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Johnny2X2X

(23,897 posts)
29. Imaginary big brother
Tue Oct 16, 2018, 01:25 PM
Oct 2018

I guarantee this clown hasn't dealt with the ATF or the BLM himself, and likely he doesn't know anyone who has. But he's heard stories I am sure... Minorities in the inner city almost without exception, have had their rights trampled on by the police.

This guy is honestly comparing his paranoid anti government stance with the plight of blacks who are being harassed, beaten, jailed, and killed every day.

His only dealings with the ATF would be if he not only possessed illegal automatic weapons (They could care less if he owns them really), but if he chose to shoot off those illegal weapons close enough to people that they'd complain about it. Or if he illegally grazed his livestock on land that wasn't his the BLM might write him ten letters, visit him a couple times, and spend several years trying to get him to stop breaking the law before finally taking any action. This is not comparable to someone in the city wanting to be able to walk to the store for some candy without fear of arrest and harassment from the police. Not comparable to a family wanting to be able to hold a back yard BBQ without the police showing up and beating people.

It's insulting, this guy has no idea what it's like to live in fear of law enforcement. He thinks his guns matter, they don't. He's walking around by himself thinking an imaginary boogie man is right around the corner and then equating it to the mass harassment and violation minorities face every single day/

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Three Letters. A T F [View all] BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 OP
What the heck is this noise? MineralMan Oct 2018 #1
did you watch the video? BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #2
I did, yes. MineralMan Oct 2018 #5
then i'm not sure what your issue is? BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #6
I guess not. MineralMan Oct 2018 #7
can you... BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #8
Well, I've been around country folk all my life. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13
First BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #14
You posted it, and apparently agree with it. MineralMan Oct 2018 #15
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #16
Doesn't sound like you watched the video. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #17
No. I watched it and comprehended it just fine. MineralMan Oct 2018 #19
At what mark is the discussion of abolishing the ATF held? WeekiWater Oct 2018 #20
I've said my piece. I'm out. MineralMan Oct 2018 #21
That's how to do it. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #23
Nope. I stopped smoking it in 1974. MineralMan Oct 2018 #33
OK. Thought you were outta here. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #34
Sometimes I change my mind. I hope that's OK with you. MineralMan Oct 2018 #36
I have zero issue with it at all. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #38
Maybe you'd like to explain how using a sheriff as high authority isn't Posse Comitatus BS and ... marble falls Oct 2018 #59
No time to explain that relationship with the "ABF". WeekiWater Oct 2018 #61
ATF. Explain it at your leisure. marble falls Oct 2018 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author WeekiWater Oct 2018 #63
Birds chirping in the trees. Blue_true Oct 2018 #47
It's a gentleman talking to country folk... WeekiWater Oct 2018 #4
Thanks for sharing. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #3
a little context for people so they can choose to watch the video or not would TeamPooka Oct 2018 #9
Here WeekiWater Oct 2018 #10
sorry BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #11
One of the best ways to ignore hostility is to quit bringing it up. Iggo Oct 2018 #24
well clearly BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #25
Thanks for this context Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #27
See how easy that was? and don't project your hostility into my post simply asking for context TeamPooka Oct 2018 #43
Good video. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #12
He's living in a fantasy world Johnny2X2X Oct 2018 #18
In many of the regions being discussed... WeekiWater Oct 2018 #22
Imaginary big brother Johnny2X2X Oct 2018 #29
Not sure why you would refer to him as a clown. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #30
You know, all those places voted for Donald Trump, right? MineralMan Oct 2018 #35
Not everyone in those places did. Kali Oct 2018 #48
Wake me up when the ATF Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #26
He sorted of address this... ThirdEye Oct 2018 #41
"awful encounters with government" Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #44
Feels like what you're doing is gatekeeping ThirdEye Oct 2018 #51
"Gatekeeping?" You don't know me, bro Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #52
I've been here since 2001. ThirdEye Oct 2018 #53
Just like I think it's weird that people Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #55
Sorry. You are only allowed to have an opinion fescuerescue Oct 2018 #56
Because having to pay grazing fees LuvLoogie Oct 2018 #28
Bingo Johnny2X2X Oct 2018 #31
yea screw this guy fescuerescue Oct 2018 #57
BigGermanGuy, why did you recommend your own thread? Cattledog Oct 2018 #32
I've noticed some posters do that. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #37
First thing I noticed. Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #39
FWIW, I've been doing that like ever since the rec feature was installed Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #45
Why the hell do you care, whine to the admins if it bothers you. Nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #54
Why not ask the original poster? MineralMan Oct 2018 #58
BLM? jeffreyi Oct 2018 #40
Perhaps it's not worth trying to bridge the gap ThirdEye Oct 2018 #42
they may be your neighbor for a couple years Kali Oct 2018 #50
Another uneducated white guy suffering from the delusion that he's smart. llmart Oct 2018 #46
I thought it was ATFE... Fla_Democrat Oct 2018 #49
It's actually BATFE, john657 Oct 2018 #60
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