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Democracyinkind

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4. If not silencing, then it's controlling it. They know it's all about framing the discussion

Reply to CreekDog (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:17 AM

Dec 2012

Just keep asking the right sidetracking questions - and you can stiffle an open discussion of the subject without appearing to be doing so... This, the gun nuts, the gun lovers, and the gun people (supposing they are different groups) have mastered better than any anti-gun people I see posting here.

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(Many) Gun advocates here and elsewhere want to SILENCE discussion of gun control [View all] CreekDog Dec 2012 OP

Yep. And many of them are trying to derail the conversation by pointing fingers elsewhere. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #1

It is never not the time to talk about AND.. ananda Dec 2012 #2

And they keep parroting their NRA talking points LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #3

If not silencing, then it's controlling it. They know it's all about framing the discussion Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #4

You see, they too are victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with them in this difficult time. jsr Dec 2012 #5

Anyone who says that is an obvious NRA troll _ed_ Dec 2012 #6

I think mental health is part of the discussion rbixby Dec 2012 #9

Of course _ed_ Dec 2012 #10

Could be that the gun nuts have a mental health problem. Downwinder Dec 2012 #11

Well, you'd have to have a mental problem to own a gun for "safety" _ed_ Dec 2012 #12

Do you know that somehow President Obama made the shooting happen doc03 Dec 2012 #7

I noticed that. It's a dirty little secret they want hushed. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #8

I object to the bullying; the misrepresentations; the statement "It can never happen"; the ignoring byeya Dec 2012 #13