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baldguy

(36,649 posts)
68. You object to having the ugly truth of your words exposed.
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 09:57 PM
Jun 2016

But you're perfectly happy putting the lies of the RW fascist terrorist NRA in the mouths of the people who are exposing the truth.

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Guns are the tools of our oppression & subjugation. baldguy Jun 2016 #1
The same is true of the party which traditionally defended pipoman Jun 2016 #2
And what rights would that be? liberal N proud Jun 2016 #3
The right to due process. hack89 Jun 2016 #4
As far as I know, we still have due process liberal N proud Jun 2016 #5
In the context of the terror watch lists and the ability to buy guns hack89 Jun 2016 #6
Does the no fly list bother you, did it bother you before guns were mentioned? XRubicon Jun 2016 #21
Just like you, I was appalled at the Patriot Act hack89 Jun 2016 #25
So the no fly list needs to go too right? XRubicon Jun 2016 #26
Only if we can't fix it. nt hack89 Jun 2016 #29
It is beyond fixing sarisataka Jun 2016 #31
It bothered me then. It bothers me now, that it has expanded as predicted. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #56
The new RW talking point is that sensible & rational gun laws take away "due process" baldguy Jun 2016 #7
Since a vast majority of those deaths are suicides, what role would due process play? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #8
As if suicides are less dead than the others... baldguy Jun 2016 #9
No they are not less dead. Do you know what due process is? Is that why you can't answer? aikoaiko Jun 2016 #10
Do you understand that it has nothing to do with due process? baldguy Jun 2016 #11
I never knew sarisataka Jun 2016 #12
The ACLU certainly isn't liberal or progressive in any stretch of the imagination. baldguy Jun 2016 #13
Oh that nasty freedom of speech sarisataka Jun 2016 #32
You mean people who actually have principles, and stick by them? You should learn something from em. X_Digger Jun 2016 #35
People who put their "principles" ahead of people's lives. baldguy Jun 2016 #39
Yeah, you would put "principles" in quotes, wouldn't you? X_Digger Jun 2016 #40
For principles to of any value you have to understand the **REASON** they exist. baldguy Jun 2016 #41
Yes, Mr. Orwell, Principles = Authoritarianism. X_Digger Jun 2016 #42
From someone who thinks the country's founders would condone mass murder as a civil right baldguy Jun 2016 #43
Oh look, you know how to stuff a straw man. Or did you buy it pre-stuffed? X_Digger Jun 2016 #45
You still can't recognize the Constitution when you see it. baldguy Jun 2016 #46
Like the right of free speech? Do I need to quote you above? X_Digger Jun 2016 #48
Your "principles" allow people to be killed unnessesarily. baldguy Jun 2016 #53
Again with the quotes? We get it, you don't have any principles of your own. X_Digger Jun 2016 #55
The "principles" you so judicially champion aren't principles at all. baldguy Jun 2016 #58
Nice red herring. We get it, there is no principle you won't throw away. X_Digger Jun 2016 #59
30,000+ gun deaths in America every year, and we're not supposed to be emotional? baldguy Jun 2016 #60
How do you think we got the patriot act in the first place? Fucking duh. X_Digger Jun 2016 #61
We got the Patriot Act by giving into unthinking, irrational fear, baldguy Jun 2016 #62
Emotional twaddle without principle led to the Patriot act. X_Digger Jun 2016 #63
A truly principled person would see innocents slaughtered & do everything they can to stop it. baldguy Jun 2016 #64
I see knee-jerk legislation (Patriot Act) as emotional twaddle. Your kind of thinking, dear. X_Digger Jun 2016 #65
You see human compassion and empathy as "emotional twaddle" baldguy Jun 2016 #66
Keep your fingers out of my mouth- my words come out just fine. X_Digger Jun 2016 #67
You object to having the ugly truth of your words exposed. baldguy Jun 2016 #68
No, it's called a straw man-- you're arguing with things you wish I'd said. X_Digger Jun 2016 #69
Is it any less fascist to push secret watch lists and the denial of due process? Marengo Jun 2016 #14
Fascism is subjecting people to physical harm & death as a way of inducing fear. baldguy Jun 2016 #15
It's also a fascist tactic to deprive people of legal rights, but I think you are okay with that. Marengo Jun 2016 #16
What legal rights? To be able to kill as many human beings as you can as quickly as possible? baldguy Jun 2016 #17
Is this some sort of performance routine? Due process, if you haven't been keeping up, Marengo Jun 2016 #18
The issue is guns. Weapons of mass murder - in the hands of demonstrably irresponsible people. baldguy Jun 2016 #24
So, you will be out protesting the no fly list? XRubicon Jun 2016 #23
Are you supporting the no fly list and the denial of due process? Marengo Jun 2016 #50
Jeezuz...really? LOL pipoman Jun 2016 #47
You're right. The NRA and the gun nuts that support their goals are fascist terrorists. baldguy Jun 2016 #52
Why are you concerned about due process now? the no fly list has been around for years. XRubicon Jun 2016 #22
The better question is why after sarisataka Jun 2016 #27
Sorry... no. XRubicon Jun 2016 #28
No what? sarisataka Jun 2016 #30
I don't see you in any of those posts XRubicon Jun 2016 #33
I will await your apology sarisataka Jun 2016 #34
Sorry. XRubicon Jun 2016 #36
Whether you believe me or not sarisataka Jun 2016 #38
Many suicides are by overdoses. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #51
Yes, let's treat guns more like prescription drugs! baldguy Jun 2016 #54
Thank you for self identifying. XRubicon Jun 2016 #20
LOL pipoman Jun 2016 #44
LOL @ U XRubicon Jun 2016 #49
Amen to that! Initech Jun 2016 #19
... ailsagirl Jun 2016 #37
Glad no Democrats support the Terror Watch List's end-around of the 5th. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #57
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