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friendly_iconoclast

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14. You're not very good at research, are you?:

Reply to bongbong (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 05:43 PM

Jan 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117222584

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=467621

http://www.democraticunderground.com/117222584#post50

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=53805

-*The NRA* for becoming (as I said before) a hypocritical right-wing political movement with a bitchin' gun club...

Then again, I do realize I'm sailing against the wind here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id%C3%A9e_fixe_%28psychology%29

Here again cognitive psychologists have done miracles in disclosing the well-nigh unlimited capabilities and eagerness of human beings to ward off contradictions inter alia by closing their eyes to data that are at variance with their assumptions. ... people who accept the stereotype...are forever coming up with evidence to support their idée fixe and seem unable to notice any information which might disturb their belief.
—H. S. Versnel, Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion

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The Journal News is Armed and Dangerous [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 OP

Hypocrites do hypocritical things slackmaster Jan 2013 #1

Looks like the Journal News served up a dish they did not care to eat... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #2

Publishing the names of those who own guns is also revealing who doesn't own guns. ... spin Jan 2013 #3

With good cause bongbong Jan 2013 #4

Read the OP again-the local cops and the security guard firm disagree with you friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #5

That's what the Delicate FLowers said bongbong Jan 2013 #6

aaand cue up Helen Lovejoy, the thread's not going my way!: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #7

Well, if you hate children.... bongbong Jan 2013 #8

I love children enough not to use them as props in a political discussion... friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #9

Props bongbong Jan 2013 #11

Cheap bastards have never given me a dime. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #12

NRA-bots work for free bongbong Jan 2013 #13

You're not very good at research, are you?: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #14

So if you hate the NRA bongbong Jan 2013 #15

Newsflash: Not everyone that disagrees with you is NRA. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2013 #16

Now you've made it clear bongbong Jan 2013 #17

I've written the NRA several times Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #22

I'd be a bit worried too if I had pissed off a bunch of people with guns. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #10

If they want to christx30 Jan 2013 #19

The Journal News represents the hypocrisy of the elites. Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #18

Golly. A Gun Enthusiast, Trashing Progressives On A Democratic Site. Paladin Jan 2013 #20

The publishers of the Journal-News (Gannett Co) are progressives?? Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #21