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In reply to the discussion: Question for DUers: Do you hate the NRA so much you'll ally with Michael Bloomberg? [View all]Loudly
(2,436 posts)16. Perfect is the enemy of the good.
Gun violence is a major big city issue.
Bloomberg is perfectly logical, consistent and correct to oppose guns and ammo in the hands of the public.
So was Daley in Chicago.
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Question for DUers: Do you hate the NRA so much you'll ally with Michael Bloomberg? [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
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That's not what you've said in the past- last Thursday for example:
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#18
Hilarious, given how the NRA is in fact nothing but the National Republicans' Auxiliary.
villager
Mar 2012
#3
You give money to an organization that allies itself with the extreme right wing
Ikonoklast
Mar 2012
#63
Don't you love the double standard? The genetic and associational fallacies get applied regularly...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#20
Hey, why should I use my brain - limited as it may be -- on those who believe guns
Hoyt
Mar 2012
#26
Bloomberg pushed hard to get marriage equality passed in NY, so, even though I really dislike...
GodlessBiker
Mar 2012
#10
Agreed- which is why I accept legislation from RW assholes like Dennis Baxley
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#19
And yet violent crime is at its lowest point in 20 years and gun sales are at historic highs
AH1Apache
Mar 2012
#45
shares, you are no different than any of the other "social cleansers" that have gone before you.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#55
Loudly is without a doubt the former sharesunited. beevul made the catch, here:
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#91
You're positively wrong. I'm happy to defend my own words, but don't attribute those of others
Johnny Rico
Mar 2012
#82