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dkf

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56. Not necessarily the basis for the aspiration but a good basis for the efficiency.

Reply to JoeBlowToo (Reply #33)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 05:03 AM

Jan 2013

Pretending you don't learn anything from a first person shooter game is pretty naive.

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White Dude Gets Slap on the Wrist for Threatening to Kill People; Brown Dudes, Like, WTF!? [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

You also get a slap on the wrist if you are David Gregory openly defying DC law. dkf Jan 2013 #1

Well, that was only sensible, Gregory is white rich and famous so it's perfectly understandable Fumesucker Jan 2013 #12

Yes because it depends what your purpose is in breaking the law. dkf Jan 2013 #13

Oh please stop being so disingenuous...you have heard of extenuating circumstances? JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #23

I could care less about the NRA. I don't even have a gun. dkf Jan 2013 #28

And you are claiming that video games are the basis of mass shootings? JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #33

Not necessarily the basis for the aspiration but a good basis for the efficiency. dkf Jan 2013 #56

There was violence long before video games obama2terms Jan 2013 #44

But the kids weren't being taught the most efficient way to kill a large amount of people. dkf Jan 2013 #55

... stevenleser Jan 2013 #35

Well So Much For The Argument That White Male Privilege Is Dead cantbeserious Jan 2013 #2

^^This^^ Chorophyll Jan 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jan 2013 #4

The Black Panthers did walk around openly carrying rifles AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #9

And they were destroyed. NOLALady Jan 2013 #16

Yes, over a period of years the police killed many of them AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #17

I hope your friend rebounded with gainful employment. blaze Jan 2013 #25

Well, sort of...lol AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #31

damn... pressed for time blaze Jan 2013 #34

He teaches farmers in the third world AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #36

Damn, it's too bad about your friend tavalon Jan 2013 #42

The first step was gun control hack89 Jan 2013 #21

Wish Reagan had extended it to right wing yahoos, they are ones arming up for most part. Hoyt Jan 2013 #32

duh heaven05 Jan 2013 #26

I've been thinking the same thing. Also, imagine if a lefty threatened armed insurrection. yardwork Jan 2013 #5

Occupy threatened peaceful protests and were tracked and infiltrated by the FBI FreeBC Jan 2013 #19

Yep he should be arrested... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #6

David Gregory is also white, rich and connected. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #7

Some non rich and not connected whites have been prosecuted in DC ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #10

the heaven05 Jan 2013 #29

In jail. NOLALady Jan 2013 #15

I'm not sure the David Gregory analogy works. He didnt have a gun, just the magazine. And stevenleser Jan 2013 #37

Depends on how the law is written Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #51

Journalists are typically given a pass on various laws. For instance travel to certain states stevenleser Jan 2013 #52

DNT is an advisory, not law. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2013 #53

Y-E-S!!!!! Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #8

Same principle: JDPriestly Jan 2013 #11

This guy didn't single out anyone. I don't know of any brown people who have said the same and been DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #20

It's both wealth and race brush Jan 2013 #27

he's not just any white dude Enrique Jan 2013 #14

thats right he's a 'job-creator' Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2013 #30

True example of "white" privilege. & Why doesn't anyone mention that whatever he claims patrice Jan 2013 #18

thanks for introducing me to the angry black lafy. psychmommy Jan 2013 #22

and asian isn't white either PatrynXX Jan 2013 #24

'Being white must be nice.' Damned right it is: freshwest Jan 2013 #38

You know what would happen if the guy was a lefty. blkmusclmachine Jan 2013 #39

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #40

A more enlightened country would get him evaluated Warpy Jan 2013 #41

I agree 100% obama2terms Jan 2013 #43

This analogy is starting to get a little traction in the MSM........ socialist_n_TN Jan 2013 #45

General T.A.C.O., and the call to kill "Pinkies"? SQUEE Jan 2013 #46

oh heaven05 Jan 2013 #54

You also get a slap on the wrist if you leak a CIA agent's name... KansDem Jan 2013 #47

Being white does have privileges but rational_pi Jan 2013 #48

In order for this comparison to be valid, there needs to be a video of a similar thing by a black Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #49

Except no person of color is as stupid as Yeager Tsiyu Jan 2013 #50