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39. How did defending the status quo become dissent?

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 12:26 PM

Dec 2012

Your side keeps winning, and actual dead children exist because of this. Stealing the struggle of an actually oppressed minority to keep your hobby on top as king of the hill is outrageous.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 OP

I have, in fact, seen this form of "argument" used right here on the DU. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #1

Problem is... Callmecrazy Dec 2012 #81

You're willing to discuss it? choie Dec 2012 #2

+1 Squinch Dec 2012 #68

Gun shows and private gun sales should be banned. onehandle Dec 2012 #3

Um, apples and oranges comparison. There never was any proof that... Moonwalk Dec 2012 #4

This should be interesting JVS Dec 2012 #5

that is a really warped conflation Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #6

Hi, I'm gay Aerows Dec 2012 #7

^^^ this ^^^ TDale313 Dec 2012 #12

^^^ this ^^^ PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #14

^^This^^ 99Forever Dec 2012 #45

Agree! PA Democrat Dec 2012 #57

. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #8

Banning these stupid fuckers' toys is going to be joyous beyond words... Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #10

And they call the tactic of putting guns over children jackassing. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #9

^^This. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #16

You forgot "selfish"....as in "selfish jackassing". Nt jmg257 Dec 2012 #24

What a total BULLSHIT post and analogy. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #11

Absolute bullshit Aerows Dec 2012 #19

Jury ruled 3-3 so it stands. I would like to see jury comments, but I was not the first alerter. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #21

Absolutely shameful Aerows Dec 2012 #22

I know, how DARE someone question our moral panic? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #42

I think that Aerows Dec 2012 #47

here's your jury results. I was shocked too. TeamPooka Dec 2012 #26

Thanks for posting that here. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #30

"NRA propagandist(s)"? Horseshit: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #41

Your post is offensive horseshit. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #43

I refuse to sit silently through yet another moral panic, however well intended. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #50

You should answer the question Lone_Star_Dem posed below: PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #51

Fewer children were killed this year with guns than were killed in 1993 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #55

The statistics of how many children were killed in this country by guns this year... Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #72

The fact that you call a response to gun violence in the US a "moral panic" Chorophyll Dec 2012 #52

I stand by my use of the term. Noble goals have been derailed before. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #54

Yeah. I'm just gonna call you out on this. Chorophyll Dec 2012 #59

Well Said. Thanks. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #65

Very well said. Thank you. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #71

"I don't support the NRA BUT..." ...Umm. That's a tell, buddy. Squinch Dec 2012 #73

Gun nuts apparently think a Dodge Charger is deadlier than a semi automatic rifle. Initech Dec 2012 #13

I had one tell me today that swimming pools are also deadlier than guns. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #15

My favorite is the rep who said ping pong tables and flat screens kill more people. Initech Dec 2012 #49

Before I was banned from the gungeon bongbong Dec 2012 #75

Except in this case there are actual, you know, dead children Fumesucker Dec 2012 #17

Except in this particular discussion, dead children -20 of them, to be precise- are pretty relevant. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #18

I think substantially reducing the number of firearms in this country, jmg257 Dec 2012 #20

We need an updated version of the Godwin's Law corollary. yardwork Dec 2012 #23

It's a bullshit post Aerows Dec 2012 #25

Yes it it. This OP deserves nothing but mockery. yardwork Dec 2012 #37

Wow -- more gun apologist projection. Now featuring pre-emptory dismissal of massacres of kids villager Dec 2012 #27

Also featuring Aerows Dec 2012 #28

Well said. Squinch Dec 2012 #70

That always showed you how spurious their "arguments" always were... villager Dec 2012 #82

There is only one reply to this unserious crap Pholus Dec 2012 #29

dupe villager Dec 2012 #31

comparing bigoted lies about Gays and Kids to the truth about Kids being shot and killed ? JI7 Dec 2012 #32

hit and run post. nt Javaman Dec 2012 #33

I am glad the true colors of posters are showing now Rex Dec 2012 #34

I'd Tell You To Be Ashamed Of Yourself..... Paladin Dec 2012 #35

Clearly, you're the victim in all this. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #36

Hmm. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #38

How did defending the status quo become dissent? Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #39

I fail to see how a homophobic movement that had nothing to do with children's safety, Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #40

^^^ this ^^^ PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #44

I agree. Rex Dec 2012 #78

You don't belong here. Please leave. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #46

The vital goal of protecting children's safety has become a moral panic friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #48

I'd tell you to stop digging Aerows Dec 2012 #67

Rope. Rex Dec 2012 #79

UPDATE: I shitcanned the Bryant/Falwell stuff, and I apologize for including it. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #53

Still not seeing the "moral panic," buddy. nt Chorophyll Dec 2012 #60

How did you shit can it? It's still in your link and the basis of your post FreeState Dec 2012 #61

As another gay member of DU Aerows Dec 2012 #63

+1 OPs like this do make DU suck for many reasons n/t FreeState Dec 2012 #66

You have no defense. sibelian Dec 2012 #64

I'm offended by your entire pro any kind of gun attitude Progressive dog Dec 2012 #80

Dumb post of the week award!!!! Winnah, winnah, chicken dinnah!!! Squinch Dec 2012 #56

You have taken a bad situation and made it even worse. William769 Dec 2012 #58

"Shut down dissent"... sibelian Dec 2012 #62

The kind of response one might expect from circular self-referential justifications for gun fascism. patrice Dec 2012 #77

OP should be embarrassed Disgraceland Dec 2012 #69

Just stop. Robb Dec 2012 #74

If you can't handle dissent, it's you who is shutting down. Not all dissent is about you. At least patrice Dec 2012 #76