June 5, 2014

I see a similar theme with this paragraph:

A Facebook page purporting to belong to the shooter was filled with posts critical of the police and those who backed gun control.

The open carry yahoos still play dumb as to why people don't feel at ease with them carrying their own personal WMD around:



http://www.democraticunderground.com/107818547

Of course, they have sooo much respect for the Second Amendment, they deny the First Amendment to others:

Spitting, Stalking, Rape Threats: How Gun Extremists Target Women - Welcome to the dark side of America's war over guns

By Mark Follman - May 15, 2014

...Ever since the Sandy Hook massacre, a small but vocal faction of the gun rights movement has been targeting women who speak up on the issue—whether to propose tighter regulations, educate about the dangers to children, or simply to sell guns with innovative security features. The vicious and often sexually degrading attacks have evolved far beyond online trolling, culminating in severe bullying, harassment, invasion of privacy, and physical aggression. Though vitriol flows from both sides in the gun debate, these menacing tactics have begun to alarm even some entrenched pro-gun conservatives...

Last May in her hometown of Phoenix, she (Jennifer Longdon) helped coordinate a gun buyback program with local police over three weekends. On the first Saturday, a group of men assembled across the street from the church parking lot where Longdon was set up. They shouted about constitutional rights and tyranny, and called people arriving to trade in their guns "sellouts." (The program netted nearly 2,000 firearms with more than $200,000 in reimbursements.)

Some of them approached Longdon. "You know what was wrong with your shooting?" one said. "They didn't aim better." Another man came up, looked Longdon up and down and said, "I know who you are." Then he recited her home address. The harassment continued, and the men showed up throughout the program, a Phoenix police official involved confirmed to me.

After a fundraiser one night during the program, Longdon returned home around 10 p.m., parked her ramp-equipped van and began unloading herself. As she wheeled up to her house, a man stepped out of the shadows. He was dressed in black and had a rifle, "like something out of a commando movie," Longdon told me. He took aim at her and pulled the trigger. Longdon was hit with a stream of water. "Don't you wish you had a gun now, bitch?" he scoffed before taking off.

"It was like a mock execution," Longdon says, recalling the intense surge of adrenaline and how the incident triggered her PTSD from the 2004 attack that nearly killed her and her fiancé. She called the police, but they were unable to track down the perpetrator. By the following Saturday, Longdon was back at her post helping run the buyback...

Worth the time to see more details and the videos at the Mother Jones link:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-bullying-open-carry-women-moms-texas

Glad your friends aren't there, MADem. The Guardian article suggests he is using social media and might target more police or possibly those who oppose open carry or other forms of gun ownership.

There was confusion at the time as some thought he was a LEO. The assumption may have been that Bourque didn't look threatening, if open carry is legal in Canada:

My reply on another thread:

Picture of Justin Bourque walking away after shootings from another website with more details:



The gunman 24-year-old Justin Bourque, who is dressed as John Rambo played by actor Sylvester Stallone in the popular 1980s films, has shot five Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers including a woman, in Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada...

Danny Leblanc, 42, said he saw the shooter in the distance, wearing a camouflage outfit and standing in the middle of the street with his gun pointed at police cars.

The construction worker said he believed it was an RCMP officer until he heard a burst of automatic gunfire coming from the man’s gun.

“That guy was standing on the road afterwards and he was looking towards us,” he said.

He said he quickly retreated into his home and remained there with his family. At one point a neighbour posted on social media that their kitchen window was shattered by gunfire.

http://www.news.com.au/world/rcmp-on-hunt-of-gunman-justin-bourque-after-multiple-shootings-in-moncton/story-fndir2ev-1226944168831

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014819200#post9

The fear caused by the open carry crowd, especially since they respond to any criticism with assaults, death threats by phone, mail and email, crossing all social boundaries, is logical and common sense.

It creates a higher level of constant anxiety which causes people to reduce their thinking process to the survival level and not reason. To deny that effect is how they escalate the bullying.

It's crazymaking, where the victims are kept on edge as they don't know what the person with the gun will do next, bad or good, diverting their energy to being ready to flee danger. But the open carry crowd is setting up this social dynamic:

Essentially it is treating the individual not as someone you love but as someone you resent, or a stranger, or switching between extremes. This then leaves the victim unable to relax and constantly on their guard and as such this can give way to severe stress, paranoia, or other similar issues.

If you then complain about the situation you will be told you are being stupid or overly sensitive and in your current mental state you might be inclined to listen.

This in itself is a form of mental abuse that can be damaging and can also prevent you from escaping from the situation.

http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/12799/1/Mental-Abuse--Tell-Tale-Signs-of-Crazy-Making-Psychological-Abuse.html

It's a very effective techique in personal life and political issues. The stress causes people to surrender their own rights to live their lives as they would prefer to these Rambo wannabes.

At the MJ article, you can see these guys are using the same techniques Walker supporters did in Wisconsin to intimidate people who were working on recall to silence them.

In several cases they went at night, a favorite time for all criminal enterprises, to the homes of the petition signers and did property damage by shooting through windows and other acts. They have no respect for property rights, first amendment or other rights, only their rights to bully others.

They are most often targeting women who want to protect their children, community and themselves. This culture is overflowing our border to the north now.

JMHO.

June 5, 2014

Picture of Justin Bourque walking away after shootings from another website with more details:

The gunman 24-year-old Justin Bourque, who is dressed as John Rambo played by actor Sylvester Stallone in the popular 1980s films, has shot five Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers including a woman, in Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada...

Danny Leblanc, 42, said he saw the shooter in the distance, wearing a camouflage outfit and standing in the middle of the street with his gun pointed at police cars.

The construction worker said he believed it was an RCMP officer until he heard a burst of automatic gunfire coming from the man’s gun.

“That guy was standing on the road afterwards and he was looking towards us,” he said.

He said he quickly retreated into his home and remained there with his family. At one point a neighbour posted on social media that their kitchen window was shattered by gunfire.

http://www.news.com.au/world/rcmp-on-hunt-of-gunman-justin-bourque-after-multiple-shootings-in-moncton/story-fndir2ev-1226944168831

June 5, 2014

They must have missed this video:

Who is Bowe Bergdahl? - Life of the U.S. Soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Uploaded on Jul 22, 2009

HAILEY, Idaho - We are learning more about Bowe Bergdahl, the 23-year-old American soldier being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Since news of his capture was made public over the weekend, his friends in the Sun Valley, Idaho town of Hailey, have told ABC us that Bowe worked at a coffee house for a couple years, liked to ride his bicycle around town and had taken a class at the Sun Valley School of Ballet.

His family, concerned media descriptions of Bowe were limited to "bike riding, ballet dancing, barista," released more details about the life of their son Tuesday, through Walt Femling, the Sheriff of Blaine County, Idaho.

Sheriff Femling, who is a longtime friend of the Bergdahl family, called Bowe an adventurer. He said Bowe loves to ride both bicycles and motorcycles, but not cars. "He didn't like cars so he rode his bike everywhere," said Sheriff Femling.

He recounted how Bowe crewed a sailboat to the Caribbean and a fishing boat in Alaska. He toured Europe and California. "Not bad for somebody who is only 23 years old." He continued, "It's these adventures and others that made Bowe a very well-rounded person and I'm glad to know him." The Sheriff believes that Bowe's adventurous spirit played a part in his decision to join the military.

Bowe was good at handling guns and familiar with martial arts, and yet Sheriff Femling told us he was also a kind and courteous young man, "He would call you 'sir' or 'ma'am' and you know, to get a 23 year old these days to call you that is a little unusual."

As for education, Bowe was home schooled, but Sheriff Femling noted that he did receive his GED through The College of Southern Idaho.

Even though townsfolk had set up a fund for the Bergdahl family at a bank in Hailey, the Sheriff said the family discourages contributions. He explained that's not the focus of the family; they want prayers right now, not money. What's more, they ask everyone to pray not just for Bowe, but also for all of the men and women of the armed forces who find themselves in harm's way.

Of course hate doesn't need to hear the truth, does it?

June 5, 2014

Yes, I live in the land where Christmas trees grow wild! Although you can

can clearly see that those are all authoritarian trees, there. All lined up for the coming slaughter, or so we're told...

Thinking of Christmas, just remind me in December and I'll post a lot of Christmas pictures in the BOG for you.

June 5, 2014

Yes this part is very telling, and effective:

Essentially it is treating the individual not as someone you love but as someone you resent, or a stranger, or switching between extremes. This then leaves the victim unable to relax and constantly on their guard and as such this can give way to severe stress, paranoia, or other similar issues. If you then complain about the situation you will be told you are being stupid or overly sensitive and in your current mental state you might be inclined to listen. This in itself is a form of mental abuse that can be damaging and can also prevent you from escaping from the situation.

June 4, 2014

'Much of her thinking about the Taliban is colored by their treatment of women.'

In that regard, I find her to be certifiably SANE and hope she will win in 2016. The growing hatred and harm visited on women must end and I think she could do a lot in that direction.

June 4, 2014

Agreed! They really hate each other, don't they? (sarcasm) Who wants to promote this phantom enmity?

Personally, those are the most loving expressions I've seen of almost anyone. Thanks for these incredibly beautiful images of these two women.

June 4, 2014

Who is Bowe Bergdahl? - Life of the U.S. Soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan:

Uploaded on Jul 22, 2009

HAILEY, Idaho - We are learning more about Bowe Bergdahl, the 23-year-old American soldier being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Since news of his capture was made public over the weekend, his friends in the Sun Valley, Idaho town of Hailey, have told ABC us that Bowe worked at a coffee house for a couple years, liked to ride his bicycle around town and had taken a class at the Sun Valley School of Ballet.

His family, concerned media descriptions of Bowe were limited to "bike riding, ballet dancing, barista," released more details about the life of their son Tuesday, through Walt Femling, the Sheriff of Blaine County, Idaho.

Sheriff Femling, who is a longtime friend of the Bergdahl family, called Bowe an adventurer. He said Bowe loves to ride both bicycles and motorcycles, but not cars. "He didn't like cars so he rode his bike everywhere," said Sheriff Femling.

He recounted how Bowe crewed a sailboat to the Caribbean and a fishing boat in Alaska. He toured Europe and California. "Not bad for somebody who is only 23 years old." He continued, "It's these adventures and others that made Bowe a very well-rounded person and I'm glad to know him." The Sheriff believes that Bowe's adventurous spirit played a part in his decision to join the military.

Bowe was good at handling guns and familiar with martial arts, and yet Sheriff Femling told us he was also a kind and courteous young man, "He would call you 'sir' or 'ma'am' and you know, to get a 23 year old these days to call you that is a little unusual."

As for education, Bowe was home schooled, but Sheriff Femling noted that he did receive his GED through The College of Southern Idaho.

Even though townsfolk had set up a fund for the Bergdahl family at a bank in Hailey, the Sheriff said the family discourages contributions. He explained that's not the focus of the family; they want prayers right now, not money. What's more, they ask everyone to pray not just for Bowe, but also for all of the men and women of the armed forces who find themselves in harm's way.

Video is from nearly five years ago when Hailey, Idaho 'had his back.'

June 4, 2014

VIDEO from Hailey, ID of a positive community opinion before this media cycle:

Who is Bowe Bergdahl? - Life of the U.S. Soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Uploaded on Jul 22, 2009

HAILEY, Idaho - We are learning more about Bowe Bergdahl, the 23-year-old American soldier being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Since news of his capture was made public over the weekend, his friends in the Sun Valley, Idaho town of Hailey, have told ABC us that Bowe worked at a coffee house for a couple years, liked to ride his bicycle around town and had taken a class at the Sun Valley School of Ballet.

His family, concerned media descriptions of Bowe were limited to "bike riding, ballet dancing, barista," released more details about the life of their son Tuesday, through Walt Femling, the Sheriff of Blaine County, Idaho.

Sheriff Femling, who is a longtime friend of the Bergdahl family, called Bowe an adventurer. He said Bowe loves to ride both bicycles and motorcycles, but not cars. "He didn't like cars so he rode his bike everywhere," said Sheriff Femling.

He recounted how Bowe crewed a sailboat to the Caribbean and a fishing boat in Alaska. He toured Europe and California. "Not bad for somebody who is only 23 years old." He continued, "It's these adventures and others that made Bowe a very well-rounded person and I'm glad to know him." The Sheriff believes that Bowe's adventurous spirit played a part in his decision to join the military.

Bowe was good at handling guns and familiar with martial arts, and yet Sheriff Femling told us he was also a kind and courteous young man, "He would call you 'sir' or 'ma'am' and you know, to get a 23 year old these days to call you that is a little unusual."

As for education, Bowe was home schooled, but Sheriff Femling noted that he did receive his GED through The College of Southern Idaho.

Even though townsfolk had set up a fund for the Bergdahl family at a bank in Hailey, the Sheriff said the family discourages contributions. He explained that's not the focus of the family; they want prayers right now, not money. What's more, they ask everyone to pray not just for Bowe, but also for all of the men and women of the armed forces who find themselves in harm's way.

June 4, 2014

'Anytime a group is mostly against something, rather than being for anything, it's a warning sign'

That expresses it perfectly. I make a point not to interact with people like that here or anywhere else. Nothing of value can be exchanged.