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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)54. I stand by my use of the term. Noble goals have been derailed before.
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.
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Banning these stupid fuckers' toys is going to be joyous beyond words...
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#10
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
I refuse to sit silently through yet another moral panic, however well intended.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#50
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
I stand by my use of the term. Noble goals have been derailed before.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#54
Gun nuts apparently think a Dodge Charger is deadlier than a semi automatic rifle.
Initech
Dec 2012
#13
My favorite is the rep who said ping pong tables and flat screens kill more people.
Initech
Dec 2012
#49
Except in this particular discussion, dead children -20 of them, to be precise- are pretty relevant.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#18
Wow -- more gun apologist projection. Now featuring pre-emptory dismissal of massacres of kids
villager
Dec 2012
#27
comparing bigoted lies about Gays and Kids to the truth about Kids being shot and killed ?
JI7
Dec 2012
#32
I fail to see how a homophobic movement that had nothing to do with children's safety,
Lone_Star_Dem
Dec 2012
#40
The vital goal of protecting children's safety has become a moral panic
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#48
UPDATE: I shitcanned the Bryant/Falwell stuff, and I apologize for including it.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2012
#53