tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post8464692214332568040..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Charles Blow Visits a Gun ShowGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37951760795860137952015-12-16T18:57:14.980-05:002015-12-16T18:57:14.980-05:00What a shaking coward they are, when they think th...What a shaking coward they are, when they think that line about bible and guns is "paranoid". It is no where near close, but to a shaking coward, it must appear to be the height of fashionable fear. Projecting their own flaws and livestock traits unto the rest of humanity, especially the upper 10 and 3 %, is truly worthy of contempt.<br /><br />When they are given the order by the Islamic divine authority and by their Leftist God king to turn in their brothers, what will they do then... betray their blood and fellows for silver coins or be branded an Islamophobe and thus heretic and apostate of their own religious fanaticism.<br />Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5993684343452897182015-12-15T10:15:14.962-05:002015-12-15T10:15:14.962-05:00That would be because he confuses the "gun lo...<i>That would be because he confuses the "gun lobby" with some faceless sinister organization rather than what it is. A collection of the very same people he thought were nice and personable.</i><br /><br />Exactly right. The NRA is just that part of its several million members who show up at the conference to make decisions. They're the same folks who go to gun shows. Ordinary, decent, friendly Americans for the most part. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-33049332155678758202015-12-15T09:03:52.843-05:002015-12-15T09:03:52.843-05:00I thought it was charming how unselfconsciously he...<i>I thought it was charming how unselfconsciously he slipped from celebrating discourse that doesn't attempt to demonize to "the gun lobby poisons..."</i><br /><br />That would be because he confuses the "gun lobby" with some faceless sinister organization rather than what it is. A collection of the very same people he thought were nice and personable. It's true pretty much everywhere. Gun owners can be reasonable, responsible, likeable, but that damned NRA!!! They're a evil consortium of baby murderers who just want to enrich the gun manufacturers.<br /><br />No you blinkered idiots! The NRA IS those very same good people. That's who it belongs to, and represents.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-24713725801874360812015-12-14T22:36:18.686-05:002015-12-14T22:36:18.686-05:00I noted the same as both of you. "I'm goi...I noted the same as both of you. "I'm going to throw a few insults at you, then we will sit down and have a reasonable discussion."<br /><br />At the moment, it's the best we can get, so I nod in his direction. But I don't tip my hat.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90834185398756629832015-12-14T19:11:37.084-05:002015-12-14T19:11:37.084-05:00I thought it was charming how unselfconsciously he...I thought it was charming how unselfconsciously he slipped from celebrating discourse that doesn't attempt to demonize to "the gun lobby poisons...".<br /><br />But at least he could go to the gun show and see the people for the smiling, happy, decent folk that they were. That's something, even if it's far from everything. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81517073220960178152015-12-14T18:40:27.118-05:002015-12-14T18:40:27.118-05:00The gun lobby poisons these conversations. It pump...<i>The gun lobby poisons these conversations. It pumps out and promotes a never-ending stream of worst-case scenarios until it builds a level of fear and paranoia that only profits gun makers and grinds all progress to a halt.<br /><br />Indeed, the Austin Highway Gun Show itself published on its Facebook page on Dec. 9 an image of a gun and a Bible with the caption: “History has shown that these are the first two things banned by totalitarian governments.”</i><br /><br />For all the talk about "fear and paranoia," the claim “History has shown that these are the first two things[guns, bible]banned by totalitarian governments" is more accurate than not accurate. <br /><br />So making factual statements constitutes "fear and paranoia." Sounds like a lefty to me.Gringonoreply@blogger.com