit. Please stop it. It's racist to try to attach gun rights to caucasian people.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#1
The gun lobby's newfound embrace of minorities is as forced and awkward as the Republicans
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#9
Good lord! I never saw this before. Charlton is more of a crackpot than I thought!
Squinch
Jan 2013
#13
Then there's the NRA/ALEC "stand your ground" law that works so well on black teenagers
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#40
Just google "NRA comic book" if you want to see gun lobby/NRA/ALEC racial fear mongering
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#54
That article doesn't refute the OP though. It says that homicides in Stand your Ground states
Squinch
Jan 2013
#93
The OP is casting a decidedly race-based set of conclusions upon an otherwise color-free discussion.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#12
I don't see anywhere where you posted any polls or studies, that makes your post
rl6214
Jan 2013
#79
Gun ownership is a greater predictor of political party more than many other demographics
kwassa
Jan 2013
#194
Pointing out the variable of party affiliation, and to look at gender and race that Creek Dog ...
kwassa
Jan 2013
#196
Did you read the Charlton Heston quote. How could this discusssion possibly be "color free"?
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#202
How on earth is throwing out the term "white male privilege" a conversationally productive thing?
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#14
Are you suggesting there is no such thing as white male privilege in the US? n/t
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#157
Why is that there can be endless conversations about "what's wrong with black people"
Number23
Jan 2013
#201
Here's what I think. I think that desperate people fall back on racial arguments when desperatel
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#205
The problem is the OP reduction of a major issue to one of race, any race, I don't care.
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#228
me and my wife are as well as most of our African american friends that own guns
generalhh
Jan 2013
#120
So we have 3 belonging to group (NRA) with board members like Grove Norquist, T Nugent, John Bolton,
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#121
Since you describe yourself as a Libertarian, I am not surprised you are a gun apologist.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#136
Who controls guns in this country has been a debate about race since day one in this country
MrScorpio
Jan 2013
#170
They'll claim they belong to ACORN,teach gays how to defend themselves from other gun guys,vote Dem
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#10
Clearly you faked those photos in the past 10 minutes using secret NRA technology!
Kurska
Jan 2013
#21
You spent two hours convincing some guy on the Internet you really have a girlfriend.
Robb
Jan 2013
#85
Well, Marinedem posted his pictures below. Looking forward to yours...... (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#28
No worries, they'll tell you she doesn't exist just like they told me I wasn't gay.
Kurska
Jan 2013
#15
I disagree and think it is mistake to couch this important issue in these terms...
jimlup
Jan 2013
#34
Interesting OP given that gun control is historically rooted in Jim Crow & Racism.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#45
Sullivan Act (immigrants), Mulford Act (Black Panthers), various Southern "Declared Emergency" acts
X_Digger
Jan 2013
#49
I guess you must have been watching Fox News, her white male son was the mass murderer
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#67
Her white male son with known mental health issues, and a history of violence and also
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2013
#69
White people make up 78% of the US population, and commit 46% of the murders.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#64
54% of Americans want stricter gun laws including 59% of women, 56% percent of white men oppose them
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#66
Argue the merits of your position rather than insulting those who disagree (nt)
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#75
And North Korea has a cute girl rockband and China now has a more middleclass people than America
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#88
Well, when one promises to ban something useful, people who can will tend to hoard.
aikoaiko
Jan 2013
#84
It's very simple-minded to reduce such a complex issue to a racial/gender stereotype. nt
bemildred
Jan 2013
#86
In the future the political bogeyman won't be the black man but the white guy with guns
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#87
Read "and the band played on" and the great bath house wars of the early 80s.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#97
Urban gun ownership rates, non white gun ownership rates are very low
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#105
You are fucking lame. I was a rural white man gun owner. We had single action pistols, shot guns
upaloopa
Jan 2013
#107
My great grandmother owned, as did my grandmother, as did my mother, and I do too.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#89
So in otherwords; credit card debt can be surmised by white female privilidge...
Earth_First
Jan 2013
#99
Agree With OP - White Male Privilege Is A Significant Obstacle To Outlawing Guns In America
cantbeserious
Jan 2013
#106
Yahoos lined up at Atlanta gun show to buy assault weapons only one week after Sandy Hook
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#109
Young African American Male. College Educated, Small businessman, very involved in commuinty
generalhh
Jan 2013
#117
So you are saying white male previlege has no political implications in this debate?
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#127
NOT A SINGLE POST TO DISPROVE THAT GUN OWNERSHIP ISN'T OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE MALE
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#138
Think about this. If African Americans were walking around with guns hanging off their
madinmaryland
Jan 2013
#173
It's just constructive dialogue, can't leave white male privilege out of the discussion
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#191