It didn't take long for the right to start bashing Boston and Bostonians

[cali]

So much for solidarity.

Before long the criticism of Bostonians as cowering wimps emerged. Unflattering comparisons of Massachusetts residents and red staters with guns are common in the wingnut internet world and in right wing periodicals. You know: Texans would never have allowed themselves to be penned in like sheep and run roughshod over by the fascist police, FBI and ATF. They would have gone a-terrorist-huntin' with their prized guns.

The "Boston Strong" meme is being mocked: “Boston Strong” = “Arbeit Macht Frei!". Big Papi is under fire for saying "This our fucking city" when there were (gasp) children present.

The pious prayers for those wounded swiftly evolved into nasty criticism of Boston and liberals for enabling "evil Muslims" and others, for being tolerant and for embracing multiculturalism.

Nope. Didn't take long at all.

[Wait Wut]

1. Ask them about Texas.

How would their idiotic ideals fit in with an explosion that killed 16 and destroyed so many more lives. You'll get a deafening silence in response.

[graham4anything]

2. Well, it didn't also take long for some to bash the President & Eric Holder either.

[cali]

3. yes, that too, but that's part of the job description for politicians

the people of boston and watertown did not sign up for any of it.

[graham4anything]

5. Which is why better security with ZERO guns/bulllets for individual private persons are needed

[cali]

6. fuck that. you believe that no one should have a gun

but the authorities? double fuck that. I support gun control. I support background checks. I support limited magazines. I support an assault weapons ban.

But the gun snatching shit that you preach? Fuck that

[NYC Liberal]

7. The "authorities" already have a fuck of lot more weaponry that is inaccessible to the general

public.

[cali]

8. yes, of course. Do you believe that no private individual should have the right to own a gun?

[NYC Liberal]

11. I don't believe it should be considered a "right".

Owning firearms should be a privilege, defined and regulated by federal law, not enshrined in the Constitution just as many other protections are. Driving is a good example. Driving is probably more essential for more people than owning a gun is, yet it is not found among the "Bill of Rights". Driving is regulated by state laws; federal law regulates car manufacturing standards among other things. Drivers are licensed and must pass tests to maintain their license, because cars - just as guns - can be very dangerous machines when used improperly. This setup works for driving; it should work for firearm ownership.

Environmental regulations, medical privacy laws, workplace safety laws: these are examples of protections we enjoy that are not in the Constitution but nonetheless are the law of the land. They can be strengthened or weakened, and adjusted, as needed.

[graham4anything]

12. Reinterpret the 2nd.Perhaps w/o a gun/bullets, they wouldn't have done anything

Being that they were fully stocked with guns/bullets along with the grenades and other stuff

Same with McCoward in OkCity, same with the stockpilers in Waco, guns,guns,guns,guns

[Aristus]

13. Gun. Snatch.

Some gun nuts forget which is which...

[renegade000]

4. well, didn't take long for some DUers either...

we're all a bunch of authoritarian sheeple ya know.

should have stood up for our rights and ejected the police from watertown or something...

[Arkana]

9. Yeah cause the SWAT and the staties and the BPD

were clearly instituting martial law and just calling it "shelter-in-place".

I've noticed that everyone who has a problem with the police's actions has one thing in common: None of them fucking live in Watertown--or in Boston, for that matter. The BPD should be commended--they showed us what a well-trained, well-funded police force can do. There were no civilian casualties--hell, the only guy that died was one of the suspects.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. +1

There's a small core that has some inaccurate visions in their heads.

[Raven]

10. I have this visual image of a bunch of

fat, out of shape gun nuts jumping back fences in Watertown and shooting up the community...then people would really be cowering in their homes.

[olddots]

14. The wrong wing have always hated Boston

and education ,actual American history , critical thought and anything against their hatred for progress.

[MannyGoldstein]

15. Great! Then they won't move here and

screw us up

[applegrove]

17. Bostonians showed each other a lot of kindess and compassion. Both things the GOP consider a danger

because they are catchy.