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In reply to the discussion: 'Grassroots' gun control org "Moms Demand..." is utterly astroturf [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)13. You have never been to the land of guns until you have been to
Wyoming, Finland, Norway, and New Brunswick.
That said, I felt safer in El Paso than Fairfield California.
While things maybe bigger in Texas, everything is better in Wyoming.
angry gun toting white men:
how about not so angry white men? Gun toting black men? Gun toting women of any race?
What does anger have to do with it? I knew a guy in Wyoming who open carried when going to the range on his motorcycle because it was the only legal way for him to carry at the time (a saddle bag or back pack would have been the legal equivalent of under the seat/glove box, which was illegal at the time.)
You watch the behavior, not make unfounded assumptions based on attire or accessories.
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'Grassroots' gun control org "Moms Demand..." is utterly astroturf [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
OP
I admit, the thought crossed my mind as well: these levels of PR ineptitude and glaring
petronius
Nov 2013
#14
Are you trying to say you think she hired those goons to pose with their guns?
Electric Monk
Nov 2013
#26
So, she "set a trap" by having lunch with 3 friends and they innocently fell into it?
Electric Monk
Nov 2013
#29
Oh, I know what astroturf is, and I know what intentionally intimidating looks like.
Electric Monk
Nov 2013
#32
There's no doubt most of them are sincere- but they're still being played
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#40
You elide the fact that I have condemned the actions of OCT more than once...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#42
Kindly let us know where we can find their tax exempt filings, mmkay?
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#31
That tells us next to nothing about MDA, which is what the OP is about
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#39