Arkansas Rep's offensive Boston tweet going viral

[Cannikin]

And I wouldn't mind giving it a little help. He's a pig who's literally married to Koch money. His wife works for AFP. Feel free to give him a shout.

[Marrah_G]

1. We don't have to cower. We have good, well paid UNION, socialist cops.

He is such as idiot. Not once have I heard someone say " I wish I had a gun or I'm glad I have a gun" because we are an educated town, Mr. person from Arkansas.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Well said!

Go Boston!

[NotThisTime]

24. +10000

[Marrah_G]

54. I am a SHE... and you are a moron.

I am very confident about the police in my city. This situation will be resolved by law enforcement, not by idiots running around with guns shooting at things.

[premium]

61. Seems MIRT took care of that obvious RW Troll.

And you're right, this will be solved by LE, not private citizens running around with firearms.

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. Someone PLEASE show me ONE INSTANCE

of someone armed with an AR-15 who did ANY good under circumstances like this.

PLEASE.

Fuck you, Nate Bell. Crawl back under your WalMart-subsidized rock and listen to the banjos strumming.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Boston isn't REAL 'Murka. Buncha unarmed sissies.

[Arugula Latte]

7. Yeah, like that cop who was killed last night ... Oh, wait ...

[TwilightGardener]

16. Goes to show, even when armed, it doesn't do much good if you're ambushed or outgunned.

And unless you're insanely paranoid, you've got to let your gun and your guard down sometimes.

[Enrique]

4. not offensive, imo

just dumb and wrong and completely unconvincing.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Okay, admittedly, this is superficial and inappropriate because it is about appearance, BUT

why is it that so many of these rightwing Republican "tough guy" dudes have fetus faces?

[louis-t]

8. Jeez, you could show a movie on his forehead.

[ChangeUp106]

9. Closet

You get the idea

[scarletwoman]

20. "Closet"??

No, I DON'T "get the idea". How about you spell it out.

[antigone382]

29. I was Juror #4.

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Do we really need this homophobic shit?

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[CBGLuthier]

37. Wow Juror Number Six seems to be lacking something

Common Sense?

[Fearless]

51. Really?

Grow up.

[sharp_stick]

14. LOL My first thought as well n/t

[TwilightGardener]

18. That's a fivehead.

[pnwest]

23. lmao!!!!!!!!

[Ikonoklast]

30. That's not a forehead, that's big enough to be a fivehead.

[Cannikin]

10. I've always thought he looks like...

He should have Carrie Fisher on a chain feeding him frogs in his palace.

[bullwinkle428]

22. Holy shit!! He looks like the love child of Rush Limbaugh and Alfred E. Newman!

[Brickbat]

26. Fetus faces! OMG.

You just made my freaking day.

[ThoughtCriminal]

32. Your Delta Tau Chi name is...

Flounder.

[TolerantTom]

40. Why do you make fun?

If you make of fun of this man's face then I would hate to know how far you'd go mocking down's syndrome children or disfigured war veterans. Remember... he was born this way, right?

[colorado_ufo]

52. Good point. However,

he was not born with that false smile. That tooks years of practice. And his terrible attitude and outlook and insensitivity will influence the impression of what people see, when they look at him.

Old proverb: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

[AgingAmerican]

80. He WAS born with the Stacked Forehead

Shame on you!

[HangOnKids]

60. Because down syndrome kids and disfigured vets have so much in common with this jerk?

Exactly what is your point?

[TolerantTom]

74. My point is......

For anybody to sit back and make fun of somebody's appearance is very shallow, don't you think? It's just the way that he was born. I remember kids acting like this on the playground but I thought that it would end when we all grew up.

[HangOnKids]

76. But you included disfigured vets in your screed

They were not born that way were they?

[Mariana]

45. Their brains haven't finished developing. nt.

[AAO]

62. When your brain doesn't fully develop it affects the entire head.

[Baitball Blogger]

71. There's a special effect feature on Apple Laptops that can morph your head that way.

[lastlib]

73. I would call that a feces face.....personally..........

[ChangeUp106]

6. Coward

You know that guy has a house full of guns because he is the biggest coward P.O.S. there is

[MadrasT]

11. Dear Nate: Shut up you pigheaded fuck. n/t

[Rex]

12. What a fucking idiot.

Whoever started this meme that liberals don't own guns, is a stupid fucking idiot.

[47of74]

15. FUCK YOU NATE BELL

[sabrina 1]

17. Probably 0. They were waiting for the Cavalry from the Right Wing nut jobs with all thos AR-15s with

hi-capacity magazines.

But they never showed up.

I wonder how many were cowering with their weapons as far, far away as possible from Boston.

What happened to Boston's heavily-armed right wing militias?? Did they leave??

Looks like we're still waiting!

[City Lights]

19. A NAMGLA douchebag. nt

[earthside]

21. Basically using the terrorists as 'props' ...

... what a hypocrite.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

25. It must be awful being as deprived of freedom as a lot of these people

They rant about "GUBMENT!!!!!!!!!!!" depiriving people of their Ahmeerkatian freedumm, yet who do you think lives the more relaxed, paranoia-free life? The average New Yorker or Bostonian or one who just cannot get through a single day without a finger on (or fingering) their assault rifle or stewing over some sort of nefarious plot to introduce a fully functional health care system?

[sandmann]

33. I guarantee

that I live a more relaxed, paranoia-free life than the average New Yorker or Bostonian.

Do you seriously believe gun owners sit around "fingering" their weapons all day long?

[Mutiny In Heaven]

46. That's not what I said, is it?

I presume that you are not a right-wing kook in constant fear of losing his guns / corporate health care to THE GOVERNMENT!!!!! Or, in other words, the Republican base.

It's quite possible to be a gun owner from Kentucky who believes in sensible precautions and doesn't exist under the cloud of a great big liberal conspiracy.

[sandmann]

55. Meh

You said "a lot of these people."
I don't know anything about this guy other than that he appears to support the 2nd Amendment, so I figured you were talking about everybody who supports the 2nd Amendment.

He of course is wrong in using hyperbole to put those who disagree with him in a negative light though. Don't you?

[AsahinaKimi]

27. The responses to his tweet

Are filled with "win". I am so glad people are against this.

https://twitter.com/NateBell4AR/status/325238796079747072

[Ilsa]

63. To Nate: "You're like the gestalt of an overflowing

toilet and a bag of dicks."

"I think Nate is joking. No one is actually that stupid."

"How much lead paint did you huff today before you decided to write this tweet?"

[Boomerproud]

87. I'm sure he had no idea what the word "gestalt" means.

Must have made his little head hurt.

[Ilsa]

88. I doubt he can pronounce it, either. nt

[PD Turk]

28. Heh

I have an friend up there who could be considered a "Boston Liberal'. Talked to him this morning and he said he had his 12ga pump shotgun at the ready in case the asshole busted through his door. As usual these assholes have no idea who or what they are talking about.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

42. Nice thing about a shotgun...

A missed round doesn't travel a mile before going through a wall to kill a little girl at the diner table.

[mac56]

66. Plus in many (not all) cases

Simply the sound of pumping a shotgun is a sufficient deterrent.

[PD Turk]

67. exactly

and a load of #4 to the chest of the attacker coming through the door?

he's just as dead

[Spitfire of ATJ]

70. Aiming for the crotch is more intimidating.

[PD Turk]

75. damn

you're a sadist!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

77. In Michigan I hung out with the UAW and Teamsters.

[PD Turk]

78. My Dad and Uncle were both Teamsters

A couple of tough as nails old school SOBs

[Spitfire of ATJ]

81. Exactly. That's why I'm a classic Blue Collar Democrat...

And get sick of Republicans acting like they are the party defending the concept of working for a living.

As if Liberal = Welfare.

[PD Turk]

83. me too

I come from a line of proud FDR Democrats, we take "New Dealer" as a compliment

[Spitfire of ATJ]

84. That's why I like Mike Malloy too.

[ZRT2209]

31. too bad closed minds don't come with closed mouths

[ehrnst]

34. I wonder how many Boston Conservatives spent the night...

relieved that their tax dollars paid for the first responders at the bombing, and the ones narrowing the net around the second suspect?

[tanyev]

65. +1000

Tax dollars well spent.

[lpbk2713]

35. Maybe he's the type that has to keep looking over his shoulder.

Or checks under his bed before he goes nitey nite.

But I'm not. Never have been.

What a nut case.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Unfortunately, Mr. Nate Bell is unarmed in a battle of wits. In modern life

Unfortunately, Mr. Nate Bell is unarmed in a battle of wits.

In modern life, battles of wits are more common and more important than the rare bizarre terrorist shootout.

[The Wizard]

38. He's a jerkoff (NT)

[JI7]

39. Stupid Fucking Asshole, does he know there are people going after the terrorists with access

to even more powerful weapons if they need ?

just an example of the ignorance of the Gun Nuts. thinking they can be the hero to save the day. fucking dumb fuck.

[Shankapotomus]

43. What a way to represent the American people

To laugh at more than half of them in a moment of crisis.

What an idiot.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

44. I wonder how many wish these guys didn't have easy access to guns.

[Fearless]

47. None. We don't clutch for guns.

I will be extremely happy however when the likes of YOU don't have them.

[Buzz Clik]

48. The answer to his question is "close to zero"

It is amazing to me how some of these knuckledragging jackasses extend their states of abject fear onto everyone else.

"I don't want guns in my classroom."

"What are you afraid of?"

"Afraid? Me? I'm not the one who wants a gun."

[MsPithy]

49. How does a fucking AR-15 protect you from a bomb?

Has to be one of the dumbest gun-fetishist comments ever! As a matter of fact, the refusal of the gun-fetishists to allow background checks, means all the terrorists can legally buy whatever guns they desire.

[Skittles]

50. ONLY COWARDS CLUTCH THEIR AR-15s

FUCK OFF NATE - what a DISGUSTING piece of SHIT

[yourout]

53. That's really disgusting.

What a piece of shit.

[Initech]

56. What a truly heartless piece of crap.

[Lucky Luciano]

57. Impossible for me to be offended by a white trash redneck that is way beneath me. nt

[MADem]

58. What a shitheel. nt

[MissNostalgia]

59. Who, right after a tragedy wants to add to the carnage?

REPUBLICANS!!

[Iliyah]

64. I'm pretty sure without his guns, i.e.

AR-15, he would be cowering in his home as well and behind body guards. Even with many assault weapons, he would be cowering. Ya'see, he thinks he is so tough, but without them, he's nothing but a scared little tiny man. FU. MA is strong with or w/o guns.

[gollygee]

68. It's one teenager, not the zombie apocolypse

How high a capacity magazine does one need to protect one's home from one kid?

[Baitball Blogger]

69. If he thinks that there are no Liberals who are pro Second Amendment, he

needs to spend some time on DU.

[Cali_Democrat]

72. This coward goes to bed at night hugging and caressing his AR-15

Like so many gun nuts.

[Tanuki]

79. Charles Pearce re-tweeted it in his Esquire blog,

which is worth checking out for the comments alone:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/arkansas-state-rep-on-boston-041913

[WorseBeforeBetter]

85. So that mouthy hick apologized for the "poor timing" of his Tweet? Fuck him.

Always a non-apology apology from these assholes.

Love Pierce... thanks for posting.

[AgingAmerican]

82. Here is his email

Let him know what you think of his cruel cowardly comment.

[e-mail]

[cry baby]

86. Thank you. I emailed him. Grrrrrrrrr! nt

[calimary]

89. Thanks. That was disgraceful, and utterly UNAMERICAN.

Kick 'em when they're down, eh, hot stuff? Wow, does THAT make you look good.

NOT!!!!!!

Here's my email:

That was the most disgraceful, reprehensible, heartless, mean-spirited, cowardly, ill-informed, UN-Christian, and downright UN-American thing to say or tweet or even think - about your fellow countrymen in crisis. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!! And shame on whoever brought you up to post horrible things like that! As a mom, I know it always traces back to the parents and the upbringing.

I feel dreadfully sorry for the unfortunate people of Arkansas. You make them ALL look bad.

But I do thank you for being so public with your true feelings. It lets EVERYBODY know what human vermin you are.

And btw, your "apology" does not clean this stain off your soul. You're only apologizing for your timing, not your inhuman, anti-social, violent-natured "understanding," your inner ugliness, or your utter lack of compassion.

SHAME on you!!!

[AgingAmerican]

90. [phone]

n/t