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VitalSigns posted:Why would you do this. Isn't there a gun thread to tread over the actual arguments that come around and burn this and other threads to the ground every few months? I'm not trying to derail, I'm not here to argue with anyone. I just want answers to my questions, I won't reply to anyone who provides them.
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1stGear posted:Tea Party darling Dan Patrick has defeated Perry stooge David Dewhurst in the primary runoff for Lt. Governor. http://youtubedoubler.com/cx4s e: uh this actually turned out pretty good 
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May 28, 2014 05:17
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1stGear posted:Tea Party darling Dan Patrick has defeated Perry stooge David Dewhurst in the primary runoff for Lt. Governor. This is surely bad for Texas but I have a hard time not celebrating any misfortune to befall dewhurst so I guess I'll take my joy at others' pain where I can get it.
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May 28, 2014 05:22
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MaxxBot posted:I'm not trying to derail, I'm not here to argue with anyone. I just want answers to my questions, I won't reply to anyone who provides them. And neither will anyone else, and also I can pull golden unicorns that poo poo rainbows straight out of my rear end in a top hat!
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May 28, 2014 05:24
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Is it that inconceivable that I want to hear the argument of people that disagree with me? I understand that a gun control argument would derail this thread. That's why I simply want people to tell me their reasoning while I sit here and listen. I want to understand your position without ruining the thread by starting a gun control argument. I do not feel some obligation to defend my side of the argument, I just want clarity on what exactly you are supporting and what policies you want enacted.
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May 28, 2014 05:30
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MaxxBot posted:Is it that inconceivable that I want to hear the argument of people that disagree with me? I understand that a gun control argument would derail this thread. That's why I simply want people to tell me their reasoning while I sit here and listen. I want to understand your position without ruining the thread by starting a gun control argument. I do not feel some obligation to defend my side of the argument, I just want clarity on what exactly you are supporting and what policies you want enacted. Massive mental health reformation, poverty legislation, and more spending on actual firearms research. Most gun bans I'm iffy on since we have zero data but I'd support an all around hand gun ban even though its so laughably unfeasible I might as well ask for a dissolution of the electoral college system replaced by a multiple runoff system for elections. All that said, I don't loving care anymore to have gun debates. The gun people have won, end of story. Its not going to improve unless we get a modern Black Panther type group of armed minorities.
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May 28, 2014 05:35
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MaxxBot posted:Is it that inconceivable that I want to hear the argument of people that disagree with me? I understand that a gun control argument would derail this thread. That's why I simply want people to tell me their reasoning while I sit here and listen. I want to understand your position without ruining the thread by starting a gun control argument. I do not feel some obligation to defend my side of the argument, I just want clarity on what exactly you are supporting and what policies you want enacted. You realize there is a thread on the shooting? You basically just destroyed this thread.  Hell, delete your post and start a gun control thread, it will be fun! You can simply post the OP and you will never have to argue anything else in the thread, because other people will do it for you. It doesn't matter if you post or not, everyone else on the goddamn planet is going to. Pohl fucked around with this message at 05:40 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 05:37
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Shootings are actually really small localized events compared to the scale of the country, and I likewise don't support their dominance of barely related threads every time they happen.
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May 28, 2014 05:39
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Doctor Butts posted:It's in the NRA's best interest for this to keep occurring: how else can they convince exurbaners that they must be armed at all times? This is literally true. After Sandy Hook, or drat near any other mass shooting from the past 15 years, gun and ammunition sales have spiked by some ridiculous percent. This has caused ammo shortages nationwide, which leads to even further conspiracy theories from the people buying ammo en masse. They live in constant fear that guns will be taken away, despite the fact that there have not been any nationwide gun laws enacted in over a decade, and no new ones in the pipes that have even the slightest prayer of passing. The thing is that while municipalities and states can try to ban guns, they'll meet resistance from the Supreme Court. Even if they were to pass them the guns will just be imported from red states with lax gun laws at a considerable markup by the smugglers. The Tom Tomorrow cartoon remains as relevant as ever.
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May 28, 2014 05:43
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Pohl posted:You realize there is a thread on the shooting? You basically just destroyed this thread. No! We can still save it! Uh, I want guns. Guns for everyone, everywhere all the time. I want the President sworn in on a 1911 pistol with a jubilant crowd firing wildly into the air. I want patriots to knock the teats out of babies' hands and wrap their tiny fingers around little derringers. I want trigger locks outlawed and mandatory loaded guns with super-light pulls on the floor of every nursery. I want the library to burn every book with a gun violence statistic to open up shelf space for a gun lending program. I want vaginal gun-dentatas to blow the dick off every rapist or even the unlucky dude with a forgetful paramour; it's the only way to equalize the sexes. *Nervously eyes the still-darkened TFR signal* Whew, I think we're safe.
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May 28, 2014 05:44
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Good Citizen posted:This is surely bad for Texas but I have a hard time not celebrating any misfortune to befall dewhurst so I guess I'll take my joy at others' pain where I can get it. I dunno man, seems like amputating a leg when a toe would have done. Woohoo the gangrene is gone I'll worry about the consequences tomorrow 
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May 28, 2014 05:49
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On the bright side, we'll finally get to see if accelerationism works. *Checks skin color* Whew, I'm not black or Mexican. I can handle this experiment. Oh wait, poo poo, I'm into other dudes.
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May 28, 2014 05:52
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VitalSigns posted:Oh wait, poo poo, I'm into other dudes. Maybe no one will be able to tell unless you're in some other dude at that exact moment.
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May 28, 2014 05:54
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Well, we can't judge people based on their actions and nobody can known what you think, so you should be ok.
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May 28, 2014 05:57
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That's right liberals, there's no need for you to discuss gun control. Let the pros handle it. 
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May 28, 2014 05:59
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Annette Bosworth wants everyone to know how awful the internet is. I've googled her name and I'm having a difficult time verifying her claims. She also claims that these negative and misogynistic words have been written by liberals. So, anyone outside of the midwest and that is liberal is attacking her for simply being a woman. This is what she had to say about foodstamps, she shared it on her facebook page: quote:“The food stamp program is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture," the graphic reads. "They proudly report that they distribute free meals and food stamps to over 46 million people on an annual basis."
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May 28, 2014 06:01
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Nah, we homosexuals can't hide our tells...like committing every spree shooting in history.quote:“Meanwhile, the National Park Service, run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us ‘please do not feed the animals.’ Their stated reason for this policy being that … the animals will grow dependent on the handouts, and then they will never learn to take care of themselves,” the post continues. “This concludes today’s lesson. Any questions?”  Uh, yeah, I've got a few questions...
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May 28, 2014 06:01
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VitalSigns posted:On the bright side, we'll finally get to see if accelerationism works. Sacrifices have to be made, unfortunately. 
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May 28, 2014 06:02
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SedanChair posted:That's right liberals, there's no need for you to discuss gun control. Let the pros handle it. These guys are doing their part to bring guns to every corner of America.  God knows, these are the people I want representing me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtUOopHPlMc There is another video where they go to Sonic. It clearly shows one of the guns pointing directly at a child, and one of the men complains that he feels like a child, almost like his mother was telling him what he could and couldn't do. Pohl fucked around with this message at 06:10 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 06:08
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Pohl posted:Annette Bosworth wants everyone to know how awful the internet is. Oh look a Chuck Asay cartoon has gained the gifts of life and speech. 
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May 28, 2014 06:18
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My God, they bitched and whined about one woman calling them dumbasses for the entire video, what tough guys. No persecution complex there. But anyway, that video was so offensive. Did you see how many young children were in the area and yet all those adults eating at the restaurant went unarmed, unable to lay down a hail of covering fire to protect their young ones (stay down, Johnny!)? To say nothing of the babies' bassinet that didn't even contain a single pistol. Teaching that kid from day one to rely on others for defense rather than relying on himself to protect his bottle and pacifier.
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May 28, 2014 06:20
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Pohl posted:These guys are doing their part to bring guns to every corner of America. God, it burns. You know how to get me.
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May 28, 2014 06:24
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Gunchat doesn't kill threads, shitposters kill threads. (gently caress off with gun chat)
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May 28, 2014 07:29
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Turnout in the Texas Dem primary was 1.4% and only 4.5% in the GOP primary. Great job, Texans! Also, Ralph Hall, the 91 year old who spent all his campaign money on ham and chocolate, lost to a Tea Party challenger. 
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May 28, 2014 10:54
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The Tea Party has been utterly smashed into dust in every state, but Texas, and now they command the most influential and powerful office in the state. Amazing. Of the 80K+ registered voters in town, only 700 voted. 
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May 28, 2014 11:18
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Too be fair it sounds like 3% of the electorate is determining who the most powerful person in the state is.
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May 28, 2014 12:39
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And here I thought PA's 10% and 19.5% turnout (R and D, respectively) for its primary last week was bad.
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May 28, 2014 12:53
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Joementum posted:Also, Ralph Hall, the 91 year old who spent all his campaign money on ham and chocolate, lost to a Tea Party challenger. there is no justice in this cruel world
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May 28, 2014 12:59
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As a real life Texas Republican who was even one of the 12 people who voted, I wish we'd stop electing such lovely, crazy unqualified candidates. One of these days one of these guys is gonna lose the general election. At least the right guy got the Railroad Commissioner nomination though.
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May 28, 2014 13:42
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Pohl posted:This is what she had to say about foodstamps, she shared it on her facebook page: Well, that's one of the stated reasons. Another is that those animals then become used to human contact so they are unafraid to wander into cities where they will cause confrontations and risk injuring people who startle them when they are, for example, foraging in a dumpster next to your apartment. A consequence of not assisting these animals is that a non-zero number of them die each year to starvation. It's a good comparison for assisting poor people if you believe we should let some of them starve to avoid the risk of them hurting us. Raskolnikov38 posted:Oh look a Chuck Asay cartoon has gained the gifts of life and speech.  Bears are dicks.  e: Whoa wait a second, why is this on her Facebook?   A Conservative quoting FDR positively?e2: Wow that page is a treasure trove of terrible things, quote:Our Veterans Deserve Better. No one on active duty should ever "NEED" food stamps.  NEED
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May 28, 2014 13:55
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Frackie Robinson posted:As a real life Texas Republican who was even one of the 12 people who voted, I wish we'd stop electing such lovely, crazy unqualified candidates. One of these days one of these guys is gonna lose the general election. Uh, so does this maybe mean that Dan Patrick is too crazy for you, and you'll be voting Van de Putte in the general? :iamafag:
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May 28, 2014 13:59
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VitalSigns posted:Uh, so does this maybe mean that Dan Patrick is too crazy for you, and you'll be voting Van de Putte in the general? :iamafag: Might just leave Lt. Gov blank this time.
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May 28, 2014 14:06
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Lost in all this is that three of the most moderate Texas State Senators are gone. One got primaried from the right last night, and two more left to take positions with universities. They are going to be replaced by Tea Party nutjobs. The legislative agenda next year is going to be loving nuts.
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zoux posted:Lost in all this is that three of the most moderate Texas State Senators are gone. One got primaried from the right last night, and two more left to take positions with universities. They are going to be replaced by Tea Party nutjobs. The legislative agenda next year is going to be loving nuts. Um, did you not know how loving nutty your state has got? We've all been watching it slide. It's funny that the better things get in Texas economically, the worse they seem to get politically. So a bright promising future of invading Cuba.
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May 28, 2014 14:14
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Yeah I noticed thanks. I think you will be surprised at how much more nutty it can get. We're talking full on school voucher programs, open carry on college campuses, 2 week abortion bans, etc.
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May 28, 2014 14:16
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Let's increase spending on abstinence only sex education and pay for it by taxing birth control.
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May 28, 2014 14:18
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At least the LaRouche Democratic Senate candidate lost to the establishment Democratic Senate candidate for the honor of getting crushed by John Cornyn in the general  Oh and this was inevitable: 
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May 28, 2014 14:19
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Frackie Robinson posted:Might just leave Lt. Gov blank this time. I'm not trying to get into a whole thing here arguing about your politics but... I have to ask: if you think Dan Patrick is not the right candidate for the job, why wouldn't you vote for the unambiguously better candidate? Even just for tactical reasons, since in your post you appeared to be hoping he would lose the general and jolt the Republicans into nominating less openly racist theocrat types?
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zoux posted:Lost in all this is that three of the most moderate Texas State Senators are gone. One got primaried from the right last night, and two more left to take positions with universities. They are going to be replaced by Tea Party nutjobs. The legislative agenda next year is going to be loving nuts. When people talk demographics they focus on the broad national picture that, with a certain set of assumptions, favors democrats. Diving in to the data though it is different on a state or district level. there is a strong self selective sorting going on that is making democratic areas more democratic and republican areas more republican. And what's more, the GOP areas are becoming more strongly republican at a faster rate than the democratic areas are becoming more democratic So things like this, where red states go further off the deep end, is pretty much the natural end sate of the demographic trends
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