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oberliner

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7. Those Aryan looking kids are pretty scary

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 08:07 AM

Nov 2014

What about an image of three African-American girls holding guns compared to three white teen males?

Gender probably has something to do with possible reactions as well.

Also the demeanor of the people in the photo (happy/smiling vs. not).

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Do you have a problem with one photo, but not the other? [View all] gollygee Nov 2014 OP

Can I have a problem with both? FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #1

I agree with you. Neither photo is right. Sorry! eom Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #2

Or neither, because I don't. .. pipoman Nov 2014 #3

You gun nuts are just fucking sickos. HERVEPA Nov 2014 #4

Lol... pipoman Nov 2014 #10

The pictures are what I was talking about. Anyone who thinks those family photos are OK is sick. HERVEPA Nov 2014 #17

Oh, then taking pleasure in eating your thanksgiving turkey pipoman Nov 2014 #24

Actually it was kind of rough... daleanime Nov 2014 #67

I don't eat animals or play video games. jerk HERVEPA Nov 2014 #70

I think your ancestors did at least one of those activities, bet you can't guess which one. A Simple Game Nov 2014 #121

I don't agree with Hitler, as a rule shaayecanaan Nov 2014 #152

Some answers HERVEPA Nov 2014 #163

Is it hard to use the internet up there TransitJohn Nov 2014 #156

LOL, you as usual are making no sense. nt Logical Nov 2014 #83

you make good points samsingh Nov 2014 #34

Why insist that no one take pleasure in hunting? Brickbat Nov 2014 #60

Farthest thin from bizarre. Enjoying tracking and killing an animal is disgusting. HERVEPA Nov 2014 #74

good idea. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #78

Thank You! This place gets pretty disgusing these days. HERVEPA Nov 2014 #79

Oh please. Drahthaardogs Nov 2014 #85

Not hard wired in my genes HERVEPA Nov 2014 #92

Whatever... Drahthaardogs Nov 2014 #99

Do you have canine teeth? AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #142

It's only 'sport' if the animals can shoot back. How I would dearly love to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #88

Yup HERVEPA Nov 2014 #91

This argument assumes that animals don't have advantages such as an excellent sense of smell, Brickbat Nov 2014 #100

Oy vey. I'm sure the animals would spot the hunters their excellent sense of KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #101

I'm sure they wouldn't. Brickbat Nov 2014 #102

Oy double vey. To quote the great Samuel Jackson: KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #104

A classic. Brickbat Nov 2014 #106

Yes I would much rather Duckhunter935 Nov 2014 #103

hunting for food, hunting for wildlife management, is not the same as hunting for sport. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #107

There is some element of satisfaction in tracking and taking game. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #141

I have no quarrel with hunters if it's the choice they make and they're eating the meat, Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #164

I'm trying to visualize self-loathing deer hunters insisting on taking no pleasure in the effort Brickbat Nov 2014 #105

Pictures don't do much for the family dinner table. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #140

That makes two of us meow2u3 Nov 2014 #5

me too samsingh Nov 2014 #35

i agree, but i think the idea was to point out samsingh Nov 2014 #36

It looks like many here didn't see the operative word, "if." Live and Learn Nov 2014 #116

I think there are two large audiences this is aimed at, and I'm not sure which one AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #143

Right there with ya! Sherman A1 Nov 2014 #40

Me too. Nt abelenkpe Nov 2014 #44

Same here MissDeeds Nov 2014 #46

They both seem strained stereotypes. nt Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #49

Same here. nt City Lights Nov 2014 #56

Yes. As do I. But that's not the point of the meme. Hissyspit Nov 2014 #128

Me too. They need to keep their booger hooks off the bang switch. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #144

Ditto n/t malaise Nov 2014 #160

Yes, the kid in the red top Kilgore Nov 2014 #6

Those Aryan looking kids are pretty scary oberliner Nov 2014 #7

both creep me out IVoteDFL Nov 2014 #8

I think they're both sick and disgusting. period. cali Nov 2014 #9

Both. But your point is clear-- right wingers would be grabbing their guns over the first. Hoyt Nov 2014 #11

Thank you for understanding the point of the photo. gollygee Nov 2014 #15

Since this is Special Dispensation Day in GD, have you Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #52

I'd take any of those kids to the range, or hunting with me. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #145

And blaming Obama for the first Doctor_J Nov 2014 #29

I resent the implication that Florida has some kind of problem... Sancho Nov 2014 #12

I don't have a problem with either one (nt) bigwillq Nov 2014 #13

Sick HERVEPA Nov 2014 #19

Issues with both...poor muzzle and trigger control. ileus Nov 2014 #14

All 6 should not have been introduced to gunz by daddy at such an early age. Hoyt Nov 2014 #75

*shrug* AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #146

And where did that get you? Hoyt Nov 2014 #157

So far, a lifetime of no mistakes with a firearm. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #158

I have a problem with the top photo. Leopolds Ghost Nov 2014 #16

I think the white kids are the bigger assholes. redruddyred Nov 2014 #18

What does the first picture say about the parents? Nt hack89 Nov 2014 #23

want to spend some more time on themselves prolly redruddyred Nov 2014 #28

why ask that just of the FIRST picture? Ken Burch Nov 2014 #30

Because the poster I am replying to ignored it hack89 Nov 2014 #43

What does the second? BobbyBoring Nov 2014 #161

Same as the first I would imagine hack89 Nov 2014 #162

So you went for THAT stereotype? Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #53

That would put you in the asshole category. Dr. Strange Nov 2014 #61

cos I was one of them. ok maybe not nra. redruddyred Dec 2014 #168

The boys would probably get shot HappyMe Nov 2014 #20

Your last sentence is the gun control movement in a nutshell hack89 Nov 2014 #21

I feel sad the kids in the top picture can't afford better weapons hack89 Nov 2014 #22

They may be citizens of a Chicago or NY. ileus Nov 2014 #25

Sad indeed for kids to lose their 2A rights. *sniff* Leopolds Ghost Nov 2014 #33

I think the two pictures are unfair by a lot yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #72

Striking. n/t. bvf Nov 2014 #26

Stereotypes are that way. And both pics are. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #58

BB guns or air rifles... Stellar Nov 2014 #27

Great picture Gothmog Nov 2014 #31

I guess the top photo could use a little more Christmas spirit, but overall they are good Township75 Nov 2014 #32

Yeah, where's the Christmas tree? I also wonder Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #45

I've seen this photo before. It could have been shot any time of the year, really. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #147

I don't like either photo... Mike Nelson Nov 2014 #37

The guy in red is pointing the pistol at his brother. krispos42 Nov 2014 #38

The black kids aren't smiling, and it's hard to discern the context Martin Eden Nov 2014 #39

Maybe both photos promote sterotypes? Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #47

They do, to an extent. Martin Eden Nov 2014 #80

Dunno. Average RGB value is much higher in the second photo. Is that it? Helen Borg Nov 2014 #41

All that have a gun fetish are sickos. 99Forever Nov 2014 #42

I think you can name names on DU, per the post Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #48

I'll pass on call outs. A no class way to be, regardless of TOS. 99Forever Nov 2014 #50

Never noticed pro-2A "sickos" in this thread. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #59

Sorry, but... 99Forever Nov 2014 #62

Well, goodness, whatever happened? Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #68

Ahhh... 99Forever Nov 2014 #71

May the cats rise to the occasion! Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #86

I love how bent the gun fuckers get every time they are criticized. So cute and hilarious. morningfog Nov 2014 #132

Hate ain't what it used to be on the innertube. Anonymous. Cheap... Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #165

Hate? Lol. Poor fragile things. morningfog Nov 2014 #166

Oh, rooty toot-toot. Phhh. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #167

One of the kids in the top photo is pointing his gun at the other kid. cwydro Nov 2014 #51

If you do not have a problem with both these photos, you are terrifying. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #54

Well that seems unlikely.. EX500rider Nov 2014 #69

Roughly 30,000 - 35,000 gun deaths per year in a population of 350,000,000. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #73

"One American in 10,000 is shot to death every year" EX500rider Nov 2014 #109

No, "shot to death" implies death by shooting. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2014 #123

yeah try that some time in a sentence.. EX500rider Nov 2014 #124

I also like to refer to suicide by hanging as 'Rope Violence'. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #150

Um, no. 9-10k is murders. Most of the rest is suicides. Accidents aren't even 1k. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #149

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #55

Both are fucking ridiculous. lonestarnot Nov 2014 #57

The photo is supposed to be about racist stereotypes gollygee Nov 2014 #63

Yes… that's a no-brainer, but I had a BIGGER question... MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #64

No, but YOU are looking for a fight. elleng Nov 2014 #65

Something no one mentioned......... Enthusiast Nov 2014 #66

A couple of people have mentioned that difference between the guns. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #76

The black kid in the center is holding the gun that kills far more people than any other gun hack89 Nov 2014 #135

Nothing wrong with either photo n/t Shrek Nov 2014 #77

Except they look really really stupid. nt Logical Nov 2014 #84

They all look like idiots to me. Drahthaardogs Nov 2014 #81

Both photos are absolutely idiotic. LOL, I would make fun of the parents. nt Logical Nov 2014 #82

No Duckhunter935 Nov 2014 #87

My thoughts exactly libodem Nov 2014 #89

Given our history, both 200 yrs ago and 3 DAYS ago, the African American kids NoJusticeNoPeace Nov 2014 #90

I have problems with both pics, like many here War Horse Nov 2014 #93

I hate seeing kids with guns, and I hate seeing guns around kids. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #94

The first picture Spirochete Nov 2014 #95

If you think they're really equivalent for judging, Igel Nov 2014 #96

Nice trigger discipline in both photographs. nt Earth_First Nov 2014 #97

I have a problem with this non-stop worshiping of the gun. Rex Nov 2014 #98

Both photos bother me, but the one on the bottom especially irks me. Vinca Nov 2014 #108

None of those kids look like they've been taught how to safely hold a weapon DeadLetterOffice Nov 2014 #110

I don't have a problem with either one LittleBlue Nov 2014 #111

Cop sees people on bottom photo as citizens exercising their right to bear arms...no problem workinclasszero Nov 2014 #112

Don't like either pic TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2014 #113

Except for placement of fingers on triggers, I have no problem with either picture. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #114

The best way to get the NRA to change their lobbying policies is to open a string of chain world wide wally Nov 2014 #115

I love the top one jmowreader Nov 2014 #117

I have a problem with both photos. Kids and guns do not mix. 1monster Nov 2014 #118

The ones at the bottom NEED those guns because of the ones at the top.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #119

Good stuff and exactly the right question, and the right answer. marble falls Nov 2014 #120

It's okay to carry guns as long as you have a crazy smile on your face. pnwmom Nov 2014 #122

I have more of a problem with the bottom onw to be honest. ncjustice80 Nov 2014 #125

What is Duckhunter935 Nov 2014 #126

I'm not an asshole! sarisataka Nov 2014 #127

no, they both make me sick Skittles Nov 2014 #129

The biggest problem I have is with the 'crazy eyes' on the kids in the bottom pic. bearssoapbox Nov 2014 #130

I guess I'm an asshole postatomic Nov 2014 #131

I have a problem with anybody posing with their fingers inside the trigger guard tularetom Nov 2014 #133

I don't like that the kid in the ball cap is pointing his gun at the kid to his left Orrex Nov 2014 #134

Stupid assault weapons... bobclark86 Nov 2014 #136

I have a problem with neither, so I guess I'm not an asshole! petronius Nov 2014 #137

Kids with guns tooeyeten Nov 2014 #138

I think guns should be illegal and confiscated. n/t SylviaD Nov 2014 #139

I have a problem with DU using race as an agenda. flvegan Nov 2014 #148

I have a problem with both photos Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #151

I have a problem with both Bethany Rockafella Nov 2014 #153

I think both pictures are poorly lit olddots Nov 2014 #154

For me, it comes down to intentions joeglow3 Nov 2014 #155

I dislike both loyalsister Nov 2014 #159