You are a married gay couple on vacation in a state which banned gay marriage

[apocalypsehow]

75. Not quite: this is a progressive discussion board, and genuine progressives among us don't "respect"

GOP/NRA talking points about guns, period. Nor should we: the gun lobby and it's right wing shills are the enemy of everything decent in the human experience, and is about disgusting a movement as has ever had lobbying clout in Washington D.C.

There are certain things that are simply off limits for "debate," or should be. A woman's reproductive rights are one; marriage equality is another, just to name two. Due to the sheer number of trolls the gun debate brings to DU, it's been decided, more or less, to let them have their own forum to pimp for their Phallic Replacement Devices pretty much to their heart's content. I understand the logic, and understand the problems it would incur if the topic was moved out of the realm of "debate" as things like marriage equality are: DU would have to have a team of 24-7 MIRT people just to ban and reban and then ban some more the flock of "pro gun liberals" who would constantly register and register in order to keep cheering for the NRA's vision for America. But that doesn't mean I have to like it, or that we in the larger DU community have to put up with in General Discussion when we spot it.