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baldguy

(36,649 posts)
69. RW extremists use that sort of info to con normal people to believe that they're really not so bad.
Fri May 3, 2013, 01:31 PM
May 2013

It just another form of their standard propaganda. "You see, the NRA is just like you! They're not really the racist, fascist terrorists that they appear to be. That's just a LIE-berul talking point."

See, if you keep using the same lies & propaganda that the RW extremist gun weirdos use, people might get the wrong idea about you.

I always assumed "racist idiot" is a top-5 requirement for any NRA president candidate. nt tridim May 2013 #1
From a semi-seditionist organization like the NRA, fully expected. geek tragedy May 2013 #2
He IS the NRA and the gun fans nationwide. The poster person. It is Jim Porter. He is all of them. graham4anything May 2013 #3
So along with the President, he singles out one other prominent member bullwinkle428 May 2013 #4
"The New Nra President Fantasizes About "whipping" Anti-gun Opponents" geek tragedy May 2013 #5
Those silent whistles are loud and clear nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #6
Aaaaaaand, there it is. Iggo May 2013 #7
The NRA website naaman fletcher May 2013 #8
I would not be surprised if the NRA website lied about its founding. yellowcanine May 2013 #10
General Ambrose Burnside of civil war fame was the first NRA president. hack89 May 2013 #21
I remember when I lived in Providence years ago I did some reading up Blue_Tires May 2013 #12
Yeah, but the NRA is bipartisan Kingofalldems May 2013 #9
Where are our DU NRA apologists to defend their choice of leadership? hlthe2b May 2013 #11
"Where are our DU NRA apologists ..." Obviously, none exist except in your imagination. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #13
There most certainly are NRA members and defenders here. hlthe2b May 2013 #15
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #25
Yes, your retort certainly is. hlthe2b May 2013 #27
If facts supported your position, you wouldn't have to resort to name calling as a diversion. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #32
One need only peruse the Gungeon to know your assertion to be false. hlthe2b May 2013 #39
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #50
LOLOL hlthe2b May 2013 #56
... DanTex May 2013 #66
Well that is just wrong. There are even proud NRA members morningfog May 2013 #80
There have been Gungeon threads where DU Gun Enthusiasts proclaimed their NRA memberships. Paladin May 2013 #45
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #48
If you have to resort to commie references, you've lost. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #53
If you have to engage in name calling, and McCarthy did that, you've lost. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #55
... DanTex May 2013 #65
We have plenty of NRA members here. They belong to an enemy organization. geek tragedy May 2013 #75
Nope. I've seen it too. LanternWaste May 2013 #68
Ah, there billh58 May 2013 #16
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #24
Not exactly, billh58 May 2013 #37
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #51
When you advocate billh58 May 2013 #62
When you say that I've advocated that, you're a liar. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #72
Now, now billh58 May 2013 #74
Depends what you mean by "no"... DanTex May 2013 #64
There are a lot less now... Blue_Tires May 2013 #96
When a rock is thrown into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps is the one that got hit. Ikonoklast May 2013 #19
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #26
Yip, yip yip! Ikonoklast May 2013 #33
We found one, anyone else out there? TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #22
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #23
No doubt about this one - A LaPierre sympathizer. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #28
If facts supported your position, you wouldn't have to resort to name calling as a diversion. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #31
How about not copying and pasting multiple responses? TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #35
But those cut and pastes billh58 May 2013 #43
Oh really? DanTex May 2013 #29
There you go again - TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #38
But, but, but McCarthyism!!!! DanTex May 2013 #47
Actually, a lot of us "gun fanciers" say just the opposite. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #17
But, there are millions of free-riders (too cheap to pay dues?) who benefit from NRA gun propaganda. Hoyt May 2013 #36
Or are harmed by it. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #44
No we don't - there is a reason so few gun owners are NRA members. nt hack89 May 2013 #20
"northern aggression"-WTF? Who started the shooting in 1861? hobbit709 May 2013 #14
A Union general from Rhode Island was the first president of the NRA hack89 May 2013 #18
Today, the Nugents, Norquists, LaPierres, Boltons, Norths, gun profiteers, etc., have taken over. Hoyt May 2013 #41
Tell me something I don't already know. nt hack89 May 2013 #42
Who cares how they started. It's like saying Lincoln freed the slaves, so Republicans aren't racists Hoyt May 2013 #57
I agree nt hack89 May 2013 #60
And Lincoln was a Republican. baldguy May 2013 #46
The NRA went to shit years ago. There is a good reason I am not a member. nt hack89 May 2013 #52
Why should it matter that Burnside was a Union general, then? baldguy May 2013 #59
Because the history of the NRA was part of what the OP was discussing? hack89 May 2013 #63
RW extremists use that sort of info to con normal people to believe that they're really not so bad. baldguy May 2013 #69
So a 140 year old history lesson is RW extremism? hack89 May 2013 #70
When it's intended to paint a false image of a current RW extremist group? Yes, very definitely. baldguy May 2013 #81
I got the quote from the OP. Did you actually read it? hack89 May 2013 #88
Burnside wasn't mentioned in either the OP or the link it references. baldguy May 2013 #89
I already knew about Burnside hack89 May 2013 #90
I guess you're embarrassed to be exposed as a member of a known radical extremist RW organization. baldguy May 2013 #92
Not really hack89 May 2013 #93
Really? geek tragedy May 2013 #76
Whoopsie. Robb May 2013 #77
I hate it when that happens. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #78
Now cut that out right now. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #79
I'm sure the NRA has changed a great deal in the last year and a half. baldguy May 2013 #82
September 2011 geek tragedy May 2013 #83
I'm just trying to give hack89 the benefit of doubt. baldguy May 2013 #84
Well, part of it is that for some reason it took until Sandy Hook for NRA membership to be geek tragedy May 2013 #85
Ouch! I felt that smackdown from here. nt NoGOPZone May 2013 #87
This thread deserves to be on the front page forever because of this one reply. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #97
And we Yankees call it "The Great Rebellion." mainer May 2013 #30
Better headline: "Incoming NRA President defends Holocaust against minorities" Dawson Leery May 2013 #34
Wonder what "northern gun nuts" think of that liberal N proud May 2013 #40
My granparents from Alabama always called it the "War Between the States", but never the pampango May 2013 #49
Agreed OldHippieChick May 2013 #73
YEEEEEEEE-HAW! Warren DeMontague May 2013 #54
wow so they really are still fighting flamingdem May 2013 #58
We don't call it the War of Northern Aggression down south Rex May 2013 #61
Even better headline: "Incoming NRA President Advocates Treason in Defense of Slavery" meow2u3 May 2013 #67
The NRA controls congress, it can say whatever it wants really nt msongs May 2013 #71
knr Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #86
it shows how totally irrelevant the nra is....they don't have even a tiny grasp of history spanone May 2013 #91
He IS a fuckin' idiot. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #94
My Suhthunuh husband is always Le Taz Hot May 2013 #95
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