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Ghost in the Machine

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52. Unregister as a Democrat and find a Party that supports your views..

Wed Aug 28, 2013, 05:49 PM

Aug 2013

The Democratic Party Platform SUPPORTS the 2nd Amendment! If *you* don't support it, you're not a Democrat but more of a part of some Lunatic Fringe, along with the grabbers and banners. Go create your own third party and quit fucking ours up!

It's hard enough being a Democrat living in the South, trying to change the minds of generations of ignorance implanted in the single issue voters who say they'll "never vote for a Democrat because all they want to do is take away our guns", or "my Pappy and Grandpappy would come up out of their graves and get me if'n I voted for a Democrat 'cuz they want to take our guns and make us gay!"

Yeah, I heard both of those while out canvassing in 2008... It doesn't help when you show them a Democratic website and they see all these "grabbers", "banners" and "All gun owners are assholes" posters. It leaves a bad stench in this place, and it needs to be cleaned up. If I had my way, I'd scrape you ALL out the door with a squeegee, then dump a few 55 gallon drums of bleach in here....

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Big cat roaming Detroit streets killed by Local Asshole with Gun, thrown in trash [View all] joeybee12 Aug 2013 OP

You used the redundant phrase "Asshole with Gun." The latter always infers the former. villager Aug 2013 #1

I stand corrected...thanks...nt joeybee12 Aug 2013 #4

k Go Vols Aug 2013 #34

And another: Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #36

Let the hate and bigotry flow through you, young Padawan. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #7

Aw, you tend to have that market cornered... villager Aug 2013 #11

Any actual, verifiable evidence of that assertion...or just trolling? Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #16

+1 Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #19

Aside from the posts from the gun apologists you mean? villager Aug 2013 #23

A simple, "no, just trolling" would have sufficed. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2013 #24

There you go! My thesis increasingly confirmed... villager Aug 2013 #30

+1 Go Vols Aug 2013 #32

+100 nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #44

So, 80,000,000 million "assholes," is it? Including Democrats? Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #76

On the issue of guns, they turn into flaming, obsessed assholes. villager Aug 2013 #85

So, I Walk with 80,000,000 Zombies? Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #86

That's why zombie stories are such potent metaphors villager Aug 2013 #87

+1 MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #28

Unregister as a Democrat and find a Party that supports your views.. Ghost in the Machine Aug 2013 #52

But aren't we repeatedly assured sarisataka Aug 2013 #56

Their routinely snarky posts.... villager Aug 2013 #62

Quite true sarisataka Aug 2013 #65

You had the "quite true" and "gun owners" part of your response correct! villager Aug 2013 #71

I do have hope sarisataka Aug 2013 #75

+100 n/t billh58 Aug 2013 #66

Why do you hate the president? hughee99 Aug 2013 #78

25 pounds is not a "big cat" (not faulting the OP) REP Aug 2013 #2

It IS a big cat compared to typical domestic cats. pnwmom Aug 2013 #45

It is generally understood to refer to the genus Panthera plus cougars, cheetahs and leopards REP Aug 2013 #54

Well, I guess I'm a moron because I think a Savannah is a big cat. pnwmom Aug 2013 #60

Good thing my Stewie is a house cat - he's bigger than that 'big cat' REP Aug 2013 #63

Could it have been mistaken for a bobcat? wild bird Aug 2013 #67

Bobcats are the size of a house cat. REP Aug 2013 #68

See the pictures I posted. wild bird Aug 2013 #74

or a serval, the wildcat that gave rise to the savannah cat Warpy Aug 2013 #53

I can't imagine being scared of a serval REP Aug 2013 #55

I've held long conversations with the bobcat Warpy Aug 2013 #61

I'd be willing to try ... REP Aug 2013 #64

cowards love killing Skittles Aug 2013 #3

Difference between Dems and Repubs. valerief Aug 2013 #9

Bastard!!! graywarrior Aug 2013 #5

agree!! AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #43

Another responsible gun owner just out shooting cats Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #6

Detroits Northeast side isn't exactly a hot bed of NRA extremists HolyMoley Aug 2013 #12

You don't mean... The 'C' word do you? Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #13

" 'C' word" !?! HolyMoley Aug 2013 #14

So... no gun control and pass responsibility for cat shootings... Got it Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #15

Yes, because that's exactly what I posted. HolyMoley Aug 2013 #18

Yeah, I did... Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #21

Well then HolyMoley Aug 2013 #22

Sorry you can't understand plain language... Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #26

Awww, fuck it, you win HolyMoley Aug 2013 #31

you know they actually make those? snooper2 Aug 2013 #48

asshat... ileus Aug 2013 #8

"I think people can't just go around shooting things they don't understand"-Laura Wilhelm-Bruzek DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #10

To all the people against shooting the giant stray cat.... Taitertots Aug 2013 #17

Leave it the fuck alone MadrasT Aug 2013 #25

You missed the part where I preemptively disregarded doing nothing Taitertots Aug 2013 #29

Wasn't feral, wasn't stray...was a pet... joeybee12 Aug 2013 #47

Um, this was is in Detroit. Taitertots Aug 2013 #70

No, the cat was not feral..it was a pet..maybe reading is something you should do... joeybee12 Aug 2013 #72

"having escaped from domestication and become wild " Taitertots Aug 2013 #73

Apparently it was only about 25lbs, not that huge... PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #27

Explain to me what harm that cat was doing Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #33

Doing nothing is not a viable alternative because people shouldn't have to endure needless hardship Taitertots Aug 2013 #37

. Incitatus Aug 2013 #39

Yes, I live in an urban area, and Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #59

Source? Frankly, I don't believe you have ever investigated the matter. Taitertots Aug 2013 #77

Don't believe me then. Curmudgeoness Aug 2013 #83

It is not that I don't believe "you", I don't believe that you actually investigated the issue. Taitertots Aug 2013 #84

Someone not familiar with the breed could very well mistake it for a bobcat. wild bird Aug 2013 #79

My alternative wouldn't be to fire a gun in a residential area. Incitatus Aug 2013 #35

No, it is actually a fairly rare occurrence. Taitertots Aug 2013 #38

"Rare"? Lightning deaths are "rare". Robb Aug 2013 #40

I'm not going to guess or search. If you know it, post it with your source. Taitertots Aug 2013 #42

Uh, let it live? billh58 Aug 2013 #69

Why? very sad. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2013 #20

Awful. LisaL Aug 2013 #41

stupid fucking people undergroundpanther Aug 2013 #46

Maybe it was somebody reading DU that got moved by that "billion birds killed by cats" thread snooper2 Aug 2013 #49

As a gun owner, and hunter, this sickens me! I would bet dollars to doughnuts that whoever did this Ghost in the Machine Aug 2013 #50

Poor meow meow giftedgirl77 Aug 2013 #51

With the MILES of empty city blocks going back to nature NickB79 Aug 2013 #57

Law abiding gun owner strikes again mwrguy Aug 2013 #58

So, an admittedly "local" story is used to...yep: Smear 80+ mill. gun-owners. Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #80

Some here like to judge the many based on the very few, we have a term for that when The Straight Story Aug 2013 #81

And some controllers/banners are quite open about this... Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #82

I hate trigger happy dipshits Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #88