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ThatPoetGuy

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70. Assuming there is any actual equivalency between "extremists" on

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 07:00 PM

Dec 2012

both sides of this debate, which I would consider false, why would the anti-gun extremists need any more shushing than they already receive?

On an ordinary day, if an anti-gun extremist, or an anti-gun moderate, posts anything anti-gun in GD, it will get shushed into the Gungeon.

In the Gungeon, if an anti-gun extremist, or an anti-gun moderate, posts anything anti-gun, it will get shushed by perhaps a dozen people, each of them posting fifteen or twenty times in every thread. It is already an obscene degree of piling-on, and it would be unethical to chastise someone who is in the middle of being bullied into silence.

(Yes, I've seen people expressing anti-gun sentiments that seem ridiculous, but they are seldom as inflexible as the pro-gun extremists, and far more willing to listen to reason, so long as they aren't being bombarded with propaganda.)

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I am not a gun person. But for the gun persons, how about you speak out? [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 OP

Don't consider hunters as sportsmen. HERVEPA Dec 2012 #1

Here's your answer right here, Stinky, as to why hunters get tired of speaking up. Brickbat Dec 2012 #2

Yeah, I see that and hear that. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #3

Understood. Brickbat Dec 2012 #4

This is DU. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #5

"What annoys one the most will invariably come first." OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #9

The damn truth, right there. Brickbat Dec 2012 #10

I don't consider myself or my wife as "gun people". bvar22 Dec 2012 #74

A family member shot a 12 point buck on the property here a couple of weeks ago Fumesucker Dec 2012 #7

Some people take hunting way too far... ellisonz Dec 2012 #20

yep. That sums it up. IDoMath Dec 2012 #27

I went hunting once, with a friend. ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #33

Well, arm the animals and you can consider it a "sport". Zoeisright Dec 2012 #54

agree completely - it's only the hunters who consider this a "sport" and themselves as "sportmen" DrDan Dec 2012 #29

In the poor rural area of Florida where I live ... spin Dec 2012 #46

Don't they know that it's only ethical to have someone *else* kill their food for them... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #60

That's a good idea. If you don't like hunting you should be a vegan!!! ... spin Dec 2012 #71

Totally agree. nt Raine Dec 2012 #75

Because it's impossible for anyone to shake the label that is unfairly thrown upon us bossy22 Dec 2012 #6

Part of that probelm is your of your own making. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #13

I don't disagree- we deserve our fair share of the blame bossy22 Dec 2012 #23

The tea I like the most is lapsang souchong. Love the smokey taste. (n/t) spin Dec 2012 #73

Thinning the herd HERVEPA Dec 2012 #14

Unfortunately sarisataka Dec 2012 #8

You'd be more convincing if you didn't lead with a straw man. ellisonz Dec 2012 #22

Would you like me AlexSatan Dec 2012 #61

Case in point sarisataka Dec 2012 #63

If you're defending the NRA-line on this topic... ellisonz Dec 2012 #64

Hey, there's the other one AlexSatan Dec 2012 #67

Good denial. ellisonz Dec 2012 #72

I didn't realize I denounced them AlexSatan Dec 2012 #78

I have seen several posts sarisataka Dec 2012 #62

Yes. I denounce them completely. ellisonz Dec 2012 #65

Agreed... sarisataka Dec 2012 #69

The majority hold similar values, and yet a small contingent of RKBA-worshippers, ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #35

I agree sarisataka Dec 2012 #68

Assuming there is any actual equivalency between "extremists" on ThatPoetGuy Dec 2012 #70

I am a lifetime gun ouner, shooter and hunter. I have no problem with sensible gun doc03 Dec 2012 #11

To me, this is very much like the "why don't DU Christians do something about fundy nutjobs" gkhouston Dec 2012 #12

There is a massive difference between "being responible for them" being **hurt** by them. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #15

I was thinking the same thing. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #16

yup obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #32

It turns out Sandy Hook is something else we can blame Israel for. former9thward Dec 2012 #17

Keep the crazy shit out of serious threads, please Bucky Dec 2012 #87

I have seen the Iran state news agency quoted here many times. former9thward Dec 2012 #88

I'm sure you had a point when you started typing your response Bucky Dec 2012 #89

My only point, poorly made, is the official Iran news agency has no credibility. former9thward Dec 2012 #90

I see your point. Aerows Dec 2012 #91

Good question. That is why it was poorly made. former9thward Dec 2012 #92

Amen. ellisonz Dec 2012 #18

I guess maybe I have a "fetish" PD Turk Dec 2012 #19

Yup, you do. You have a collection of things that have the primary purpose of hurting or killing HERVEPA Dec 2012 #21

You have proven my point quite well bossy22 Dec 2012 #24

Glad to be of service. HERVEPA Dec 2012 #28

yup obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #37

For the sake of this discussion, you're not a fetishist. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #26

.303 Lee Enfield PD Turk Dec 2012 #43

:snap: You're right. .303, not .308 - hence the difficulty of finding ammo. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #57

I use that Ruger when I go trailrunning obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #38

I'm caught in the middle. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #25

There are extremes. My OP wasn't aimed at the. It was aimed at YOU. Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #30

But when we speak out, we are often called a gun nut obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #34

I feel your pain. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #51

Is that who it appears to be???? Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #58

Yep, it's Rachel Maddow: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #59

Her first date with her spouse was at an NRA shooting meet. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #66

Certainly, there's a limit to how many guns one needs. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #47

Any gun owners not a LEO or rancher obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #80

Interesting choice for a screen name. Doesn't glorify violence or anything like that. HERVEPA Dec 2012 #31

You don't know my reason for choosing that handle twelve years ago. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #50

You've been tarred with the bad rep of others marions ghost Dec 2012 #53

My issue is labor JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #55

I said...clearly marions ghost Dec 2012 #79

I debate the people who see guns as an end all to our social problems. JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #82

Democrats aren't in lock-step like Republicans marions ghost Dec 2012 #83

If you lived on a ranch in Montana.... JohnnyRingo Dec 2012 #84

People lived on Montana ranches for a long time without the marions ghost Dec 2012 #85

^^^this^^^^ slutticus Dec 2012 #86

Because the guns the nutjobs stockpile NickB79 Dec 2012 #36

A couple of reasons hootinholler Dec 2012 #39

and feral pigs obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #42

You seem to understand it better than you think. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #40

Your last paragraph nails it obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #41

You don't need to know any of the nuts to speak out against the Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 #45

I have an anti NRA OP in GD and still get insulted obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #77

I personally don't know people like that either Kaleva Dec 2012 #52

I've owned and used guns and am not afraid of them. But anything beyond guns for food or ancianita Dec 2012 #44

I own guns to protect my family. Period. Bake Dec 2012 #56

How much longer? What qualifies you to say? When does a DU'er get to argue life and death matters? ancianita Dec 2012 #81

I've been keeping a low profile since the Sandy Hook massacre. aikoaiko Dec 2012 #48

"Since when did hunting become target shooting" marions ghost Dec 2012 #49

My 5 yo son got me back into hunting 3 years ago. ileus Dec 2012 #76

wow, not one "sensible" gun owner thinks they should say anything anti NRA. Lazy chickenshit selfish bettyellen Dec 2012 #93