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MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:09 AM Apr 2013

We're surrounded by idiots.

Last edited Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Had a customer tell me he's sure that the Boston Marathon attack, (and the 2 as of yet unsubstantiated reports of a bomb found in Miami and one in Key West) are proof that the govt. is behind it so they can take away our guns.

It was all I could do not to laugh in his face as I told him that is completely ridiculous.
I did kinda chuckle a bit though.

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We're surrounded by idiots. (Original Post) MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 OP
Seems like freedom of the press isn't necessary when such levels of misinformation can be uponit7771 Apr 2013 #1
Tell him... CJCRANE Apr 2013 #2
The same morons sharp_stick Apr 2013 #3
Ain't that the sad truth? MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 #4
It's like what my Mom used to say newfie11 Apr 2013 #5
Like this? DetlefK Apr 2013 #6
Yup, lol MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 #7
If one thing is for sure after this week, it's that the conspiracy theorists who bushisanidiot Apr 2013 #8
Indeed. MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 #9
It must really hurt to be that stupid. lpbk2713 Apr 2013 #10
It may have been at one time. MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 #11
People like that should have their driving privileges taken away. Cleita Apr 2013 #12
Sad, but true. A mainstream media created idiocracy. nt Zorra Apr 2013 #13
We dismiss these kinds of remarks at our peril. Laelth Apr 2013 #14
Nope. Sorry, I can't let shit like that go unridiculed. MynameisBlarney Apr 2013 #15
Yeah. Like the time the Pentagon wanted to shoot down an American airliner and blame Castro. Octafish Apr 2013 #16
Hate to have to tell ya, Myrina Apr 2013 #17

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
1. Seems like freedom of the press isn't necessary when such levels of misinformation can be
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:10 AM
Apr 2013

...desiminated from such few sources.

Bring back the fairness doctrine...

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
3. The same morons
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:19 AM
Apr 2013

I'm sure that are certain that Obama either ordered the Newtown massacre of little kids or simply faked it to gin up anti-gun fever in a preliminary step to take away guns.

The level of stupid and certifiable crazy among these nutjobs is something else.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
8. If one thing is for sure after this week, it's that the conspiracy theorists who
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:46 AM
Apr 2013

hate the government are seriously mentally ill and should not own weapons.

Too many of those idiots are on the verge of creating self-fulfilling prophecies,
ready and willing to go out in a blaze of glory to stick it to the big bad
government..

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)
9. Indeed.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:54 AM
Apr 2013

You are quite correct.
They just don't have the mental capacity to recognize that all this crazy shit they're doing to try to keep their guns is extremely counterproductive to their "cause".

The NRA may have won this battle, but the war is far from over.

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)
11. It may have been at one time.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:27 PM
Apr 2013

But I think they've either developed an immunity....or they have become masochists.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. People like that should have their driving privileges taken away.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:28 PM
Apr 2013

I don't think they are mentally competent to drive.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
14. We dismiss these kinds of remarks at our peril.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:40 PM
Apr 2013

A good number of people believe things like this. Telling them they are wrong accomplishes nothing.

-Laelth

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)
15. Nope. Sorry, I can't let shit like that go unridiculed.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:23 PM
Apr 2013

Even if said ridicule is subtle.

No, I think they've been spouting their ridiculous bullshit unchecked for entirely too long now.

Everyone should call them out at every opportunity.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
16. Yeah. Like the time the Pentagon wanted to shoot down an American airliner and blame Castro.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:40 PM
Apr 2013

Operation NORTHWOODS.

Which isn't as bad as the time the Pentagon and CIA recommended to JFK we launch an all-out nuclear attack on the USSR in Fall of 1963.



We used to talk about misplaced authority a lot on DU, before it became de rigueur to side with plausible deniability.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
17. Hate to have to tell ya,
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 03:43 PM
Apr 2013

... But there's a fair amount of dyed-in-the-wool tinfoilers around here, too.

Our side is no saner than the other, for the most part.

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