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139. No worries, my feelings are not hurt.

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:00 PM

Oct 2014

Gun fetishes are simply incomprehensible to me.

I managed to escape picture days before I quit high school for college. On the last-last-chance picture day the office sent a pass to my classroom so I could get my picture taken for the yearbook. I used the pass to leave campus and go for a little walk. I'm in the "not pictured" section of the yearbook.

Actually, now that I think about it, High School itself was incomprehensible to me. I never managed to shed the "queerbait" nickname that I'd acquired in middle school. People would bump into me on purpose in the halls and say, "Get out of my way, queerbait," and other similar pleasantries.

If I'd actually attended my senior year and posed with a rifle for my senior portrait certain people might have been scared shitless.

Fortunately I've never liked guns.

Fire, on the other hand... I really want that "Girl on Fire" costume from Hunger Games. But with real fire. While holding a chainsaw. Yep. That would do it.

Or naked. Streaking was still a very popular prank when I was in high school.

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HERE ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL GUN PHOTOS! [View all] TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 OP

Tacky, linuxman Oct 2014 #1

Well, moms and dads may want senior portraits TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #2

I don't think people were thinking guns at school kcr Oct 2014 #3

I know, they are going to be horrible snooper2 Oct 2014 #4

Not everyone has lived around or understands the culture kcr Oct 2014 #7

I was around a couple of members of "the culture" last night Fumesucker Oct 2014 #13

Yet you did nothing sarisataka Oct 2014 #19

It wasn't my place, figuratively and literally Fumesucker Oct 2014 #35

Yes it is sarisataka Oct 2014 #41

A non-gunner speak up to a room full of gun enthusiasts? Fumesucker Oct 2014 #65

If I may speak candidly sarisataka Oct 2014 #68

That's not the least functional branch by a substantial margin.. Fumesucker Oct 2014 #84

Sounds very familiar sarisataka Oct 2014 #89

I took my kids out to my uncle's farm d_r Oct 2014 #82

Not to Pile on You Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #150

I was asking myself if it was just a matter of perception.. Fumesucker Oct 2014 #190

When a 12 year old is casually swinging around a gun that might be loaded - adigal Oct 2014 #254

I've lived around it my whole life and think the whole culture is disgusting and dangerous. Ykcutnek Oct 2014 #14

You know, there a a lot of democrats even in "that culture." TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #20

So, nobody is ever supposed to say anything bad about guns and religion because Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #51

"The whole culture is disgusting and dangerous?" TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #56

The whole gun culture, yes. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #80

Have you or your family had to hunt for survival? joeglow3 Oct 2014 #99

There's a reason I don't have guns in the house. I understand. kcr Oct 2014 #22

Put BLACK faces on this pics and imagine the response randys1 Oct 2014 #153

I was thinking the SAAAAAME thing. eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2014 #170

How is this relevant? mybuddy Oct 2014 #215

Is that dog sabbat hunter Oct 2014 #209

This guy doesn't look like a high school senior to me jmowreader Oct 2014 #253

Well, to me that's a horrible picture for a yearbook. MH1 Oct 2014 #255

There were several comments about guns at school. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #9

Maybe, but the point is the pictures of the guns n/t kcr Oct 2014 #24

And in that small community, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the guns in pics TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #29

I grew up in a hunting culture. In the winter, the only meat we ate was hunted meat. We didn't Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #48

sigh TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #54

Well, who wouldn't want to be photographed with the thing they love best? Aristus Oct 2014 #5

If you're implying what I think you're implying, that certainly casts a different light petronius Oct 2014 #217

Kids who love their pets, I got no problem with. Aristus Oct 2014 #226

That young lady in the first picture has a nice rack Fla_Democrat Oct 2014 #6

For a minute there NV Whino Oct 2014 #8

The pics don't creep me out even a little bit.. KinMd Oct 2014 #10

Well, they kinda do creep me out. calimary Oct 2014 #73

Why would a hunter be a lost soul? hack89 Oct 2014 #85

She had no business shooting that particular weapon TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #88

Well, that sure doesn't stop anybody. calimary Oct 2014 #97

In our family, the kids did not get Jenoch Oct 2014 #103

Slight difference of opinion: the bb gun bit. riqster Oct 2014 #202

Lost souls? Really? joeglow3 Oct 2014 #101

I don't have a dog - or a gun - in this fight but MissB Oct 2014 #11

LOL TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #16

You know what... NV Whino Oct 2014 #12

Oh, GOD. The Drape. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #17

Funeral black. NV Whino Oct 2014 #21

Not everyone looks so great in black. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #25

The "drape" standard is far more bizarre to me. Gormy Cuss Oct 2014 #95

Wow. How lame. If that's all I had to feel excited about and connected to, I'd GTF out of there. kysrsoze Oct 2014 #15

Gives me the creeps. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #18

You really don't know SHIT. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #23

Well, we have a sick, twisted gun fetish culture in this country. It really is creepy. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #26

Agree.. it is a creepy obsession. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #66

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #27

Yikes. I'd rather not answer that one. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #28

Perhaps then sarisataka Oct 2014 #32

The whole gun-worshipm gun-fetish culture is creepy, deadly, and makes me sick. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #34

Agreed! Totally creepy. LeftinOH Oct 2014 #37

You are entitled to express your opinion sarisataka Oct 2014 #45

My candor is what is highly disturbing? Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #49

Yes, to claim a teen aged girl has sexual feelings sarisataka Oct 2014 #57

thank you! TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #63

There are some doozies out there sarisataka Oct 2014 #74

My oldest brother wore a leisure suit in his senior photo. Jenoch Oct 2014 #110

There is a huge sexual element to the gun fetishization in this country. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #83

Holy shit, you actually doubled down joeglow3 Oct 2014 #105

Yeah, this isn't the Gungeon. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #158

Never been to the "gungeon" joeglow3 Oct 2014 #191

I must say sarisataka Oct 2014 #112

yes, I agree Duckhunter935 Oct 2014 #199

Perfect! Thanks for the Little Britain clip. Never saw it before, won't forget it! n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #256

So you condemn this guy also because he's part of the whole gun-fetish culture? GGJohn Oct 2014 #111

Ack! He is a Black Man With a Gun!!! Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #156

Jury results: EX500rider Oct 2014 #174

jury results: wherein the biter gets bit pscot Oct 2014 #181

Weird hide.. EX500rider Oct 2014 #188

Actually, if you reread the posts in question Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #201

I feel the same way, Arugula Latte. calimary Oct 2014 #198

It's just under two weeks Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #203

Yeah. No kidding. calimary Oct 2014 #235

Three victims in extended family to drunk drivers TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #249

And we have massive media campaigns against drunk driving Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #250

And we sure don't have mass media campaigns against reckless gun usage, either. calimary Oct 2014 #252

Creeps me out not one whit. Seeking Serenity Oct 2014 #30

Seems like they all favor the sniper rifle scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #31

Some serious ignorance in your post Lurks Often Oct 2014 #43

Trooper ambush suspect Frein may be relying on sniper training manual scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #53

It's not a "Sniper Rifle" just because it's a bolt action gun with a scope. Adrahil Oct 2014 #62

I wouldn't be so sure scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #93

How often do snipers use shotguns Jenoch Oct 2014 #127

<sigh> Yeah.... Adrahil Oct 2014 #138

True, but what's your point? benEzra Oct 2014 #145

So a rifle from 1874, shooting a black powder cartridge Lurks Often Oct 2014 #251

They don't care DashOneBravo Oct 2014 #218

If a scoped rifle is being used for sniping, it's a sniper rifle. benEzra Oct 2014 #67

What an actual sniper rifle looks like: EX500rider Oct 2014 #175

Marine M40 sniper rifle scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #179

The M40 was introduced in 1966. EX500rider Oct 2014 #182

I don't have a problem with people with hunting rifles. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2014 #33

Incredibly tacky. If these kids were African-American LeftinOH Oct 2014 #36

http://africanamericanhuntingassociation.com/index.htm TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #40

Actually, even in the south, most people would be highly receptive TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #44

In the rural parts of Northern CA also. GGJohn Oct 2014 #58

this is the kind of shit that makes us look as stupid as them Kali Oct 2014 #38

Truly GusBob Oct 2014 #60

Agreed. Texasgal Oct 2014 #212

very tacky. why don't we have people pose with their computers and iphones as they are integral to samsingh Oct 2014 #39

Here's one for ya' TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #47

The ignorance.....it burns.... joeglow3 Oct 2014 #108

Whatever leftynyc Oct 2014 #42

Have no problem with hunting, but I wonder how many of those kids will end up like this. Hoyt Oct 2014 #46

Probably as much to fear as this guy making a bomb TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #50

At least they had the good sense to restrict the poses so we don't have any like this. Hoyt Oct 2014 #52

Probably not part of their lifestyle TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #55

Probably is. No normal kid would choose to appear in a HS annual with guns, nowadays. Hoyt Oct 2014 #59

By guns, I believe you are excluding hunting rifles? TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #61

I suspect if the school board had been stupid enough, there would have been some of this. Hoyt Oct 2014 #94

You're telling us that those kids, who grew up in a hunting culture, still hunt, GGJohn Oct 2014 #69

I'm telling you a high school kid has a problem if gunz are that important to who they are. Hoyt Oct 2014 #70

And I'm telling you that those high school seniors don't have a problem, GGJohn Oct 2014 #72

It's not THE GUN. It's hunting TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #77

He can't possibly comment intelligently AT ALL if he thinks that he can be the authority Maedhros Oct 2014 #96

IN my experience? Not many. Adrahil Oct 2014 #64

I bet he's not just into hunting weapons. Does he carry in public? Hoyt Oct 2014 #71

why would they? dionysus Oct 2014 #79

Hang on Hoyt DashOneBravo Oct 2014 #222

Guns to some Liberals are like Muslims to some Conservatives. dilby Oct 2014 #75

Yeah, it's so weird how people don't like the daily high death toll from guns in this country. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #159

+1 Hoyt Oct 2014 #195

"don't like the daily high death toll from guns" EX500rider Oct 2014 #196

Nice pics. bigwillq Oct 2014 #76

not my cup of tea, but it's not like these kids are dressed in fatigues and pointing rifles at the dionysus Oct 2014 #78

What do guns have to do with academics? procon Oct 2014 #81

You mean back in the ol' days :) TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #90

Anti gun extremists are not rational people. DesMoinesDem Oct 2014 #86

The kids posing with their cars are the ones that scare me hack89 Oct 2014 #87

I actually like this one... TeeYiYi Oct 2014 #91

If I were sixteen TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #98

What, you didn't notice... TeeYiYi Oct 2014 #106

No, I hadn't! TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #118

My siblings and I all got class rings. Jenoch Oct 2014 #115

Gunz, jebezus, and Chevrolet notrightatall Oct 2014 #121

A real life walking cliche MattBaggins Oct 2014 #232

I don't know why but I am Number23 Oct 2014 #246

I object to a lot of gun fetishism and associated paranoid behaviors, Maedhros Oct 2014 #92

THANK YOU for so succinctly writing TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #100

Prefrontal cortex doesn't mature until age 25, so judgment doesn't mature until then. valerief Oct 2014 #102

You mean like this guy? GGJohn Oct 2014 #113

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #171

Congrats. You've just argued that half of our military personnel B2G Oct 2014 #116

I agree. Military personnel should be age 25 or older. nt valerief Oct 2014 #117

Good luck with that. B2G Oct 2014 #120

I think not allowing them to kill is enough for now. nt valerief Oct 2014 #123

So no military service until the age of 26 B2G Oct 2014 #128

Do you have a reading comprehension problem? nt valerief Oct 2014 #131

Just verifying I have your position correct B2G Oct 2014 #132

But they can consume alcohol? nt hack89 Oct 2014 #133

So the drinking age should also be 25? hack89 Oct 2014 #126

Don't forget driving! We can't let people with no judgment, Seeking Serenity Oct 2014 #134

that isn't correct d_r Oct 2014 #144

You're right. It doesn't "mature" until age 25 or later. nt valerief Oct 2014 #193

So no voting till 26 either? Or sex? Or driving? EX500rider Oct 2014 #176

It finishes developing by 25 and judgment exists prior to that. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #228

If kids can get suspended for drawing a picture of a gun... notrightatall Oct 2014 #104

Betcha' they don't have stupid zero tolerance laws, either :( TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #109

I find the photos offensive and innappropriate. hunter Oct 2014 #107

Luckily they probably don't much care what you or others find offensive and innappropriate. GGJohn Oct 2014 #114

No worries, my feelings are not hurt. hunter Oct 2014 #139

Queerbait? GGJohn Oct 2014 #140

"Gun fetishes are simply incomprehensible to me." EX500rider Oct 2014 #183

Yes. hunter Oct 2014 #186

Your posts on this thread make curious Jenoch Oct 2014 #207

It's my name. hunter Oct 2014 #229

And the school board disagreed with you 6-0 Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #122

Columbine. Sandy Hook. How soon we forget... hunter Oct 2014 #141

I think typing your title in all caps adds a certain sense of gravity and stolid reasoning to your p LanternWaste Oct 2014 #119

Actually, I was trying to make sure those pics would get seen TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #124

They are nice pictures for advertisements or stock photos Renew Deal Oct 2014 #125

I only see white kids in the photos. azmom Oct 2014 #129

Nebraska is 90% white. hack89 Oct 2014 #135

That is really white. azmom Oct 2014 #143

Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire are the whitest states at 96% hack89 Oct 2014 #146

Was just reading up on Nebraska. azmom Oct 2014 #151

devils advocate would say the murder rate in NE KinMd Oct 2014 #166

Well, I'm brown and azmom Oct 2014 #168

As is Arizona.. EX500rider Oct 2014 #177

True, azmom Oct 2014 #187

Makes it easy to point out to my granddaughter photos with a guy's priority on display. Tikki Oct 2014 #130

Nice pic, but I bet that lab in the hunting photo is well loved TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #136

The young man in the gun photo wants to be known as a hunter, the young man in the animal rescue Tikki Oct 2014 #137

Without my props I'm nobody! moondust Oct 2014 #142

Hooray for gun porn! 99Forever Oct 2014 #147

People wonder why d_r Oct 2014 #148

Please don't assume we don't understand...The photo poses were chosen to support a lifestyle choice. Tikki Oct 2014 #152

Please tell me a place in the U.S. in which someone can Jenoch Oct 2014 #154

That has nothing to do with these photos. These young people and their families approve... Tikki Oct 2014 #157

Of course hunting is what these photos are about. Jenoch Oct 2014 #184

We have seen on DU often about how many have to hunt for their food. Tikki Oct 2014 #185

Hunting is regulated in all 50 states. Jenoch Oct 2014 #192

So you are saying...No one has to hunt for food!! Don't tell me, tell those here that remind us... Tikki Oct 2014 #194

I'm sorry Tikki, Jenoch Oct 2014 #197

I have no problem understanding...talk to those who say people must hunt for food or starve. Tikki Oct 2014 #204

What exactly is your point here? Jenoch Oct 2014 #205

How does this: 'ODDS are they aren't hunting daily for their food to stay alive'....turn into Tikki Oct 2014 #206

You brought up 'hunting daily'. Jenoch Oct 2014 #208

In all honesty this goes back to a debate a while back here on whether there should be Tikki Oct 2014 #213

Do you happen to have a link to that thread? Jenoch Oct 2014 #214

I didn't save that discussion. It may have been in the gun forum. Tikki Oct 2014 #220

I think the medival and goth stuff is much more Jenoch Oct 2014 #221

And this is really where we disagree. Tikki Oct 2014 #225

The mistake you are making is Jenoch Oct 2014 #227

I'm not assuming anyone d_r Oct 2014 #173

And those southern midwestern folks MattBaggins Oct 2014 #233

If this is common, why is it news? tridim Oct 2014 #149

Did you read the story? Jenoch Oct 2014 #155

The school in question is in Broken Bow Ne KinMd Oct 2014 #160

I'm still baffled as to why anyone would object to these photos. Jenoch Oct 2014 #162

Also on farms they have guns to protect livestock from predators KinMd Oct 2014 #167

Right. Leave the guns on the damn farm. tridim Oct 2014 #172

"Don't be a dick and pose with your killing machines" EX500rider Oct 2014 #180

It appears that the young man Jenoch Oct 2014 #210

So...Los Altos Hill California...in a gun control State has not had a murder in a decade. Tikki Oct 2014 #163

I agree, my points was cause these kids pose with hunting rifles.. KinMd Oct 2014 #165

I never said they were dangerous. I said, this is the way these young people want to be defined... Tikki Oct 2014 #169

Your last statement is absolutely false. Jenoch Oct 2014 #211

What makes them gun nuts? tridim Oct 2014 #161

Read post #162. Jenoch Oct 2014 #164

But guns cause instant, sudden DEATHS much more than football and horses. alp227 Oct 2014 #178

if they were black riverwalker Oct 2014 #189

^^TRUTH^^....America is a racist nation. Double standard for blacks. nt Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #230

Good for them Duckhunter935 Oct 2014 #200

.... bigwillq Oct 2014 #224

I don't see the big deal even if I don't really like them. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #216

.... bigwillq Oct 2014 #223

I note the suffering Jesus in the Chevy logo - LiberalElite Oct 2014 #219

Tackiest thing I have ever seen in my life MattBaggins Oct 2014 #234

Lookit how clean that truck is. Ugh, there's nothing worse than affluent fake rednecks. nt LeftyMom Oct 2014 #236

That's got to be the most idiotic statement yet, GGJohn Oct 2014 #238

Washed, yes. But that thing's remarkably free of dents and scratches. It's not a working truck. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #239

That doesn't prove a damn thing, GGJohn Oct 2014 #240

Oh you're talking to the wrong girl. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #242

I'm not pulling anything, I'm an old Chevy affectionado, GGJohn Oct 2014 #244

One other thing. GGJohn Oct 2014 #241

Because that's where it gets fucked up fastest doing truck stuff. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #243

Stand by your call, but you're more than likely wrong. GGJohn Oct 2014 #245

And dickheads make statements like that. Safe bet. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #248

ANDY KAUFMAN IS NOT DEAD. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #237

Yet another thing white people can do MattBaggins Oct 2014 #231

So cute! JuliaJasmine Oct 2014 #247