General Discussion

apocalypsehow

(12,751 posts)

120. "In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and

Reply to MicaelS (Reply #88)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 08:42 PM

Mar 2013

toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

147 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Gun Control Debate Fueling �Explosive� Rise In Far-Right Extremist Groups: Report [View all] Purveyor Mar 2013 OP

Bring back Janet Reno and thank God we have methods to protect against Terrorism graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

Why do you want to bring back Janet Reno? Rex Mar 2013 #2

Hillary/Napolitano in 2016, Eric Holder on the US Supreme Court & Janet Reno back in power graham4anything Mar 2013 #5

This would be an authoritarian's wet-dream, a true dystopian nightmare for the rest of us. appal_jack Mar 2013 #80

The far right only wants a coup when their side loses. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #10

The far right thinks they're entitled to RULE, not govern meow2u3 Mar 2013 #51

Certainly. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #89

Ready the black helicopters! Warm up the drones! onehandle Mar 2013 #3

Yup. They are like the mafia and should be treated as such. graham4anything Mar 2013 #6

"gun collection database" rdharma Mar 2013 #7

Exactly. Little do they know that the ATF have back door access to that data. onehandle Mar 2013 #8

But WHO is going to collect the guns? FrodosPet Mar 2013 #86

Robots. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #87

LOL. Disarm people with tracked IED defusal bots? dairydog91 Mar 2013 #134

I've been joking up to now, but clearly robot soldiers are in our future. onehandle Mar 2013 #143

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #33

Well, Let's See How Long You Last, Fella The Magistrate Mar 2013 #34

Sorry. He caught me dead to rights. onehandle Mar 2013 #38

We are going about Gun Control completely wrong Taverner Mar 2013 #4

We reduced smoking by changing people's behavior hack89 Mar 2013 #11

I agree with you on single payer however... Taverner Mar 2013 #12

You will never be able to stigmatize guns hack89 Mar 2013 #13

Take away the killing and wars aren't so bad either nt Taverner Mar 2013 #14

But Americans will not stigmatize legal gun owners for suicides and violent crime hack89 Mar 2013 #20

If I have my way, we can Taverner Mar 2013 #85

To you all gun owners are "gun nuts". hack89 Mar 2013 #93

Nope, not really Taverner Mar 2013 #94

Then I am ok. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #95

There, Sir, You Are Mistaken The Magistrate Mar 2013 #15

Time will tell hack89 Mar 2013 #18

This Present Passage, Sir, is A Bit Different The Magistrate Mar 2013 #26

ok. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #27

You Are Such a Keen Social Observer, Sir: Your In-Put is Indespensible.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #30

And what evidence is there that your voice is the loudest? hack89 Mar 2013 #31

It is Not My Voice,Sir, It is That Of 'Team NRA' In Relation To The Group'Gun Owners' The Magistrate Mar 2013 #32

Got it - sorry for the confusion hack89 Mar 2013 #36

And If You Want To Salvage Your Standing Socially Sir, As a Gun-Owner The Magistrate Mar 2013 #37

The problem there is that you expect me to oppose every NRA position hack89 Mar 2013 #39

It is Up To You To Dissociate Yourself, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #40

I don't have a problem to solve hack89 Mar 2013 #41

If You Wish People To Credit Your Claim The NRA Does Not Speak for You, Sir, You Do.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #43

The issue has polarized DU to the point that it would be meaningless to even try hack89 Mar 2013 #45

Not In The Least, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #46

So if even one of my opinions coincides with one of their arguments hack89 Mar 2013 #47

You Are the One Who Has A Problem With How You Are Perceived, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #49

No - I am actually pointing out why it would be pointless for me to even try hack89 Mar 2013 #50

Your Choice, Sir, But Giving Up Is A Choice, And You Could Choose Differently The Magistrate Mar 2013 #52

How about this hack89 Mar 2013 #54

I Reserve The Right, Sir, To Call Out Support For NRA Positions, When Brought Up And Supported The Magistrate Mar 2013 #56

ok. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #58

Stigmatizing people -- by the tens of millions -- as you suggest seems doomed to failure... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #129

The Prospect Seems To Sting, Ma'am, Which Suggests It Is Quite Feasible, And Already Working The Magistrate Mar 2013 #130

I denounced those, like you, who call themselves liberal... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #139

You Denounced 'Liberalism' As Intolerant, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2013 #140

Yes, But The Gun Militancy Movement Can And Should Be Stigmatized, 24/7. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #16

But that is such a small portion of gun owners hack89 Mar 2013 #19

That "Small Portion Of Gun Owners"..... Paladin Mar 2013 #21

I agree that the NRA's power needs to be curtailed hack89 Mar 2013 #22

Change Will Happen. Not All At Once, But It Will Happen. Paladin Mar 2013 #23

+1000000000000 Taverner Mar 2013 #84

Smoking cigarettes was also "the norm"-- thucythucy Mar 2013 #29

You want to know one of the biggest unspoken reason people own guns? MicaelS Mar 2013 #88

I have a 5 year old niece who's just like you. Moses2SandyKoufax Mar 2013 #117

Oppositional/Defiant Disorder, Sir, Is A Treatable Condition: There Is Help Available The Magistrate Mar 2013 #118

Do you, Sir, have trouble comprehending the English Language? MicaelS Mar 2013 #125

I Understand The Language Perfectly, Sir, As Well As The Affliction You Claim To Suffer From The Magistrate Mar 2013 #126

I claim to suffer from no affliction, Sir. MicaelS Mar 2013 #127

You Described Oppositional/Defiance Order To a Tee, Sir, And Said It Guided Your Actions The Magistrate Mar 2013 #128

Psychology has become the cheap seats if intellectual Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #131

The Man Described The Thing To a 'Tee', Ma'am, With Himself As the Model The Magistrate Mar 2013 #132

You really don't have much, do you? Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #137

One Apportions Effort, Ma'am, To The Value Of the Target The Magistrate Mar 2013 #138

"In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #120

This Isn't The Alamo, And You Aren't William Barret Travis. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #121

No it's not, and no, I am not. MicaelS Mar 2013 #124

I Won't Tell Charlemagne What You Said. You Don't Want Him Pissed At You. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #144

LOL - Good one! n/t MicaelS Mar 2013 #146

Merci Beaucoup. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #147

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it derby378 Mar 2013 #122

Oh believe me, I am not. MicaelS Mar 2013 #123

LOL! apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #141

lol pintobean Mar 2013 #145

A suicide isn't going to be needing mental health care Fumesucker Mar 2013 #108

Suicidal people need mental health care. hack89 Mar 2013 #110

Mental health care these days largely consists of being a guinea pig for different drugs Fumesucker Mar 2013 #112

Oh bullshit. Union Scribe Mar 2013 #133

Just relating my own personal experience with "bronze" type insurance Fumesucker Mar 2013 #142

I think the CDC had involved itself at one point... LanternWaste Mar 2013 #25

In a right-wing-soused society, the potential risk posed by militant far-right extremist groups indepat Mar 2013 #9

No surprise there: nearly everything that parades under the pro-NRA banner of "RKBA" and apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #17

Sig..line... SQUEE Mar 2013 #24

You need a gun to overcome fear? wtmusic Mar 2013 #48

Nope, and neither do they SQUEE Mar 2013 #55

'You're Just Skeered O' Guns', Sir, Is The Lamest Line "Team NRA' Trots Out The Magistrate Mar 2013 #61

What long and pretty words.. SQUEE Mar 2013 #63

Oh, You A Funny Little Fella, You Are.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #65

Really, I am educated and proud of it SQUEE Mar 2013 #71

Sure Ya Are, Fella: It Stands Out In Lumps The Magistrate Mar 2013 #72

SQUEEE SQUEE Mar 2013 #74

The Pro-Gun Side Is Winning? In Odessa, TX? Really? Paladin Mar 2013 #67

Hometown vs current home..hmmm SQUEE Mar 2013 #69

Depends On Which Side You're On. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #83

I still haven't forgiven Texas for George W. Bush. n/t ellisonz Mar 2013 #90

Many of us are sooo sorry. SQUEE Mar 2013 #92

But it wasn't ellisonz Mar 2013 #96

big state.. many different types. SQUEE Mar 2013 #97

Fix your state. ellisonz Mar 2013 #98

not my state anymore.. SQUEE Mar 2013 #99

My animosity is toward the right-wing gun culture and its apologists ellisonz Mar 2013 #100

left of center. farther than many would think actually. SQUEE Mar 2013 #102

And you do what to combat the right-wing gun culture? ellisonz Mar 2013 #103

Money equals concern? SQUEE Mar 2013 #104

So you suppor the President's plan to combat gun violence? ellisonz Mar 2013 #105

I don't care what you think i need. SQUEE Mar 2013 #106

The problem is that people in your state keep sending guns to my state. ellisonz Mar 2013 #107

nope, you pay for your own fears. SQUEE Mar 2013 #113

Dude - I just provided you with a link that clearly demonstrates... ellisonz Mar 2013 #114

you brought upmoney. not me. Facts? what facts? SQUEE Mar 2013 #115

Hey since we don't have any recent government studies of these issues (thanks gun lobby) ellisonz Mar 2013 #116

So rude, i see this as another chest ponding pro v anti argument SQUEE Mar 2013 #119

I've probably been shooting for longer than you've been alive wtmusic Mar 2013 #64

no, I mentioned overcoming fear. SQUEE Mar 2013 #68

'Squee' Is The Sound Kitties Make In LolCats Graphics, Fella, is It Not? The Magistrate Mar 2013 #70

My obstinate refusal to get angry over letters arranged in certain patterns SQUEE Mar 2013 #73

Provides Tons O' Fun, Fella, And Will Continue To Do So For The Foreseeable Future The Magistrate Mar 2013 #75

Behind the imperious tone, you are just another barroom baiter. nt Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #135

Ah, Well, Ma'am: What Other People Think Of Me Is None Of My Business.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #136

And what have we here? Yet *another* "pro gun progressive"* angrily obsessed with my sig line. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #57

hmmm SQUEE Mar 2013 #60

Is A Drawer Missing a Sock, Sir, Or is A Grave Missing A Occupant? The Magistrate Mar 2013 #62

"Jesus wept," the mythical story tells us, and then Lazarus was summoned forth from his tomb... apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #66

you make an accusation.. SQUEE Mar 2013 #76

Oh, Thank You For The Laugh, Fella The Magistrate Mar 2013 #78

you got nothing.. SQUEE Mar 2013 #81

I Have All I Need And Most Of What I Want, Fella The Magistrate Mar 2013 #82

I think the NRA empowers itself ... LanternWaste Mar 2013 #77

on this I agree. SQUEE Mar 2013 #79

the black President is wanting to take their guns away.....ignorance and guns. dangerous combination spanone Mar 2013 #28

And what--we are supposed to be intimidated? randr Mar 2013 #35

Nothing will happen until the 2nd amendment is repealed davidn3600 Mar 2013 #42

Massive majority is already a reality randr Mar 2013 #111

You sure we can't use drones on these motherfuckers? backscatter712 Mar 2013 #44

Message auto-removed NCState Mar 2013 #53

Well good. Let them come out of the woodwork and self identify through association. AnnaLee Mar 2013 #59

Surprise, Surprise. ellisonz Mar 2013 #91

Tells you what being "pro-gun" is really all about... villager Mar 2013 #101

Duh.. sendero Mar 2013 #109