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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:09 PM Original message |
Here's what the fight about guns is really all about |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you can't get a gun, get a Hummer..... |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Anti-gun nuts are always obsessing about penis size. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Perhaps, but it's not without some sound basis |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So there is a good reason for gun grabbers to obsess about penis size. Envy. Thanks. |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. "The gun, with all its real and imagined powers, is the symbol for them of that "paradise lost."" |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. exactly 100% wrong |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Ah yes, all we need to protect us from all the gun-nuts is more gun-nuts |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. most people who commit murder |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. At least you admit you're a gun-nut |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. i'm not |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Right... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. because being an advocate |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I see you're still no stranger to the strawman |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. they are rights mentioned in the 2nd amendment |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
80. I don't think you understand what a strawman argument is. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. I'm an abortion nut, gay nut, fair trade nut, renewable energy nut, education nut, goddamn I got nut |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
101. I'd see a doctor about that if I were you |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
95. OK, I guess then it would be ok to call you |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
55. +1 |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. Hahahaahahahaha aaaaaahahahahaha a oh please |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Looks like someone has a guilty conscience |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
65. If you say you do, who am I to argue. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. You can't seriously be calling psychoanalytic psychology "sound"? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. You can't seriously be suggesting that there is no such thing as mental disorders? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "Compensation" is not listed in the DSM as a mental disorder. |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. It's a symptom of one or more disorders |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Which ones? |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. You're the smart guy on the google |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. No, I'm the smart guy who remembers that compensation is not a listed mental disorder. |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
98. As a female I don't get to utilize the "gun est muy macho" stance |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. Funny how the armchair psychologists always bring up compensation, but never projection... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. They believe it to be one of the most insulting, hurtful things that can be said about any man. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. I wonder what they think of men who buy a Warthog .45 |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. As the saying goes, if gun owners were compensating for a small penis... |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Why the hell are you gunning when you could |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. penis canard |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
83. WOW!!! Penis reference in the first response. You mom must be very proud! |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Let me get my hipwaders on, the bullshit is getting deep in here... |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Here you go |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. If that was only an advertisement you might have a point. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Not quite.. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. All the ads on that page were "interesting" |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Almost all of them were also ancient (n/t) |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Here's the "Wild West" gun, get out your astroglide |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. When you quote "Wild West", you do realize that that phrase is not in the ad. |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I apologize, "Old West" is in the ad for the "gun of choice in the cowboy action shooting world" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It's typical of you to imagine things when making anti-gun/gunrights posts. |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. So "cowboy action shooting world" reminded me of the "wild west" instead of the "old west" |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. It also made you overlook that the ad doesn't say anything... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
77. I suspect you don't know a damn thing about Cowboy Action Shooting. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Most gun grabbers have a penis obsession... is yours an anal obsession? |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
59. Which browser are you using? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #59 |
71. That worked, thank you... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
68. I think he's implying you'll be unable to stop yourself from masturbating |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. I'm missing where that Vaquero ad says you can shoot a bad guy and be a hero. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's a pretty broad brush Ms. Burbick is waving around. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. and from looking at a culture where guns are passed from |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Certainly no government of the people, by the people, and for the people would ever |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Burbeck is pretty clueless and well out of step with current progressive thinking |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. And what's the liberal or progressive equivalent of the NRA and GOA? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. There's Amendment II Democrats and The Liberal Gun Club, for starters. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
50. How about the Pink Pistols. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Second Amendment", drivel? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Invented fears??? -- what utter rubbish. |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. "Freedom in peril" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. That's not even a comic book. Do you even think before you post? |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
60. You notice how your link is not to an NRA website? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. You know PETA does the same thing right? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. the fight is about RIGHTs |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Fight about whether we want a nation governed by fear or by democratically enacted laws |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. the fear canard |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Heck, the NRA crowd is scared of owls and women who don't shave their legs |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. what is this obsession |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Because he got his butt kicked in other forums |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. it's such a tired mode of argumentation |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. See George Soros pays me to try to turn America into a hell hole like Australia |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Why don't you try arguing with the other posters instead of some unpublished NRA pamphlet? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
87. We saw his approach used to smear opponents of the Iraq war |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
90. I'm betting on the Joyce Foundation. |
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dashrif (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
92. I don't |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Democratically enacted laws cannot overpower civil rights. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
70. Slavery was democratically enacted...the tyranny of the well armded majority |
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divideandconquer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. If you could spell, I might take you more serious as a "professor" |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. And if you could do research, we'd take your posts more seriously |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
78. Speaking of fear, your fear induced attempt to trample the second Amendment is indistinguishable |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. And this got banished to the gungeon...... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
57. Boring and predictable, |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. So basically she's complaining that pro-gunners... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Ha ha. Nailed it. Nicely done. nt |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
63. If Ms Burbick doesn't know that Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock were different people... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. And given the fact that one in three U.S. gun owners is female... |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. What happens if a black woman owns a gun? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Then you get Harriet Tubman. Or Zora Neale Hurston |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. I don't hear the hysterics singing one of their greatest hits HERE, |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. Wow, and Fannie Lou died at age 59 of "non-gun causes" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. I think you are pimping Burbick's bullshit book in the wrong forum |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. nice. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
93. Here's a specific instance of Burbicks' falsification of history. From Buzzflash, yet. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
94. What a steaming pile of horse manure |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
96. The link doesn't work, but... |
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Piwi2009 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
97. Compensation: Does that mean a pro choice woman with a deer rifle |
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