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In reply to the discussion: Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners’ Names and Addresses [View all]Atman
(31,464 posts)Just look over at our parallel universe site or the Freeper sites. They've posted the newspaper publisher's home address, e-mail address, etc. That's probably fair game, all things considered. But it's much MUCH worst than that. They've published her home address with many responses advocating burning her house down, ,"paying her a visit," suggesting they visit her but "I hope 'nothing bad happens to her'," etc. All but publicly calling out for some gun nut to go take her out.
The publisher probably acted too soon without really thinking through the ramifications of what she did. She isn't dealing with rational, sane people. The true nutters, the cave dwellers and sewer crawlers, love their guns far more than their country. But they'll say "no, we love our guns because we want to PROTECT our country," without even realizing that they are the ones hurling the nation into the abyss. It's not the Muslim Christian Fascist Socialist Kenyan Hawaiian Liberal Communist lefties who want to overthrow the government. It's not the pacifists shooting up 6-year olds and volunteer firefighters. It's not teh gays calling for intolerance of our neighbors.
Just sayin'.