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In reply to the discussion: I'm starting to believe that much of the gun debate is about something else than guns. [View all]bubbayugga
(222 posts)115. yeah, that's right. We'll drone strike you fucking teabaggers like an Afghani wedding reception.
See how you like that you hate mongering death cultists.
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I'm starting to believe that much of the gun debate is about something else than guns. [View all]
redgreenandblue
Jan 2013
OP
Do you have links for your statement "Others romanticize gun possession based on some sentimental
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#1
So 1) you can't support your claim about DU posts with links, 2) you speculate that the post that
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#6
You should very, very carefully read one post up-thread of the person you responded to.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2013
#17
I am not going to browse through DU to pick out the instances I have noticed.
redgreenandblue
Jan 2013
#9
If you support falsely attributing statments to others, that's your choice. It's not mine.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#91
If any of those links referred to text supported the quoted statements, the text would
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#96
No. Notwithstanding your animosity, I don't think that I'm clever. I think that I'm persistent.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#78
You are wrong. I have never accused all observers "of lying." In actual fact, I haven't called
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#98
I understand what you are saying. There is a difference between statements of fact and opinion.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#94
What I know is that (1) what has been claimed is not supported by the actual words used
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#86
He actually wasn't elected and his party had lost seats when he was appointed.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#40
Here's a link. 12 pro-gunners voted "yes" to "Anti-gunners are holocaust enablers".
DanTex
Jan 2013
#38
Actually, anyone can go to the origional text and verify that at no time did the poster claim, as
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#85
Hmm... So you think that "Anti Gunners are Holocaust Enablers" is a reasonable point of view?
DanTex
Jan 2013
#87
No. And I particularly think that anyone who falsely attributes a statement that
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#89
He, and 11 others, voted "yes" in that poll. I don't understand why you are trying to deny this.
DanTex
Jan 2013
#92
You are kidding, aren't you? You haven't seen quite a few long time DU'ers using that language?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#90
I agree. A lot of people are looking to express emotions rather than to find thoughtful solutions.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#3
Excuse me for noticing, but I think that the poster who is complaining about "big government"
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#13
Since I'm of the mind that gun control will go nowhere I feel no need to be moderate in what I say
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#30
"One way to end the debate quickly would be for young black males to start open carrying guns"
peacebird
Jan 2013
#61
I, too, feel that "gun control will go nowhere." But I see an unnecessary risk of repeating the
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#104
there are ways to keep them off the streets, without banning any individual from owning them
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#54
Right. You and your militias will surrender shortly after the first drone strike.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#84
yeah, that's right. We'll drone strike you fucking teabaggers like an Afghani wedding reception.
bubbayugga
Jan 2013
#115
Those qualties are found on the fringe of both sides of the debates
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#80
Most male Asperger patients have an attraction to Planes, Trains, Space or Guns.
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2013
#105
Guns don't kill people, people kill people, but the gun HELPS doesn't it?
coeur_de_lion
Jan 2013
#110