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26. Look, I cited a movie in the o.p., then another movie in another post, off the top of my head

Sun Jan 20, 2013, 12:39 AM

Jan 2013

and in my old age I remember a cultural, pop psych conventional wisdom "in the air" around the theme of repressed sexuality being the pop psych explanation for all kinds of horrendous things.

O.K., I've responded to each of your points. I don't have a pop culture history to give you.

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Yeah, 'cause having a small package is just as bad as being a murderer. sadbear Jan 2013 #1

I hope the sarcasm isn't aimed at me. Are there any studies about penis size and anything? UTUSN Jan 2013 #8

No, you're right. We're wasting our time talking about penises. sadbear Jan 2013 #10

I could go with that. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #18

And you are a potential rapist? rl6214 Jan 2013 #74

Yep... sadbear Jan 2013 #86

What were they saying in the 70s? morningfog Jan 2013 #2

The movie in the o.p. was one of many references that depraved murderers or such were UTUSN Jan 2013 #6

The small pennies posts make us look like GOP idiots! n-t Logical Jan 2013 #3

Thank you. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #17

Yeah, bit it's fun, the gun industry plays into it (consider your man card renewed) and in the long flamin lib Jan 2013 #4

Yeah, I used to like Corvettes, too. sadbear Jan 2013 #7

I have it on good authority that cars and guns can't be compared. ;-) nt flamin lib Jan 2013 #12

Corvettes don't kill people... sadbear Jan 2013 #16

And you're being a very large dick. Bake Jan 2013 #91

Then compare their respective owners. merrily Jan 2013 #62

I don't think the gun industry plays into it. I think the gun industry started it. merrily Jan 2013 #54

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #81

And what about good, non-gun crazed men on the sidelines of conversations like this... Silent3 Jan 2013 #65

How is it just like saying gays are frustrated killers? merrily Jan 2013 #5

Uh, it's a rhetorical/propaganda technique of denigrating the opponent without factual argumentation UTUSN Jan 2013 #11

IOW, like any insult that has not been proven? merrily Jan 2013 #19

Look, I cited a movie in the o.p., then another movie in another post, off the top of my head UTUSN Jan 2013 #26

The movie you cited in the OP had nothing to do with gays. merrily Jan 2013 #31

You are playing a really old and well known game: UTUSN Jan 2013 #40

Your O.P was flame bait--and, by your own admission, you knew it when you posted it. merrily Jan 2013 #57

I'm 64, and old enough to verify that anti-gay psycho-babble referenced by the OP. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #72

I never questioned that gays were maligned in the 1970s. merrily Jan 2013 #73

The OP was clear enough: One's contempt for another Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #75

+1 HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #108

Thank you VERY much for your thoughtful/validating (of my point) posts, but regarding gun-nuttery UTUSN Jan 2013 #113

You are welcome. I see the light, now! Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #114

You are in need of a pop culture lesson piror to you mounting the lecture podium. Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #101

THANK you VERY VERY much, AGAIN (notice how much and OFTEN I appreciate you UTUSN Jan 2013 #115

So homophobia is like saying men have small penises Lex Jan 2013 #9

I've explained as much as I can in the previous posts. I'm not going to go into tangents. UTUSN Jan 2013 #14

If you knew you were stepping into it, you should have been prepared to explain. merrily Jan 2013 #21

Whoa, I thought I had tied the ribbon in your previous post. This will do it for me. UTUSN Jan 2013 #30

Oh, please. You made a nonsensical statement and, when asked to explain, you couldn't. merrily Jan 2013 #35

I make up for having a small package by... MarianJack Jan 2013 #13

Except there was no truth to the latter MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #15

Any real reform will require pipoman Jan 2013 #20

Gun owners and gun nuts are not the same thing. merrily Jan 2013 #27

On that last paragraph. Oh, yes, it does. I saw a comedian doing a routine about his pregnant wife. freshwest Jan 2013 #36

The set up to the punchline is sexist, but that's another issue. merrily Jan 2013 #46

Yes, any expression of a woman wanting to be independent was called that. I had one suggest it, freshwest Jan 2013 #53

Well, Freud was an equal opportunity fool merrily Jan 2013 #58

There wasn't much competition for that field back then. He's been well debunked now. freshwest Jan 2013 #71

Some around here use the two interchangably pipoman Jan 2013 #41

I think it's only your perception that the two terms are being used merrily Jan 2013 #48

Yes 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #97

one of the only gender specific fictitious slurs tolerated in these parts.. lunasun Jan 2013 #37

Thank you. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #43

I'm well aware that part of the resistence to gun control... Deep13 Jan 2013 #22

Lack of masculinity and/or weakness has often been attributed to people who don't own guns. merrily Jan 2013 #28

But would it be tolerated here? pipoman Jan 2013 #47

Who cares what is tolerated here? It's a message board, for pity's sake. merrily Jan 2013 #52

True. The now infamous Bushmaster ad... Deep13 Jan 2013 #112

You make the assumption that true believers of the RTKBA sadbear Jan 2013 #32

Well, there's that too. Deep13 Jan 2013 #111

Psychologically speaking... Godot51 Jan 2013 #23

"Looking for Mister Goodbar"? I think you meant "Cruising." Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #24

The murderer in Goodbar was portrayed as killing from repressed rage over his sexuality. UTUSN Jan 2013 #33

The way I remember (and read) was it was because he thought she was mocking him. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #67

Looking for Mister Goodbar... Science Geek Jan 2013 #42

The KILLER was a dude whose motivation was depicted to be rage over HIS repressed sexuality. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #44

I read the novel years ago, Science Geek Jan 2013 #49

Thanks for being civil about it. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #50

Just Saying... Another way to say F.U. TheBlackAdder Jan 2013 #25

True. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #45

I don't see that way. merrily Jan 2013 #59

No... "Just Saying" is just like "Trust Me", it's another way to say F.U. TheBlackAdder Jan 2013 #68

I don't see it that way. merrily Jan 2013 #69

Well, that's the way you come off to others. TheBlackAdder Jan 2013 #70

BREATHtaking riposte & shutting down of a flame!1 I am not worthy, I am not worthy!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #116

The wingnuts are the most unpatriotic in this country, net/net RKP5637 Jan 2013 #29

I see the small-penis thing as metaphor for what you said, "insecurity" arcane1 Jan 2013 #34

An extremely poor sense of taste in accessorizing or a desperate need for attention... freshwest Jan 2013 #39

Could be a humorous way of saying he sees owning a big truck as an merrily Jan 2013 #60

Rather pathetic and useless. I wouldn't associate with someone who put that on their truck. But then freshwest Jan 2013 #64

Given how lame the photo is, I have to keep hoping he was trying to be funny. merrily Jan 2013 #66

That is just gross. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #87

Not common in Georgia, but not rare either. dawg Jan 2013 #106

ok it's a deal, although I think your analogy is skewed iwillalwayswonderwhy Jan 2013 #38

Oh UTUSN! You're cracking me up! NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #51

Thanks!1 But my S.O.S. to pinboy3niner went cut-LOOSE!1 Maybe he deems me ableto handle it now!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #117

I agree with NYC_SKP In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #55

I'd like to see a study, of male owners of multiple guns, say 50 or more guns... Science Geek Jan 2013 #56

50?!? How about 2? EOTE Jan 2013 #83

NO. Gun nutters/teabaggers should have be Shermanized back in the 1860's. Fuck them. NO... madinmaryland Jan 2013 #61

It's shorthand... Scootaloo Jan 2013 #63

Ha! ROTFL! nt napoleon_in_rags Jan 2013 #77

Gun advertisers disagree with your premise. Pholus Jan 2013 #76

+1000. A very large part of "gun culture" is compensation for feelings of masculine inadequacy. baldguy Jan 2013 #90

Which sadly is effectively and insultingly summarized by the slang... Pholus Jan 2013 #99

Bushmaster equates guns with manliness. dawg Jan 2013 #105

Bushmaster sells guns. Pholus Jan 2013 #110

I agree! It's a pretty flaccid argument at best.... diphthong Jan 2013 #78

How do you explain Bushmaster's ad campaign? Just sayin'. catbyte Jan 2013 #79

Ding ding! EOTE Jan 2013 #84

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #88

Possibly the poorest... 99Forever Jan 2013 #80

Gun owners love to cock their long, hard, well-oiled weapons Orrex Jan 2013 #82

I don't get your analogy. Th1onein Jan 2013 #85

While absolutely correct, this isn't the right forum sadly. galileoreloaded Jan 2013 #89

Those posts are insulting to men who actually do have small penises. dawg Jan 2013 #92

Insulting people with incontinence, now? baldguy Jan 2013 #93

I do understand the difference. Apparently you do not. dawg Jan 2013 #94

Also I didn't insult incontinent people. dawg Jan 2013 #95

. baldguy Jan 2013 #98

You're the one missing the point. dawg Jan 2013 #100

well, I do think they are much wimpier than they think they are. 2pooped2pop Jan 2013 #96

Touch a nerve? another_liberal Jan 2013 #102

The gratuitousness of your post was the deciding factor in my shutting down the thread. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #118

So, sometimes a gun is just a gun? Unlike "This is my rifle; THIS is my gun"? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #103

"One is for fightin' . . ." another_liberal Jan 2013 #104

You will never stop juvenile name calling on the internet. Never. former9thward Jan 2013 #107

I know, which is why I'm shutting down the thread. Thanks for the good point. n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #119

Fixation is the key word here bobduca Jan 2013 #109

Whose fixation, mine?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #120

Wasn't going to shut-down, but am doing so now. Whole O.P. is within this post. UTUSN Jan 2013 #121