Thought long and hard about this: Time to put the Gun Nuts here at DU on ignore.

[trumad]

I have not one single member on ignore. Always thought it better to engage than ignore.

Not anymore....When I debate a gun nut I feel sick to my stomach. They literally make me sick.

The great thing about DU is we sort out the crap and eliminate it. Climate Warming skeptics...Bye...9/11 LIHOP...Bye...Mysogynist... Bye....Woo...Bye.

We don't say bye to Gun Nuts. Oh well... Admins prerogative.

But the Admins have given us a feature to eliminate them ourselves....the ignore feature.

Some may say...they win...they chased you. Perhaps?

But simply put...I'm tired of their bullshit and I won't miss them.

[snooper2]

1. cool, but Hillary would listen to EVERYONE!

[Buzz Clik]

2. I doubt if Hillary posted at DU that she would listen to everyone.

[Iggo]

3. Who wants to discuss the gun problem with people whose answer is: "Oh well. Nothing we can do."

Or "Ha, ha, ha! Good luck with that!"

Not me.

And so I agree. It's whack-a-mole time.

[old guy]

4. I did that a long time ago and you're right, you won't miss them a lick.

[BlueJazz]

5. Well, does just being a plain, everyday normal nut count.? I don't want or own a gun but...

...the "nut" thing I can live with..

[randome]

9. You Jazz nut. I'm putting you on Ignore. Maybe.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[BlueJazz]

13. I thought our contract hadn't run out yet.

Damn, I think there's only 47 or so people I can talk to now...

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Welcome to DU.

trumad isn't running. He's making the conscious choice to stop

[Hekate]

16. Truman has been here since 2001. He is not running from anything. nt

[pintobean]

19. It's trumad, not Truman

and, I don't think this will work for him. He even said so...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125533830

[Hekate]

20. Another iPad auto-correct bug. I failed to check before pos I got (posting, seriously)

Drives me crazy.

[arcane1]

17. You signed up to post this?

Bigger issues indeed!

[Hekate]

21. Makes you believe in reincarnation, doesn't it?

[RockaFowler]

7. I almost feel like that on Facebook, too

I'm sick of people who are putting their heads in the sand or their fingers in their ears about Gun Violence in this country.

This is a great idea!

[trumad]

10. Facebook is a great example

I have weeded out the bad players on my page and now it's quite nice.

[upaloopa]

11. The more mass shootings we have the more

the country will be talking pass the gun owners.
The conversation will not be should we have gun control but what kind of gun control.

Gun owners will still want the conversation to be about should we have gun control and at that point they make themselves irrelevant

[petronius]

12. Ignore and Trash Thread/Group are the most important tools on DU

We often seem to talk/complain/obsess about juries, Hosts and MIRT, but those--especially the first two--are blunt instruments in terms of shaping the DU experience. Ignore and Trash are like having your very own personal Host/Jury/MIRT/Admin that follows you everywhere you go and always does exactly what you want, immediately. More people should make use of those tools, IMO...

[trumad]

14. I agree---just late to the game.

[TeddyR]

27. Yeah

I only want to talk to people who agree with me. Christ, that's the problem with this country. People aren't willing to engage and discuss and work towards solutions. Do you think that ignoring people who support a right to own firearms (and who vastly outnumber those who want to ban firearms) is the way to accomplish your goals?

[Renew Deal]

15. I disagree

There's not that many. Some of them are good on other issues.

[NobodyHere]

18. Can I be on your ignore list?

I don't own a gun or anything.

I would feel left out if I wasn't on your ignore list.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. I don't put the trash on ignore because I like to chime in from time to time

But I will never respond to another gunner trash on any matter whatsoever.

[librechik]

23. welcome to my world

I've ignored 3 of them tonight.

[Laffy Kat]

43. I did my first one tonight!

No longer an "ignore" virgin. Sigh.

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. Define "Gun Nut".

[Johonny]

25. I did this several mass murders ago

Didn't have a single person on ignore until then. I find I don't miss anything. The gun issue is the best single issue with which to fill up the ignore list or at least that's what I found out.

[milestogo]

26. They might hunt you down and shoot you.

[Texasgal]

28. Can you define a "gun nut"?

Curious because I seem to see alot of moderates on this debate here on DU.

[trumad]

29. No

[Texasgal]

30. What's the point then?

[jonno99]

32. Apparently, opposing points of view...nt

[Texasgal]

33. I guess so. *shrug*

I mean if you are gonna make a statement that you are going to ignore all "gun nuts" how do you decide who you will ignore?

[trumad]

34. You pro gun?

[Texasgal]

35. That's a loaded question.

Really???

C'mon dude, I thought you were WAY smarter than that!

What does PRO GUN mean to you???

[trumad]

36. Yes or no

[Texasgal]

37. i have no answer

because your question is fucking bullshit. It's akin to asking what's up and down.

Define pro-gun and gun-nut and I'll give you my answer.

[trumad]

38. Do you believe that Americans should have the right to own .

Assault weapons?

[Texasgal]

40. Uh...no.

Ofcourse not.

[trumad]

41. Ok...then you're not a gun nut

Thanks

[Texasgal]

44. It took all of that that give your definition???

Really?

[trumad]

45. Yeah really...

[Texasgal]

47. Okay. I guess I just don't get

your thread.

Oh well, won't be the first time I have been perplexed on DU.

[trumad]

48. If you are really that perplexed on what the meaning of a gun nut is---

then stay perplexed.

[jonno99]

42. My response would be to simply take a deep breath and remind yourself that

not everyone is going to have to same opinion. Then - MOVE ON - and don't get hooked.

Of course it also doesn't hurt to keep an open mind. Personally, the last place I want to be is where I'm convinced that I've got all the (correct) answers. I mean, imagine shutting yourself off from potential "enlightenment"!

Bottom line: I don't put anyone on ignore...

[Kang Colby]

31. Oh well, facts are hard to dispute.

I don't blame you for ignoring pro-2A progressives.

[greendog]

39. I have over 50 of them on my ignore list.

Not the normal folks to happen to have guns for one reason or another. Just those who've caught the gun humper sickness. Over 50 of them.

Do it. You won't miss anything.

[GGJohn]

46. Yeah, just stick your fingers in your ears and say LALALALA, I can't hear you.

That's a brilliant strategy.