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56. WilliamPitt: Thank You

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 01:09 PM

Jun 2016

Your words are eloquent in their gross imagery of the results of our national disease of gun love.

"We are the Monster State. We stack the bodies and stroke the bullets until they are greasy with sweat. We are heroes, proud in the thunder of our guns, because this is freedom. "

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This is freedom. [View all] WilliamPitt Jun 2016 OP

I think we can do better and must. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #1

I'm sure new gun laws will be passed in 24 business hours. n/t Kang Colby Jun 2016 #2

We undid the NFL local blackout in less. But that was important. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #3

Yes Pakid Jun 2016 #10

Looks like they didn't get your joke. WilliamPitt Jun 2016 #14

I got it. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #18

I got it. nt sheshe2 Jun 2016 #20

not the thread for THAT. yodermon Jun 2016 #39

Yeah, just like they were after Sandy Hook. RoccoR5955 Jun 2016 #54

Elections financed by you and me, or by the NRA? merrily Jun 2016 #4

The War on Drugs is far more important CountAllVotes Jun 2016 #5

This^^^ Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #52

It's not freedom for those assaulted dickthegrouch Jun 2016 #6

Honestly, do you people read? OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #62

Freedumb onecaliberal Jun 2016 #7

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #8

Why post such a comment? NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #9

Permission to share elsewhere Cassiopeia Jun 2016 #11

Granted WilliamPitt Jun 2016 #13

Thanks. Cassiopeia Jun 2016 #15

Same here. ananda Jun 2016 #17

I'd prefer it if we not try and taint a good word like freedom with this shit. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #12

Yep. grossproffit Jun 2016 #16

No, belief in a sky daddy - ANY sky daddy - is the software here... Moostache Jun 2016 #21

I think it's an overdue conversation. Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #22

Thank you Laha Jun 2016 #25

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” -- Voltaire Wednesdays Jun 2016 #36

Huzzah OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #63

Irrational belief can lead to irrational acts. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #42

Thank you! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #53

...!100++++ 840high Jun 2016 #24

Let's be honest passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #27

I agree. If only he'd had some pot plants in his basement, instead Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #28

I agree with you on the MJ issue too passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #30

Previous to Orlando the most deadly attack on a gay place was a gasoline arson. 32 dead. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #47

The UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans. KamaAina Jun 2016 #64

That's because it is being used incorrectly. This is license, not freedom.. jtuck004 Jun 2016 #32

No imaginary concept is an absolute, whether we want it to be an absolute good LanternWaste Jun 2016 #49

Is a principle and an ideal the same thing as an absolute? Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #66

This is a Free-Fire Zone Night Watchman Jun 2016 #19

Thought you were done with DU? Indydem Jun 2016 #23

As are yours. n/t paleotn Jun 2016 #33

Your spite is duly noted. nt hay rick Jun 2016 #35

Yeah, forget the message. Iggo Jun 2016 #46

Other than petulance, what is the precise relevance of your missive LanternWaste Jun 2016 #50

WilliamPitt should have been permanently banned. Indydem Jun 2016 #65

All of our opinions to scub are subject to scrutiny. OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #61

K & R. nt bemildred Jun 2016 #26

Is freedom too dangerous sarisataka Jun 2016 #29

Yes malaise Jun 2016 #31

nothing will change MisterP Jun 2016 #34

rec Demonaut Jun 2016 #37

K&R. Good to hear from you. Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2016 #38

How come you only come out when something big happens? snooper2 Jun 2016 #40

How come you never go away? WilliamPitt Jun 2016 #41

No, my job is to correct people post things that are incorrect- Along with random sarcasm snooper2 Jun 2016 #43

Good luck with the O'Malley thing. WilliamPitt Jun 2016 #44

VP spot baby! just needs 8 more years to get known! snooper2 Jun 2016 #45

No, Mr. Pitt. This is not what we are. davidthegnome Jun 2016 #48

The right to own a gun overrides the right to life liberal N proud Jun 2016 #51

k and r niyad Jun 2016 #55

WilliamPitt: Thank You Scruffy Rumbler Jun 2016 #56

It's because noone cares about gun violence anymore unless it occured during mass shooting. MadDAsHell Jun 2016 #57

That is indeed some folks version of freedom. lark Jun 2016 #58

Guns do not keep us "free" any more than . . FairWinds Jun 2016 #59

America is a target-rich environment, and only the Second Amendment is safe. n/t Efilroft Sul Jun 2016 #60