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Cerridwen

(13,252 posts)
28. I was wondering if you'd decide to tap dance or obfuscate or twist and spin.
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 09:17 PM
Dec 2013

The law is 22 years old and now it's "Panic!!!!" "The world is coming to an end!!!" "The evil Democrats are coming for our guns!!!! i.n...s.l.o.w...m.o.t.i.o.n..." Well, not all our guns...just the specifically defined ones...but that's "ALL our guns!!!!!"

The quote says nothing about "wanting" to take away your guns, or mine. Just that the paranoid crowd is sure their guns are next; though that hasn't happened in the last 30 years they've been spewing the phrase.

As to worrying about the "Democrats...tarred with this particular brush"; are you fucking kidding me?! The r/w makes shit up out of whole cloth on an hourly basis. It matters not what Democrats do, don't do, threaten to do, etc., the r/w will catapult their own plans and project them onto Democrats every damned time.

In case you haven't noticed, the r/wers have been painting Democrats as Muslim, socialist, communist, pinko, lesbian, gay, baby-killers who are "soft on crime" and ready to round up all the r/wers and send them to re-education camps. Not only do they create the fucking paint, they create the brush with which to apply the paint. Why the hell are you helping them?

What Democrats really don't need is someone from the Democrat's side parroting their own paranoia back at them thereby proving to them "we" all agree with them.

Now, for your entertainment and mine:





Bill Maher's hilarious quote [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP
This quote would be great, if it were entirely (or even mostly) true. appal_jack Dec 2013 #1
! xchrom Dec 2013 #2
Do you have any evidence that the confiscation notice is not real? appal_jack Dec 2013 #3
Your agenda is showing. And I'm unimpressed. (nt) Paladin Dec 2013 #4
Your lack of contravening data is unimpressive. (nt) appal_jack Dec 2013 #7
uh yeah. nice to see you have no clue Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #6
If you want to agitate and organize for rocket launcher legalization, that is your prerogative. appal_jack Dec 2013 #9
excellent. I feel the same way about restrictions on certain guns and large capacity magazines Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #10
Hence, you want to take away peoples' guns. appal_jack Dec 2013 #13
and that is not tantamount to taking away their guns. Hitler taking guns from Jews Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #15
Can I take your house? appal_jack Dec 2013 #16
that is in no way similar. If the government declares eminent domain on a structure Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #18
Why would a gov't bent on violating the 2nd Amendment bother to comply with the 5th? appal_jack Dec 2013 #19
only because it would be viewed as not violating the 2nd amendment Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #20
Pretzel_Worder? appal_jack Dec 2013 #22
All you're proving is that LaPierre is earning his million-dollar salary. Paladin Dec 2013 #24
sometimes people do things for the right reasons to save lives. if limits can be placed on arms we Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #25
There's nothing wrong with maximizing our rights. appal_jack Dec 2013 #35
It is however, what you yourself are accomplishing... all rationalizations aside. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #38
Why again right now? Perhaps because the line between fully automatic and A Simple Game Dec 2013 #47
armed idiot Bandit Dec 2013 #17
Got anything besides vapid insults? appal_jack Dec 2013 #21
A document is not... lame54 Dec 2013 #37
"Conservative Sites Stoke Hysteria About New York Gun Confiscations" Cerridwen Dec 2013 #26
This is good information, but my point still stands. appal_jack Dec 2013 #27
I was wondering if you'd decide to tap dance or obfuscate or twist and spin. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #28
I am trying to help the Democratic Party toward a sounder platform. appal_jack Dec 2013 #30
I suggest you go the Library of Congress website and read the documents stored there Cerridwen Dec 2013 #32
On this, we disagree. appal_jack Dec 2013 #34
correct azureblue Dec 2013 #41
Do you grit your teeth when innocent people are gunned down? Children, even? toby jo Dec 2013 #44
Yes. We should definitely make gunning innocent people down illegal. appal_jack Dec 2013 #49
Well said. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #29
+100. n/t Skip Intro Dec 2013 #36
No, he's right. They're idiots. Iggo Dec 2013 #42
I think the website you linked to... NeoGreen Dec 2013 #43
FYI, I don't know if anyone has pointed this out snooper2 Dec 2013 #46
heh heh appal_jack Dec 2013 #48
This is funny mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #5
The Clintons are a pre-existing condition of the Democratic Party. Whisp Dec 2013 #8
Nice recitation of buzz words. SCVDem Dec 2013 #11
reading du posts are like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get dembotoz Dec 2013 #12
bwahahahahahaaaa!!!! spanone Dec 2013 #14
Gun nuts believe that billh58 Dec 2013 #23
Why are all of Bill O'Reilly's books about killing people? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2013 #31
I miss his show already. When is he back? January? Feb? applegrove Dec 2013 #33
Bill O'Reilley and armed idiots are posting on this thread as we type... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #39
R#77 & K n/t UTUSN Dec 2013 #40
Good one, Bill! Rainforestgoddess Dec 2013 #45
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