When is this site going to be renamed GU?

[valerief]

You know, Gun Universe.

It sure seems like it should be based on all the gun spam.

[elleng]

1. Normal response to disaster

by caring people.
Will see how this week goes.

[valerief]

2. Gun love is a normal response to disaster? nt

[elleng]

8. You misunderstand.

My point is that constant discussion/debate about guns/2d amd etc is a normal response to a disaster such as occurred in Aurora. Some love, some hate, all concerned.

[onehandle]

3. Events like these draw it out of the Gungeon.

I'm glad we can hide the crap within that room from view in DU3.

[valerief]

4. I have the gungeon hidden. The gun spam is in GD. nt

[AtheistCrusader]

18. That 'spam' isn't initiated by 'pro gun' posters.

So, meh. You can hide a thread now on DU3 if it offends you so much.

[patrice]

28. I'm not sure that we know that. You know what agitprop is? DU is a good stage. All

hooked up to social software.

Pro-gun types are hyper-reactive; nothing easier than putting on a little show, The Boogey-man Is Coming To Get All of Your Guns, everybody gets a buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz on, your favorite SuperPAC and gun merchants get a windfall$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[AtheistCrusader]

29. Yeah, except MOST of the posters starting these threads with the incredibly flawed ideas

and claims, have been doing it for years. They seem pretty active across the board, so if they are agents provovateur to start stupid shitty anti-gun threads, they are so good as to be indistinguisable from the real thing. Meaning, just as effective.

[patrice]

30. I'm not sure why having been around for a while would disqualify them as agitprop.

It would actually make them the most qualified to engage that role, because they're properly positioned for it.

Yes, some gun control advocates are authentic, but it doesn't take many of the intolerant sort to set things off, especially with well researched memes.

[AtheistCrusader]

33. I'll keep that in mind.

I wish there were better ways to know for sure. I'd hate to think we've been wasting our time arguing with muppets.

I may be 'pro-gun' in some senses, but I am willing to work on legislation that actually keeps guns out of the hands of dangerous actors.

[aikoaiko]

6. Hide it? You're into it up to your neck.

You revel in name calling and perjoratives and you feign that you hide the gungeon?

[flvegan]

5. Shortly after being renamed EtPBU.

You know, Execute the Pit Bulls Underground.

Just to make it a little more happy and familiar to you, and your spam.

[Go Vols]

7. +1

[liberalmuse]

9. I'm over it.

So over it that I'm going to need a GU break here before I get myself banned going off on another gun lover.

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. What, exactly, is a "gun lover"?

Please elaborate..

Thanks in advance,

Ghost

[DisgustipatedinCA]

14. Typically, someone who asks a Question like yours

[Ghost in the Machine]

15. I'm sorry, I was seeking an intelligent reply... care to try again?

If not, please move along and make room for more intelligent discussion on this subject...

Thanks,

Ghost

[Recovered Repug]

23. As near as I can tell,

it's someone who knows there are 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. ... care to try again?

Why?

Wasn't that funny enough for you?

[valerief]

32. +1000

[gtar100]

21. Typically a derrogatory label for gun owners who, in the eyes of the speaker, exhibit more concern

for their right to own guns than respect or concern for life - human or otherwise. Like any label, it can be misused, misinterpreted, and incorrectly applied. Or it may be a label that fits a person to a T. In the literal sense, it may be used to describe someone who enjoys guns as a hobby or sport. But in a political arena, that's not usually what is meant. That's just my opinion as I do not work for Merriam or Webster.

[Skittles]

31. SORRY GTAR100

that response will go WAY OVER a gun nut's head; get ready for a BARRAGE of NRA talking points

[Ghost in the Machine]

36. Thank you for a well thought out and reasonable answer...

It's refreshing to see, instead of the snark that has become all too common around here...

Peace,

Ghost

[TransitJohn]

10. DU has a long history of histrionics when anything of national import occurs. eom

n/t

[patrice]

26. true

[limpyhobbler]

11. Tired of all the gun posts, from both sides. It's clogging up everything.

Can't get my DU fix on properly.

[just1voice]

12. I thought it was MRC, MittRomneyCentral?

Some days half the posts are pure conservative agitprop.

[Kennah]

27. I tend to view that positively, since it's likely a sign of GOP desperation

[bluedigger]

16. Flags return to full staff sunset Wednesday.

That's my over/under.

[dougolat]

17. Picture this: We all clank around in $20,000 of weapons and armor!

The off-shore tax avoidance treasury can fund that a few dozen times!

[AtheistCrusader]

19. 20k? Stop reading Natural News.

Those people are idiots.

[Canuckistanian]

20. Would that make us GUers?

[a2liberal]

22. I've been seeing a LOT more anti-gun than pro-gun on the front page (n/t)

[Steven Dziedzic]

25. BUMPS

I very much agree with your point of view

[A Simple Game]

34. They come roaring out of the gungeon just like they are the reserves, don't they?

I can think of 4 posters that must have upped their post count by 3 or 4 hundred over the weekend with their rehearsed and canned responses.

They will not debate, they just ignore any questions, misdirect, or just plain belittle those they oppose.

[L0oniX]

35. No one trys to promote guns in GD but many try to insult those DU members that own guns and...

use what ever the latest gun tragedy is to vent their anti gun view. So the one side takes over GD for their view and attacks any DU member who says anything contrary. Not a few of us would like GD to be about everything and not just anti gun rants.