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Hoyt

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19. Truthfully, I can probably live with people having a gun or two AT HOME for

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 31, 2017, 09:56 AM

Aug 2017

hunting and self-defense (if they are irrationally afraid). But toting in public, amassing a cache of guns and accessories like body armor that even some of our Gungeoneers seem to need, is kind of out there and a danger to society. Don't you think?

This kind of crap needs to end --

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Should we coddle angry white men or tell them the truth? [View all] egbertowillies Aug 2017 OP

I think when they whine about their poor pitiful plight, we tell them to STFU and Hoyt Aug 2017 #1

You advocate disarming people based on race and gender? Marengo Aug 2017 #6

I disagree with Hoyt strongly on this issue... GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #10

Truthfully, I can probably live with people having a gun or two AT HOME for Hoyt Aug 2017 #19

I advocate disarming militias, Klansmen, white wing racists who are majority of gun fanciers in this Hoyt Aug 2017 #11

Does that include armed organizations such as the Huey Newton Gun Club, John Brown Gun Club, etc.? Marengo Aug 2017 #17

Marengo, those groups pale in size to all the white wingers who covet gunz, and you know it. Hoyt Aug 2017 #18

You didn't answer the question. Try again, yes or no only please. Marengo Aug 2017 #20

It can be frustrating when context and nuance deny the mental simplicity of only yes or no. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #24

Your lack of a reply to post #20 is rather suspicious. Why are you avoiding answering? Are you... Marengo Aug 2017 #29

+++++++++++ HAB911 Aug 2017 #21

How are they going to prove they are better than everybody else if they don't have their Aristus Aug 2017 #25

I've given this a lot of thought MosheFeingold Aug 2017 #2

Hard truth... Blue_Tires Aug 2017 #3

What you said 100% brush Aug 2017 #27

It doesn't matter what you do maxsolomon Aug 2017 #4

Wow really? cwydro Aug 2017 #5

Everything about our society's status quo has been established to coddle white males. Baitball Blogger Aug 2017 #7

Close MosheFeingold Aug 2017 #8

From a minority stand-point, based on the color of our skin, our perceptions may lend themselves Baitball Blogger Aug 2017 #15

Bingo! nt MrScorpio Aug 2017 #9

As a sterotypical supposed Trump supporter... GulfCoast66 Aug 2017 #12

Spot on. The task is to get them to see they're in the same exploited boat as the rest of us. brush Aug 2017 #28

The entirety of contemporary politics is about coddling angry white men BainsBane Aug 2017 #13

Outstanding Post, BB!!! ProfessorGAC Aug 2017 #22

Brava! KitSileya Aug 2017 #23

Wrong word, 'coddle' Maeve Aug 2017 #14

I wish I could find it now. There was a panel on a TV show about a decade ago ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #16

"THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH' Motley13 Aug 2017 #26

Well, if we'd stop coddling them by telling them lies... Orsino Aug 2017 #30