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39. Wanna bet....

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Mon Aug 6, 2012, 12:09 AM

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How long before RW extremists shoot people in your city? Or, is "now not the time" to discuss this.. [View all] nashville_brook Aug 2012 OP

Here in Chicago apolitical people are shooting a lot of people. mucifer Aug 2012 #1

Which is what leads other non-political people to want to keep the RK & BR. freshwest Aug 2012 #5

I just want to remind people that every 2 or 3 weeks 7 people are shot dead in Chicago. mucifer Aug 2012 #8

Everyone in a gang needs social services and so do their families. And the victims, but are ignored. freshwest Aug 2012 #12

Agree absolutely get the red out Aug 2012 #51

No offense atreides1 Aug 2012 #53

Look at those brave warriors. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #2

they are the absolute worst kind of cowards imaginable Skittles Aug 2012 #4

Rightwingers chum the water we're all DirkGently Aug 2012 #3

this should be an OP...the chumming metaphor nashville_brook Aug 2012 #42

Rightwingers today should be called out for what they are, "Domestic Terrorists." n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #65

cheerleaders for domestic terrorism: Bachmann, Angle, et al. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #73

I don't agree with their politics Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #6

Because it's a goddamned explicit threat of violence, that's why. DirkGently Aug 2012 #10

Simply carrying a firearm doesn't show intent for anything Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #13

Then why did they choose this particular time and place to do so? A political gathering? Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #14

Citizens can no longer excercise their 1st and 2nd ammendment rights simultaneously? OneTenthofOnePercent Aug 2012 #48

They have every right to walk around with weapons. Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #52

2 separate things: it's legal to carry, but you're in denial if you don't see the threat. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #55

this is complete BS -- their intent is clearly to intimidate Obama and Obama supporters with threat nashville_brook Aug 2012 #15

And why didn't Homeland Security deal with them ASAP? Zalatix Aug 2012 #17

i'm actually amazed that the Florida American Front nazis were taken in before they could nashville_brook Aug 2012 #24

Right. Just some dudes & their guns, calling Obama a commie. DirkGently Aug 2012 #19

b/c it's all just "fun" -- why can't you let people have fun? nashville_brook Aug 2012 #29

LOL. You're not very bright, are you? Downtown Hound Aug 2012 #20

Some have Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #22

There's a veiled threat in carrying their guns to the protest Downtown Hound Aug 2012 #26

a not-so thinly veiled threat at that. it's actually quite blunt, and the poster's denial nashville_brook Aug 2012 #37

It's ugly. They snigger and ask "Whatcha 'fraid of, huh?" DirkGently Aug 2012 #83

No, of course not. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #46

Creep chic. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #75

"What is it with people carrying guns that makes DU members go apoplectic?" Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #36

that pretty much nails it nashville_brook Aug 2012 #43

I wonder what would they say if the New Black Panther Party.......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2012 #64

good question... fascisthunter Aug 2012 #7

They already have. Fawke Em Aug 2012 #9

Same. EastTennesseeDem Aug 2012 #25

dittohead suicide 'bombers' nashville_brook Aug 2012 #49

We should walk up to them, unarmed, and ask them to disarm. Zalatix Aug 2012 #11

if DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #16

look no further than Trayvon Martin for FOX to wink nashville_brook Aug 2012 #21

True, but DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #30

It is never time to talk about this nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #18

i know, i'm so inappropriate. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #23

Just like raising taxes on the rich. DirkGently Aug 2012 #27

and just like protecting reproductive rights nashville_brook Aug 2012 #34

I thought about that Le Taz Hot Aug 2012 #28

it's a scenario that's bound to play out sooner than later. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #31

Not just 'thought about' but experienced in some degree. To wit, during coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #76

The whole RW culture is based on the idea they need to kill their enemies. DirkGently Aug 2012 #84

And when will hate radio/tv start to be held accountable for inciting RKP5637 Aug 2012 #32

f'n +100000000 nashville_brook Aug 2012 #33

Michelle Bachmann comes to mind on this one. jillan Aug 2012 #38

She, Palin and those like them give to them their marching orders and RKP5637 Aug 2012 #41

i have a theory about why this is the case: tickling rage nuts (email spam) nashville_brook Aug 2012 #54

Yep, I agree, excellent points! Nice things often do not spark as RKP5637 Aug 2012 #59

this approach started in the 80s in evangelical circles -- worship turned to warfare nashville_brook Aug 2012 #74

Yep, I remember that well, one could feel the shift in the nation from RKP5637 Aug 2012 #78

It's time to make some noise. Write, call, fax your Senators & Congresspeople - especially if jillan Aug 2012 #35

totally and completely agree. enough's enough. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #40

Good luck! Pacafishmate Aug 2012 #77

Do you stalk me? thank goodness for the ignore feature.... bye! jillan Aug 2012 #81

Wanna bet.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #39

... In 1985, by the looks of them. DirkGently Aug 2012 #44

What makes them bulge like that? TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #47

A sock. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #58

blahahaahhhaha! nashville_brook Aug 2012 #71

I was surprised to see AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #45

California has the most active hate groups in the country according to SPLC nashville_brook Aug 2012 #50

I've seen those kooky people at the corner of Market and Montgomery arcane1 Aug 2012 #79

I can't tell if that top picture is a chick or a dude snooper2 Aug 2012 #56

the shirt also looks feminine. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #72

The hips do look strangely feminine. And are those ... Jordache?! DirkGently Aug 2012 #85

Detroit has a homicide rate of about 43. Very little of that, if any, is politically motivated Kaleva Aug 2012 #57

and? nashville_brook Aug 2012 #67

Discussing your OP would have little to no impact on the vast majority of homicides. Kaleva Aug 2012 #68

you don't have to discuss this particular OP if it's not a concern of yours. nashville_brook Aug 2012 #69

It interests me but I'm under no illusion that discussing guns here will actually do anything Kaleva Aug 2012 #80

this isn't just about the guns nashville_brook Aug 2012 #82

Way ahead of you Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #60

First they shot up abortion clinics, and no one cared because it's a "women's issue," nashville_brook Aug 2012 #70

Unlikely to ever happen. cali Aug 2012 #61

good point! n/t flamingdem Aug 2012 #62

In 2009 someone shot at my Democratic Rep's office 4 times. DU yawned, did not care Bluenorthwest Aug 2012 #63

I notice the same reaction whenever these things happen...they are no longer "black swans" nashville_brook Aug 2012 #66

I live in the Atlanta, GA, area. RebelOne Aug 2012 #86

K&R n/t bobthedrummer Aug 2012 #87