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I apologize... (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Apr 2013 OP
I'm okay with a little mocking, I'm not very sensitive. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #1
Bemusement is the more common reaction hack89 Apr 2013 #2
I'm more worried about Obama coming for our sofa beds. Deep13 Apr 2013 #3
Dadgummit! shenmue Apr 2013 #4
The 3rd Amendment is a collective right! discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #5
Actually not. Deep13 Apr 2013 #6
Perhaps... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #8
No, just didn't know whereit was directed. nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #15
Mock away sylvi Apr 2013 #7
+1 Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #9
Hear,hear! n/t janlyn Apr 2013 #10
No need to apologize, just present a non-ridiculous counter argument... hansberrym Apr 2013 #11
Oh, you and your sylvi Apr 2013 #12
False apology -- but you knew that already. You're not even original. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #13
Oh, I think the OP is just practicing the new "activism:" Stigmatizing fellow progressives. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #14
The point here is this... LuckyTheDog Apr 2013 #16
Where did that happen? CokeMachine Apr 2013 #17
I was referring... LuckyTheDog Apr 2013 #18
Don't recall that OP -- gotta link? CokeMachine Apr 2013 #19
What's your agenda here? LuckyTheDog Apr 2013 #20
I'm trying to figure out where you're coming from. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #21
Yea, F the constitution! Socal31 Apr 2013 #22
Many here mocked you first CreekDog Apr 2013 #23
 

sylvi

(813 posts)
7. Mock away
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:09 PM
Apr 2013

When mockery is the first tool used out of the gate, I assign as much importance to it as it merits, which is to say, zero.

What I don't appreciate is the insinuation that I support the NRA, am a member of the NRA, or particularly agree with any conservative bent of the NRA leadership merely because we share a few of the same views on the 2nd Amendment.

Liberals and libertarians share much in common, but neither I nor any liberal that I know of wants to be identified as a libertarian, neither would we appreciate being squawked at for using "libertarian talking points" when arguing for drug legalization, reproductive freedom or civil liberties, even though our views on those topics may be the same.

Personally, I believe that most of the overwrought "Y-y-you support the NRA!!!" and "That's an NRA talking point!!!" crap around here comes from people either unsure of their own arguments or too intellectually lazy to formulate an argument to begin with, so they figure a little ad hominem/well-poisoning will be enough to shut their opponent up. They're wrong.

 

hansberrym

(1,571 posts)
11. No need to apologize, just present a non-ridiculous counter argument...
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:20 PM
Apr 2013



What strikes your fancy today?

State rights Interpretation? So said Hickman, but later rejected in Silveira.

Collective rights interpretation? So said Silveira, but later rejected by the Heller dissents.

Limited Individual Interpretation? That was rejected out of hand in Silveira, but forced into service by the Heller dissents when nothing else was left.





 

sylvi

(813 posts)
12. Oh, you and your
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:37 PM
Apr 2013

Oh, you and your "ridiculous 'constitutional' arguments made by the NRA and its followers".

Now go away, or I will mock thee!



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CokeMachine

(1,018 posts)
13. False apology -- but you knew that already. You're not even original.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 09:53 PM
Apr 2013

Keep working on it though -- you're only a mile away.

LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
16. The point here is this...
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 09:56 AM
Apr 2013

Some people are sarcasm impaired and/or have some reason to shut down any discussion of the background check bill.

 

CokeMachine

(1,018 posts)
17. Where did that happen?
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 02:54 PM
Apr 2013

Most gun owners here and in the general population support background checks. Maybe I missed something . Maybe your sarcasm isn't as apparent as you would seem to think.

There's this to use to so your sarcasm isn't missed.

Take Care

LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts)
18. I was referring...
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:27 PM
Apr 2013

... ta thread I started in which I mocked the ridiculous "constitutional" arguments against background checks. You and a few others jumped in immediately to shut down the conversation. I don't know why you wanted to shut down a discussion of the background checks issue. But you do.

 

CokeMachine

(1,018 posts)
21. I'm trying to figure out where you're coming from.
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 04:26 PM
Apr 2013

The link I provided points to the only OP, other than this one, that you've posted in the last few days in the Gungeon. You accused me of getting one of your OPs shut down. I was trying to figure out which one that would be.

I don't have an agenda. What's your point? "Do you dare say?"

Have a great Sunday!! Beautiful day here 80 degrees and Bright blue skies. Time for some natural vitamin D.

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