'He drew first'

[onehandle]

The irony of 'stand your ground.'

[hack89]

1. This is not the time for this. Nt

[Alittleliberal]

2. What does that even mean?

When a tragedy happens we have to drop everything and mourn for a pre-designated time period? Do you have any reason other then it's sad as to why we shouldn't talk about this?

[hack89]

3. This poster is anti gun 24/7

And what happened in France has nothing do do with stand your ground. He is merely waving the bloody shirt to push his anti gun agenda. Watch - next will come the comparison between the terrorists and legal gun owners in America.

[GGJohn]

4. He's also had several gun threads locked here in GD, but he continues to post anti gun threads

despite skinner's pinned thread that gun threads are not allowed.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. This particular cartoon has been posted elsewhere on DU, probably not the only time:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026052564

[GGJohn]

8. Yes, but this particular member has a 24/7 anti gun agenda and this is another way

of getting around the ban on gun threads in GD.
But if the hosts deem it not GD appropriate, they'll again lock his thread.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I think this cartoon fits the "big news" exception.

But I take your point.

[GGJohn]

11. It probably does, that's why it'll probably stand.

[greyl]

12. The cartoon is totally fine and indeed great, but the added commentary is all "guns post".

To me, the OP is more about the gun thread war commentary than about the real meaning of the cartoon. If the OP didn't include the cartoon, that would be hard to deny.

They've taken a misreading of the cartoon and added "The irony of 'stand your ground" which doesn't make much sense, and has nothing to do with the cartoon. If it does have something to do with the cartoon, it makes more sense as a pro-gun, pro-stand-your-ground post, which was not the poster's intention.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Thanks!

I do see your point. I guess I was focused on what is a pretty powerful cartoon.

[greyl]

14. Yeah, it is damn powerful. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

15. This was the Cartoon of the Day in Canberra, Australia:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/cartoons

[greyl]

16. Thank you.

Good info to add to the thread. I always start at DU, so didn't know that yet.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Well, you can thank Violet for that one

That's her local paper.

[Dreamer Tatum]

5. The poster has exactly two thoughts all day, every day. nt

[Violet_Crumble]

9. It's from a local cartoonist. It's a good time for it

It was in our local paper today. Tough shit if it offends a few people. I really don't understand why it would.

[hack89]

18. The cartoon is not offensive.

Using it to comment on US stand your ground gun laws is. The poster is using the cartoon inappropriately to advance his anti gun agenda. He is waving the bloody shirt and drawing a non-existing connection.

[rug]

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