Octang Frye

Let's just let her words speak for themselves.

Octang Frye

They're not scared of anything. They won't debate an absurd bill that was neither "common sense" or "reasonable".

Octang Frye

Giantaxe just convinced me. The level of cognitive dissonance is just off the charts.
There's no reasoning with these ideologues.

Giantaxe

What's your point? She was clearly referring to assault weapons, not guns in general as the NRA lackey claimed.

Giantaxe

I await a non-absurd bill that they will debate. Somehow I think I will be waiting a long time.

The reason for debate is to improve a bill. Allowing it to be debated doesn't indicate support.

Octang Frye

That mob last night was chanting "Murderer! You're a murderer" at a panelist. They also said "burn her". It was like Idiocracy in real life.

Giantaxe

That was your only take away from last night? Ok.

dc koop

Why not? She's a stupid twat. May none of her kids ever end up like the 17 at Parkland

At least however she showed up which was more than Florida's douche bag of a governor did.

Giantaxe

I see LaPierre just rolled out the socialist bogeyman. How... predictable.

Octang Frye

Let's see what we have so far from the antis:

[x] Name calling, ridiculing, ad hominem attacks.
[x] NRA is some evil money making organization, not a popular organization of 5 million individuals
[x] Allusion to penis size/compensation.
[x] Demands to compromise/common sense/reasonableness. What are you compromising with? How about national reciprocity.
[x] Appeals to emotion.

Lion in Winter

NRA head: Gun control advocates 'exploiting' Florida tragedy - BBC News

Giantaxe

My irony meter just went off the scale.

Lion in Winter

There is no scale for this sort of thing. LaPierre's comments are mind-blowing.

Leslie

gas·light
ˈɡaslīt/Submit
verb
gerund or present participle: gaslighting
manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.

Oakvillian

He is an utterly revolting human. This whole right-wing/left-wing thing in the US boggles the mind. Why the F is working towards preventing children being shot while they're at school anywhere close to being a partisan issue.

Would that the NRA went back to its roots as an organization concerned primarily with hunting and marksmanship. Their single-issue lobbying at the expense of even the slightest hint of common sense is beyond inexcusable: it's designed exclusively to promote division in society - and to foster distrust and, ultimately, chaos across the political aisle. It is completely odious, and the fact that otherwise (presumably) rational people on this forum are lapping it up is very, very sad.