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friendly_iconoclast

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54. I stand by my use of the term. Noble goals have been derailed before.
Thu Dec 27, 2012, 03:48 PM
Dec 2012

The well-meant temperance movement became the catastrophe of Prohibition.

The well-meant desire to curb dangerous drug use became "Reefer Madness/D*A*R*E/
The War on Drugs.

The well-meant drive to protect children from abuse became a hunt for covens of Satanists.

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
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