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135. I like that term you used here, Hoyt. "Compensators."

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Fri Nov 15, 2013, 04:46 PM

Nov 2013

Seems to me that it sums things up quite well for some of the people involved.

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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