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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 09:10 PM Nov 2017

Do not jump to conclusions about Sutherland Springs [View all]

First, we should consider the possibility that this might have been nothing more than a tragic hunting accident. Many people have guns for hunting; and unfortunately, fatalities do rarely occur as a result of the sport. One balanced response to this problem is to encourage hunters to enroll in voluntary gun safety courses

Another possibility, that has not yet been ruled out by investigators, is that the Sutherland Springs shooter was acting in self-defense. Many people have guns for self-defense; and unfortunately no one is ever safe anywhere from the gangs of criminals who roam our land. A balanced response to this problem is to encourage everyone to stockpile guns and ammunition in their homes and cars. Of course, if a mob at "First Baptist Church" did actually threaten Mr Kelley, we could regard him as a hero for standing his ground

It seems no one has yet asked one of the most important questions: Was Hillary Clinton behind the shooting, hoping to provide an excuse to the crazy evil gun-grabbers? There is also a balanced response to this possibility: lock her up! and be sure to stockpile lots of guns and ammunition in your home and car, to be prepared for all the gun-grabbers roaming our land!





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brilliantly played! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #1
I don't find this one Goddamn bit funny. Paladin Nov 2017 #2
You're absolutely right: it's not funny struggle4progress Nov 2017 #4
And yet you tried to make a joke out of it. mythology Nov 2017 #10
Decades of principled argument has gotten me nowhere on this issue: it's time to fight dirty struggle4progress Nov 2017 #11
Great post malaise Nov 2017 #45
+1000 stonecutter357 Nov 2017 #76
However, the minute anything that Dems do anything that even LOOKS like it MIGHT have been "dirty" ehrnst Nov 2017 #124
Agreed JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #128
Bravo for this post! For those of us sick of the B.S. Greybnk48 Nov 2017 #132
Funny? Your OP wasn't funny. It was sardonic. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2017 #137
That'll get you somewhere.... LanternWaste Nov 2017 #153
Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist Gets Prison Time struggle4progress Nov 2017 #19
These sorts of posts are getting more common. Attention seeking fake posts. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #55
You have to be really clueless to not get the sarcasm. Lighten the fuck up. n/t USALiberal Nov 2017 #80
OP was a pathetic attempt SCantiGOP Nov 2017 #85
OP made a great point. See the Rec count!! n/t USALiberal Nov 2017 #88
Currently this thread has viewed over 5,000 times SCantiGOP Nov 2017 #109
I think it resonates with people who don't know our current gun laws. AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #136
Hello Struggle4progress syringis Nov 2017 #143
oh, je t'ai compris Ligyron Nov 2017 #151
Poor timing onit2day Nov 2017 #149
One woman eight months pregnant killed - cwydro Nov 2017 #7
+1. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #57
Church with about fifty folk attending, almost every single one killed or wounded today struggle4progress Nov 2017 #93
... Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt said about half the victims were children ... struggle4progress Nov 2017 #142
Agreed. Texasgal Nov 2017 #8
But this happens every single week...it is the new normal. Sadly, I'm not even emotional when it adigal Nov 2017 #65
It's still not funny though. Texasgal Nov 2017 #112
Back in the 70s, we regularly read about the latest "worst environmental accident in history" struggle4progress Nov 2017 #117
It's political satire pointed at the politicization of this and other incidents like it. Amimnoch Nov 2017 #28
Are you going to call, write, e-mail your congress people?? Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #50
It's funny how when it's close to home, it's not funny. NNadir Nov 2017 #51
Very well said. pangaia Nov 2017 #89
So those Texans in that church basically got what they deserved? Paladin Nov 2017 #152
No one deserves to be shot at random. NNadir Nov 2017 #154
Snotty brain-dead insults don't bother me, so my chances of having a nice day are pretty good. Paladin Nov 2017 #155
You're welcome, even though we have very NNadir Nov 2017 #156
Good One !! Tiger58 Nov 2017 #60
Many of us have been closely and intimately affected enough Nov 2017 #66
+++++ pangaia Nov 2017 #96
it's not funny..... stonecutter357 Nov 2017 #75
That was satire, different from a joke tavalon Nov 2017 #150
What? SummerSnow Nov 2017 #3
"What's on second" struggle4progress Nov 2017 #120
This is disgusting. 25 people shot dead pintobean Nov 2017 #5
If the NRA won't play by the Marquess of Queensberry rules, then neither should our side struggle4progress Nov 2017 #9
Yes, lets become them. cwydro Nov 2017 #23
Of course...No time for kindness or empathy when there's political wit whathehell Nov 2017 #25
Bingo. cwydro Nov 2017 #30
... Texas attorney general Ken Paxton was quick to push back against calls to curb access to guns .. struggle4progress Nov 2017 #42
Nice to see that Texans continue to focus on the things that truly matter. Crunchy Frog Nov 2017 #116
"I didn't know the gun was loaded" struggle4progress Nov 2017 #118
Texas attorney general: congregations should be armed after church shooting muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #122
There was "wit" here? MousePlayingDaffodil Nov 2017 #78
Guess so.. whathehell Nov 2017 #83
This is vomitus tymorial Nov 2017 #69
"Mocking those who enable psychopathic killers is the same as mocking their victims," struggle4progress Nov 2017 #98
It is not the tragedy itself that is targeted. pangaia Nov 2017 #99
I want to start a Reformed NRA 🔫, RNRA, sort of like the Jews Alice11111 Nov 2017 #94
I don't see it as a joke. Your love of gunz may be affecting your judgement. Hoyt Nov 2017 #54
My love of guns? Back that up, Hoyt. pintobean Nov 2017 #71
Go clutch your pearls somewhere else . stonecutter357 Nov 2017 #77
the "joke" is that this post is exactly how the right wing, the GOP, the NRA, and most of the media ProfessorPlum Nov 2017 #129
You are always on point! JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #6
Nope. Obama. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #12
I thought it was Las Vegas that was Obama's fault struggle4progress Nov 2017 #15
He gets around. They let him out, you know. Lots of free time, now. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #17
I don't think this was meant to make light of the situation... Lisa0825 Nov 2017 #13
+ struggle4progress Nov 2017 #16
. Lisa0825 Nov 2017 #21
Time to demand complete divestment from anything associated with guns. diva77 Nov 2017 #37
Women in the U.S. are too demanding, says NRA spokeswoman klook Nov 2017 #135
+1 ffr Nov 2017 #33
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2017 #38
It was to get attention. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #61
Fake post? Wants attention? Are you kidding me? Have you ever read any of "Struggless" posts. pangaia Nov 2017 #90
Posts have been banned before for such things. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #102
Promoting kooky or fake theories....it's a reality-based forum. pangaia Nov 2017 #106
The New Normal of Mass Shootings struggle4progress Nov 2017 #110
EXACTLY !! kacekwl Nov 2017 #64
It is so sad some here are too clueless to understand this! n/t USALiberal Nov 2017 #81
Yes it is. pangaia Nov 2017 #91
+1 treestar Nov 2017 #125
I am not reading this OP as a joke (as others have) about the tragedy nadine_mn Nov 2017 #14
I agree...n/t bluecollar2 Nov 2017 #18
I agree uppityperson Nov 2017 #24
Exactly Metatron Nov 2017 #34
Me neither, it's sad commentary of guns in our society. Hoyt Nov 2017 #59
Absolutely . It is brilliant. pangaia Nov 2017 #92
I read this as a sad commentary on the multitudes of excuses that are used when these events happen Horse with no Name Nov 2017 #20
Exactly ..... BigOleDummy Nov 2017 #48
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #22
I clicked on this thread preparing to tear you a new one IronLionZion Nov 2017 #26
I don't think the OP is mocking the dead, murielm99 Nov 2017 #27
How, pray tell, is that a bright side? cwydro Nov 2017 #36
Oh, please. murielm99 Nov 2017 #40
I sure hope so. cwydro Nov 2017 #46
Unfucking believable is it not ! pangaia Nov 2017 #100
Disgusting... sarisataka Nov 2017 #29
Don't take Kleenex to a gunfight struggle4progress Nov 2017 #43
There you go again, criticizing those who don't share your love for guns. Hoyt Nov 2017 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author pintobean Nov 2017 #70
I criticize those who belittle the victims sarisataka Nov 2017 #72
The news about Devin P. Kelley was that he was disciplined by the Air Force ffr Nov 2017 #31
... Kelley .. in 2012 .. was .. sentenced to a year in military prison for assaulting his wife struggle4progress Nov 2017 #140
K&R. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2017 #32
Briliant s4p spanone Nov 2017 #35
K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2017 #39
He Could've Discovered a Secret Cell Planning Wal-Mart FEMA Camps in Texas too Stallion Nov 2017 #41
I'm getting tired of these "gotcha" posts that are sarcastic w/o identifying themselves as such. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #44
Spoon-feeding has its limitations struggle4progress Nov 2017 #47
Ha ha, you have more patience than I pangaia Nov 2017 #101
Nonsense Boomer Nov 2017 #58
A fake post identifies itself as such. The reason you don't do that.... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #62
Bull. That's all I can say. pangaia Nov 2017 #103
I made my point. The post was wrong in not flagging itself as a fake post in a reality based forum. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #105
If it's so obvious, why not flag it? pangaia Nov 2017 #108
surely beats the hell out of thoughts and prayers. Scruffy1 Nov 2017 #87
Seemed kind of obvious. But, maybe you haven't seen a thousand BS posts Hoyt Nov 2017 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author ChubbyStar Nov 2017 #73
Common sense should identify it! n/t USALiberal Nov 2017 #82
your faux outrage is amusing ProfessorPlum Nov 2017 #130
Can anyone explain this thread? Not Ruth Nov 2017 #49
Someone who wanted people to read a joke post, but didn't do what you're supposed to do... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #53
When Dylan Roof killed those churchfolk, NRA gun supporters tried to blame the churchfolk for not ar keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #52
NRA official blames slain South Carolina pastor for Charleston church shooting struggle4progress Nov 2017 #56
+1 JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #127
I interpret this post as exactly what some HOUSE REPUBLICANS might be rationalizing. Chipper Chat Nov 2017 #67
I think you've got it . . . Sam McGee Nov 2017 #74
K&R stonecutter357 Nov 2017 #79
Excellent post JusticeForAll Nov 2017 #84
K&R. obnoxiousdrunk Nov 2017 #86
I read many of your posts and rarely say anything. But they are impressive. pangaia Nov 2017 #95
All the brouhaha about this post is misguided, I think. RoBear Nov 2017 #97
Onion? What Onion? This is probably from the NRA and GOP web site. n/t SpankMe Nov 2017 #104
Weve heard them all...all the NRA talking points, Lars39 Nov 2017 #107
Not Funny, how's this for not funny humbled_opinion Nov 2017 #111
Seems the TX Lt Gov aims to play it as a school-prayer and war-on-Christmas story struggle4progress Nov 2017 #114
Great post oswaldactedalone Nov 2017 #113
I've been offline today. There's been another one? Crunchy Frog Nov 2017 #115
One-A-Day Multiple Shootings struggle4progress Nov 2017 #119
Maybe it was a false flag with crisis actors tulipsandroses Nov 2017 #121
TRASHED. You flunked out on sarcasm. DinahMoeHum Nov 2017 #123
Not funny Watchfoxheadexplodes Nov 2017 #126
I got your sarcasm.... mikeysnot Nov 2017 #131
Excellent. The problem satirizing the right... TrogL Nov 2017 #133
If Stephen Colbert delivered this in his opening monologue... Efilroft Sul Nov 2017 #134
Colbert would not have done this. If he made any satirical reference he would have prefaced it. 58Sunliner Nov 2017 #146
Colbert was just an example; it could be any comedian, really. Efilroft Sul Nov 2017 #147
Could this one be missing the :sarcasm: footnote? calimary Nov 2017 #138
All of your satirical points are billh58 Nov 2017 #139
'Domestic situation' linked to Texas church massacre struggle4progress Nov 2017 #141
you have anticipatede each of their "arguments" brilliantly. niyad Nov 2017 #144
Using a pile of dead bodies for humor isn't humor, it's a sign of sickness. 58Sunliner Nov 2017 #145
Its SATIRE, the written equivalent of a biting political cartoon... VOX Nov 2017 #148
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