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133. If I were one of those moms inside, and I saw what was "making a statement" outside,

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 04:44 PM

Nov 2013

I would indeed feel under siege. I would indeed feel threatened. I would indeed regard it as an intimidation tactic. Especially after one learns that some in the gun group joined the moms' Facebook group to monitor what they were up to, saw the post about the meeting, and decided they needed to show up - "to make a statement." They could make that "statement" ANYWHERE. Why they chose a meeting of moms concerned about gun violence - tells me this was no simple mild-mannered gathering of harmless "statement-makers." Frickin' BULLSHIT. They were trying to intimidate - by their presence. They could also have amassed outside without showing off their precious little massacre machines, and make their "statement" with signs or something.

When you add guns in, out in plain sight, you up the ante. Sorry to those who disagree. But that IS how it is.

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Does This Photo Vindicate Armed Pro-Gun Protesters In Texas? (Fixed the link for jpg) [View all] warrior1 Nov 2013 OP

nO. Scuba Nov 2013 #1

Still look like losers no matter what angle. MythosMaster Nov 2013 #2

Welcome to DU, MythosMaster! calimary Nov 2013 #131

Thank you! MythosMaster Nov 2013 #137

Wow abelenkpe Nov 2013 #3

yes, because FLAGS elehhhhna Nov 2013 #11

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #46

Seriously??? Daemonaquila Nov 2013 #109

no Skittles Nov 2013 #4

Lemme think about that... derby378 Nov 2013 #5

!!!! Brigid Nov 2013 #6

(uh, no, they don't wipe their butts....period.) lastlib Nov 2013 #117

Of course it does. The flag solves everything.... RagAss Nov 2013 #7

You can put caviar on top of a Shit Sandwich Berlum Nov 2013 #8

But they're all smiling now! That makes it better! KansDem Nov 2013 #9

Nope. Paladin Nov 2013 #10

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #12

Wow, jail for life for conducting a legal activity... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #13

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #15

America is most certainly not Japan... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #27

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #61

Do you really live in fear of that? Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #76

So how long before they do this at Abortion Clinics....and if so do you approve of that too? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #78

I think the worry is more about concern for others safety meanit Nov 2013 #80

There is a difference between concern... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #86

It's not just "Post Offices" anymore. meanit Nov 2013 #87

I do understand that emotionally... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #91

Comparing a swarm of bees to someone premeditatedly walking into meanit Nov 2013 #92

Emotionally perhaps... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #93

Something can be done about the nut with the arsenal. meanit Nov 2013 #94

If you actually "live in fear" of that... Lizzie Poppet Nov 2013 #88

hey, if they were African-Americans holding guns outside that restaurant napkinz Nov 2013 #17

That reminds me of something... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #18

Right wing bigots like to post that photo for some reason. Hoyt Nov 2013 #36

I think Decaffeinated's full name is "Decaffeinated TEA" napkinz Nov 2013 #44

No joke. I think he stumbled upon the wrong Web site. Hoyt Nov 2013 #48

326 posts ... I doubt he/she will reach 350 napkinz Nov 2013 #49

Ta Dah! Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #115

LOL. Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #119

circa 1965? Don't you have anything more recent? notadmblnd Nov 2013 #52

Yeah, that didn't work out well for the Black Panthers. SolutionisSolidarity Nov 2013 #69

and what happened to the Black Panthers? noiretextatique Nov 2013 #104

And it Worked Out Great for Fred Hampton, right? TheSarcastinator Nov 2013 #107

And St. Ronnie pissed himself getting the Mulford Act passed to specifically take away their Ikonoklast Nov 2013 #111

What if the lunch meeting was 4 Packers fans, and a boatload of armed Bears fans showed up outside riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #21

yep! napkinz Nov 2013 #23

nope, they are assholes from any angle. TeamPooka Nov 2013 #14

Even the photo I saw that was taken from the side MNBrewer Nov 2013 #16

It shows how dishonest pushing the other pic was. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #19

It was not dishonest kcr Nov 2013 #22

It was claimed they were waiting in ambush, threatening, Skip Intro Nov 2013 #28

They posed for a picture kcr Nov 2013 #29

Oh, well in that case Skip Intro Nov 2013 #33

Again, hardly. kcr Nov 2013 #42

Are you denying the photo is of a bunch of right wing gun humpers there to intimidat Mothers group? Hoyt Nov 2013 #47

Yes, the other photo was meant to convey a false reality. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #53

How was it a false reality? kcr Nov 2013 #55

Other pic conveyed pending ambush to many. Skip Intro Nov 2013 #62

Making a statement. That's a clear distinction only in your head kcr Nov 2013 #64

If they "posed for this picture"...outside an abortion clinic... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #81

So they meet there often. Or did they arrive with their friggin compensators when they heard Hoyt Nov 2013 #58

I like that term you used here, Hoyt. "Compensators." calimary Nov 2013 #135

Looks like somebody got a gunz sadz over the other picture! Rex Nov 2013 #35

It's the only argument left the gun nut shitheads: waaah! the other picture was PROPAGANDA alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #82

There's a thread going on in DU's own gungeon just like that, believe it or not Electric Monk Nov 2013 #83

I don't read, think about, or otherwise engage gun nut shitheads alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #84

Good point. calimary Nov 2013 #134

You make a statement with words ... surrealAmerican Nov 2013 #24

It is called grasping at straws...pathetic attempt really. Rex Nov 2013 #39

Pray tell, exactly what "statement" were they there to make? Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2013 #79

Were those poor motherfuckers shown from a poor angle? Awww, what a shame DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #85

So nice to know you approve of Fox News. Daemonaquila Nov 2013 #110

Me despising inbred fuckfaces with guns has nothing to do with your Fox News fetish DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2013 #113

Yep. Stupid and cowardly is stupid and cowardly... 99Forever Nov 2013 #20

Gun nut shitheads acting like gun nut shitheads alcibiades_mystery Nov 2013 #25

They are still jerks. But how many people did they shoot? We know everyone with a gun shoots people The Straight Story Nov 2013 #26

still jerks but it Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #66

Fuck no!!! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #30

They look like ignorant, bigoted, gun humpers from that angle too. Hoyt Nov 2013 #31

They look like mentally unstable people imo. Rex Nov 2013 #32

Oh, and how do mentally unstable people look? Skip Intro Nov 2013 #34

Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #37

I'm not the one having a Frist moment... Skip Intro Nov 2013 #50

DO you still love creekdog? Rex Nov 2013 #51

You know, some advocate for the mentally ill might alert Skip Intro Nov 2013 #67

Flag fixes everything. Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #38

Yes, without a doubt. Glassunion Nov 2013 #40

If you put a murderer in front of an American flag, he/she will still be a murderer. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #41

looks like some serious paranoia....in both pictures. spanone Nov 2013 #43

K&R for pissing off all the RIGHT people! Rex Nov 2013 #45

Bu...but the mean ladies were in the restaurant talking mean about them, meanies!!!! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #54

That they had to show up in larger numbers and with their guns proves beyond any doubt Rex Nov 2013 #57

Texas Statute rdharma Nov 2013 #56

Hell, even the Zimmerman jury could apply that straightforward language correctly. Hoyt Nov 2013 #59

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2013 #123

Did you notice that two of those "experts" would blow their comrades heads off bluestate10 Nov 2013 #60

Yes, in fact. I noticed it immediately. Chan790 Nov 2013 #75

I Hate Them otohara Nov 2013 #63

what? Whaddya think? CTyankee Nov 2013 #65

Cowards need vindicating? Lint Head Nov 2013 #68

It certainly does tell a different story than the first image. nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #70

Just Now on Chris Hayes otohara Nov 2013 #73

No. They still look like bullies. tenderfoot Nov 2013 #71

no arely staircase Nov 2013 #72

a picture of psychos with weaponry is not flattering regardless of how it is framed etherealtruth Nov 2013 #74

Psychos? Not likely. Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #95

I think the reasons these folks went to that restaurant armed is enough to prove intimidation, and Hoyt Nov 2013 #96

Well Hoyt, Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #99

They did not investigate. A few of the psychos are probably related to the chief and his sister. Hoyt Nov 2013 #100

They did investigate and monitored the group Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #103

Tiari is a PR person, not an investigator or DA. Hoyt Nov 2013 #106

What would they need to investigate? oldhippie Nov 2013 #105

you are telling me that PD NOT acting or arresting is proof of legal activity? Sheepshank Nov 2013 #118

I'm not telling you anything, the Arlington Police are. Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #120

they are telling me they are also admitted gun nut sympathizers at worst Sheepshank Nov 2013 #122

So if the guy wearing the ball hat on the right (kneeling) walked into the supermarket AlinPA Nov 2013 #102

Brandishing? etherealtruth Nov 2013 #108

Yes it's against the law... especially if shown in a way to alarm uponit7771 Nov 2013 #124

You'll have to take it up with the Arlington Police Dept. Ranchemp. Nov 2013 #125

I was expecting that they were actually holding brooms as part of some charitable litter clean up Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2013 #77

Yes and no. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2013 #89

No! nt arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #90

No, of course not. Fuck 'em. Aristus Nov 2013 #97

Nope! n/t zappaman Nov 2013 #98

I don't quite understand the question. Jenoch Nov 2013 #101

Yeah, it was mere coincidence that they had a photo shoot near that meeting. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #112

Who photoshopped out all the tea party flags and t-shirts? jmowreader Nov 2013 #114

NO Sheepshank Nov 2013 #116

that looks like a group of people who would crap their pants... LynneSin Nov 2013 #121

Yup. peace13 Nov 2013 #129

The other photo was a bit misleading LittleBlue Nov 2013 #126

Lots of kids died at Jonestown. peace13 Nov 2013 #132

If I were one of those moms inside, and I saw what was "making a statement" outside, calimary Nov 2013 #133

It seems pretty obvious to me LittleBlue Nov 2013 #136

I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder. calimary Nov 2013 #138

Juanita Jean thinks that this is the wee winkie group Gothmog Nov 2013 #127

That picture makes me physically ill. peace13 Nov 2013 #128

NO! Seriously? It just underscores the attempted intimidation tactic. calimary Nov 2013 #130

Context is everything but Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #139