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Nessus posted:Kind of a digression, but any particular reason? Is there a recruitment campaign for the hobby end of things somewhere? Basically fear mongering that Obama is gonna take your guns so if you don't own one you should probably get in on it now. A few crazies might be preparing for the inevitable revolution or something, too.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Basically fear mongering that Obama is gonna take your guns so if you don't own one you should probably get in on it now. But why would they need .22s for that? Those are for like, target practice and shooting tin cans and rodents, not govt. stormtrooper squads and ferals.
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Maybe not, but you can still kill a non-armored person with .22 rounds.Liquid Dinosaur posted:Hey Freepers, guess what.... Yes, but the default Google logo doesn't feature an actual rainbow, which is Christian imagery that was stolen by the gay mafia to promote a lifestyle of BUSH 2112 fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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quote:Is there a transgendering Lego man? I must admit that "transgendering" is a new word to me.
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BUSH 2112 posted:Maybe not, but you can still kill a non-armored person with .22 rounds. B-but rainbows are the whole reason why global warming can't be real!
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Feb 7, 2014 23:28
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BUSH 2112 posted:Maybe not, but you can still kill a non-armored person with .22 rounds. They're also (usually) cheaper, more accessible and have less kick than other guns so they're not as intimidating to newbies.
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So, there's an interesting thread here in Debate and Discussion called Mormonism On Trial. I don't want to get any poop on my hands, but I bet the issue in that thread would cause some glorious explosions of Freepishness from our conservative friends. I wonder how many Freepers would rail about the Mormon religion, how many would grasp onto the gubmint attacking Christianity angle, how many would find a way to blame Obama for something going on in England, and how many would pick some combination of those. Not to mention the new-world-orderers.
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Minn. teen gets 10 years for fatal "knock-out game" punchquote:To: gooblah quote:To: gooblah quote:To: gooblah quote:To: FlingWingFlyer
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I can't tell if E. Pluribus Unum is being sarcastic, or cruising for a bruising. Also, that Thumper1960 post is pretty revolting.
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Feb 8, 2014 00:54
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Did anyone see anything posted on freep about the affluenza murderer not being given any jail time because he was too spoiled to know right from wrong? Would be an interesting contrast.
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Dr.Zeppelin posted:Did anyone see anything posted on freep about the affluenza murderer not being given any jail time because he was too spoiled to know right from wrong? Would be an interesting contrast. Nah, they loving hate millennials, unless they are their own kids/grandkids then they are working hard to pay for their own college and bootstrapping.
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BUSH 2112 posted:Yes, but the default Google logo doesn't feature an actual rainbow, which is Christian imagery that was stolen by the gay mafia Ah yes, the rainbow: God's way of stopping by every once in a while to say "don't forget, I can loving kill you anytime I want" 
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Dr.Zeppelin posted:Did anyone see anything posted on freep about the affluenza murderer not being given any jail time because he was too spoiled to know right from wrong? Would be an interesting contrast. Actually not really, they're surprisingly pretty consistent with that. This post made me laugh though. THIS DOESN'T CONFORM TO MY BLACK AND WHITE WORLDVIEW, BEEP BOOP ERROR quote:To: CorporateStepsister e: Actually, reading through this thread you kind of forget it's Freep you're looking at. It's almost like most of the people posting in it are directing their rage at the proper targets!  The Rokstar fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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quote:FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.) This person's tag makes no sense to me. Are they saying both are bullshit and made up problems, or that both are horrible things that we need to do something about? Because the standard position on Freep seems to be that one is a bullshit non-issue and the other is literally destroying the country.
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Nessus posted:Kind of a digression, but any particular reason? Is there a recruitment campaign for the hobby end of things somewhere? There is a segment of society that survives off of "flipping poo poo" for profit. For gun people even the slightest twinge of gun control/ammo changes has them running to stockpile as much poo poo as they can which they will then sit on it and then sell. After Sandy Hook the prices of $600 bushmasters went up over $1500 for a few weeks. Even now you can't find normal range rounds anywhere for the last several years it seems in either stores or online because of these shitheads. It's insane, get a real job losers!  Even our friends in TFR jumped on board this as well, most were buying as much ammo as they could just 'in case they couldn't find anymore.' I will add that the "flipper" society is also engaged in anything potentially collectible that a buck can be squeezed out of. Hell, look at all the poo poo for sale on Ebay, a ton are people just buying and selling anything to survive but remember it's really Obamacare that will destroy "are" freedoms. 
Keyser_Soze fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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Feb 8, 2014 02:52
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Nessus posted:Kind of a digression, but any particular reason? Is there a recruitment campaign for the hobby end of things somewhere? (Digression ahoy, somewhat freeper relevant but for anything else lets take this to PM, I don't want to poo poo up the thread.) No more so than usual, but it seems shooting is becoming more and more popular around here as a hobby/sport. Personally I think most of it stems from a combination of 3 gun and other "Action" shoots becoming more common,more people watching shows like Top Shots and getting interested, and a larger amount of progressive/left wing gun owner groups starting to gain traction, more than any industry changes. Every time there's a huge news blitz about gun bans there seems to be people gettting involved with it too, usually the younger early 20's crowd there. More women are starting to shoot than I've ever recalled, too. I don't know why that is really though, but I suppose it could be tied into more of the progressive groups. When I started getting into it back in the late 90's/early 2000's, a gun shop was still a dingy place with old cranky white guys annoyed when anyone who wasn't a friend of theirs dared step into their shop. Basically Freepers, really, with AM Talk radio blaring and lots of political poo poo on the walls. Most of them have long since retired, and the new stores I'm seeing are largely run by younger people far more enthusiastic about new people, and a lot more of a diverse group of them too, lots more women running the stores now that I think about it. The shops are also a lot cleaner, brighter, and more, I dunno, "Welcoming". Racist poo poo isn't tolerated, the politics are at quite an agreeable minimum (other than gun law stuff but you can't really blame them for that). It's really transformed in the last 15 years or so. There seems to be a surge for target/fun shooting more than the "Tacticool" phase that was going around for a few years (thank god the zombie fad is dying, if I see another neon green display...). I can't really put my finger on any one thing and say "This is why", it just seems to me that A: Shooting has become a lot more approachable, and B: more acceptable due to media shows like Top Shots and Duck Dynasty. (I've never seen the latter, I don't have cable anymore, but there seems to be a ton of DD stuff on the shelves everywhere). On the other hand the Freeper types still seem to have a stranglehold on a lot of the private ranges and clubs around here, but we're close enough to the mountains that there's several well known open areas that the forest service says are OK to shoot on, and at those places you're just as likely to see an Obama sticker on a lesbian couple's subaru as you are to see a republican one (They also had matched purple AR furniture, it was adorable). It makes me happy because as I enjoy shooting, and I'm tired of constantly thrown in with the Freepers because $reasons. Also I think yet another reason there's a shortage of .22 is because it's the one round you cannot reload. You can buy components on the net to reload any of the more standard calibers, but as .22lr is a rimfire, once you shoot it that's it. go buy more. [edit] I gotta imagine it's getting annoying to Freep that even their last resort, the gun shops and gun ranges, are being overrun by lefties and minorities. 
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BUSH 2112 posted:Maybe not, but you can still kill a non-armored person with .22 rounds. In fact, I recall reading somewhere once that it is responsible for more civilian deaths than any other caliber, simply on account of how common and widespread it is.
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ReidRansom posted:In fact, I recall reading somewhere once that it is responsible for more civilian deaths than any other caliber, simply on account of how common and widespread it is. I've no idea if this still holds, and in fact somewhat doubt it does, but back in the day the stereotypical Saturday Night Special was a crappy .22 revolver, and very much the go-to firearm of street crime due to being widely available, cheap in every sense of the word, and using inexpensive and easy to fire ammo. I imagine that might well contribute to such a reputation.
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Any Freep tears about how terrible their husbando's Olympic facilities are, or are they still maintaining that an ex KGB autocrat is preferable to Obama?
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Olympic Watch - Beware of the Water, and Everything Elsequote:To: Kaslin quote:To: Kaslin Obama: It's Putin's "schtick" to look like tough guy quote:Great idea for Obama to personally insult the president of another world power... (/sarc) quote:To: Innovative quote:To: Innovative quote:To: Innovative quote:To: Innovative quote:To: Innovative quote:To: miss marmelstein quote:To: Innovative
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Mr.Unique-Name posted:This person's tag makes no sense to me. Are they saying both are bullshit and made up problems, or that both are horrible things that we need to do something about? Because the standard position on Freep seems to be that one is a bullshit non-issue and the other is literally destroying the country. Most likely, it's a clumsy attempt to paint both as political boondoggles intent on bringing about economic ruin and increased loss of personal freedoms, while further entrenching the socialist liberal fascist state.
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Stop saying bad things about Russia!  It's pretty amazing to think that a couple decades ago the same people that post on Freep were clamoring to see Russia nuked into oblivion. Now that they've passed some anti-homosexuals laws they're all in love with Russia. Darkman Fanpage fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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Almost as tough as George Bush? Huh. I thought Putin served his terms in the armed forces.
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Man that Obama sure is gay! Now let me tell you how big Putin's penis is.
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The Attorney General decided to recognize same sex marriage in rest of the 34 states where it is illegal. This should be good.
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Darkman Fanpage posted:Stop saying bad things about Russia! Right-wing authoritarian fucktards of all flavors are in love with Putin. An autocratic nationalist bully is their preferred form of government.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3120667/posts This thread is huge, but the posts (and replies to) of FluffyTexan (who has since been zotted), NittanyLion, and BaldingEagle are worth looking at. FT basically argues that just because Freepers don't agree with what the homo agenda is protesting doesn't mean they shouldn't have the freedom of speech. The responses he gets are either "We shouldn't interfere with another country's laws" or "yeah, but gay sex is gross, so they don't get free speech". NL points out the hypocrisy of Freepers being okay with government control as long as it's something they don't agree with. He/she is accused of supporting the homo agenda. BE thinks that all free speech should be allowed and is then asked if that applies to bestiality, pedophilia, and other things that have nothing to do with homosexuality. He answers yes. As of typing up this post, he has not been zotted yet. FT had a very recent regdate, but NL and BE have been around for a while, so it will be interesting to see if they get the zot. Sorry I didn't post any actual posts, but there is a lot to sift through there.
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Vahakyla posted:The Attorney General decided to recognize same sex marriage in rest of the 34 states where it is illegal. This should be good. It's glorious.. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3120823/posts Nope, Eric Holder said that they are banned from marrying, sorry. quote:To: little jeremiah quote:To: Arm_Bears quote:To: little jeremiah What... quote:To: little jeremiah quote:To: little jeremiah quote:To: little jeremiah Yeah, that's the ticket, go ahead and push that. quote:To: Monterrosa-24 quote:To: Yaelle I think this guy is trying to get banned or something. quote:To: little jeremiah quote:To: Arm_Bears
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This really pissed me off because I went to high school with a guy who hit another one in the back of the head and he died. Just one hit. Attacker was white, victim was black. He was tried as a minor, did 18 months and went to college. Also in Minnesota.
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Acquilae posted:Yes the rampant voter fraud to benefit elections for the DemocRats such as 
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Liquid Dinosaur posted:B-but rainbows are the whole reason why global warming can't be real!
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Albino Squirrel posted:Haha what? What's the (flawed) logic behind this? According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows_in_culture posted:According to Genesis, after Noah's flood God put the rainbow in the sky as the sign of His promise that He would never again destroy the earth with flood (Genesis 9:13–17):
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quote:Dems want all the gay dollars they get. I'll take any dollars, gay, straight, doesn't matter to me. What's the exchange rate between gay dollars and regular dollars? VirtualStranger posted:According to Wikipedia: Yeah, because God said he'd never destroy the world with a flood again, fears that the ice caps will melt and flood the world are obviously ridiculous. Actually for many fundamentalists the belief is that the world cannot be destroyed through any means, because humanity obviously has to be around for the second coming. Therefore we can do whatever we want to the planet since making ourselves extinct is an impossibility.
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Twelve by Pies posted:I'll take any dollars, gay, straight, doesn't matter to me. What's the exchange rate between gay dollars and regular dollars? This is hilarious to me because that's like saying that as long as you don't take exactly a lethal dose of poison (or whatever), it's totally harmless. I've seen this used as a dismissal, and I always wonder if it occurs to them that humanity can technically till be around for tribulation even if like 70% gets wiped out. Even if a flood that literally wipes out all life on earth won't happen, do they think that no floods will happen? HS history not borne out by now that god was apparently not talking about lesser disasters with his fabulous covenant? Even if it wouldn't render humanity literally extinct, does the possibility of untold destruction and inconceivable amounts of human suffering not bother them at all, or is it all moot in the grand end-season match between god and satan? Who cares how much pain we cause now, Jesus is coming eventually, so everything will be fine? Actually I'm pretty sure I read exactly that logic in a Watchtower pamphlet from a Jehovah's Witness.
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Twelve by Pies posted:Yeah, because God said he'd never destroy the world with a flood again, fears that the ice caps will melt and flood the world are obviously ridiculous. I mean, it shouldn't surprise me, but still.
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This raises a question of, why aren't there more fundamentalists who frame climate change as a sign of the impending  TRIBULATION? Millerites would have been all over that poo poo.It just comes down to political alignment, I guess.
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SedanChair posted:This raises a question of, why aren't there more fundamentalists who frame climate change as a sign of the impending There actually are, but that means it's a *good* thing because once the tribulation hits all the good little christians go to heaven. So if anything they want it to come even faster.
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E-Tank posted:There actually are, but that means it's a *good* thing because once the tribulation hits all the good little christians go to heaven. So if anything they want it to come even faster. In the 80s this was nuclear war with Russia.
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