Why is Hunting Part of Republican Culture?

[Iggy]

8. Again, it's the whole "I built this all by myself"

BULLcrap meme.

these sad folks are apparently still living in the early 1800's, when every frontiersman had to have
a gun(s) to survive-- i.e. shoot and eat wild game, and of course to shoot any Indians that
happened to get in the way or try to stop them (the Indians sort of needed the game, too, to
survive).

the meme is irrelevant now, since we have over 300 million people in our nation.. and if we all
had to become big macho hunters again and shoot squirrels or rabbits to survive, we'd be dead in
a week or so.

the image/iconic symbology is portrayed by the GOP'ers in order to send a "message".. i.e. "hey,
I've got guns.. I can take care of myself and my family" (by paying to hunt on private land). and
sorry to play the race card-- the imagery/gun fetish also says: "I'm armed and know how to
shoot, so dark skinned people-- don't try to steal my/our stuff.. I'll shoot you dead".

Keep in mind our nation is chock full o' bigots, so there's no doubt this message is being
sent with the guns/ammo fetish.