Posted on 06/01/2013 12:11:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Watching the celebration at the NRA convention over the defeat of background checks was the most nauseating experience of the day.
I am not a New York gun control liberal, either. I support a shotgun for home defense, a handgun for limited conceal/carry, and an assortment of hunting rifles to balance West Virginia's exploding deer population (as evidenced by hourly collisions with cars). So, I am hardly out of the mainstream.
But, the gun safety debate is B.S. This foaming at the mouth, Obamar is coming for the guns, Nanny Bloomberg is a bad billionaire, and most despicable of all, those survivors and victims are pawns in the liberal agenda is knuckle-dragging Cretan talk.
And no matter how many times Sen. Joe Manchin tries to explain his compromise (a decent attempt thwarted by extremists), the hard right lies and foams. The repeated lies now seem like the truth, what with the likes of Sen. Kelly Ayotte telling them.
Probably the most serious miscalculation opponents make is the guest list for the NRA speaker's podium. To let the half-wit half-term quitter Sarah Palin have a microphone is to alienate the very people Republicans need to work with on future legislation. To say nothing of the other speakers.
And how does choosing a white, rich old man with an offensive degrading speech about the war of "Northern Aggression" as NRA president forward a sense of reasonableness? History lesson: It was an awful Civil War won decisively some 150 years ago. Over slavery. The Confederacy wanted to keep African-Americans in chains and President Lincoln didn't.
Sure, there were states' rights issues, but nullification, secession, and treason were settled at Appomattox Courthouse. Sure, Reconstruction left a bad taste. But, resurrecting these same things, the way South Carolina is as we speak, is to invite a return to the whole concept of a Union.
Here it is. The NRA advocates armed rebellion against the duly elected government of the United States of America. That's treason, and it's worthy of the firing squad. The B.S. needs a serious gut check. We are not a tin pot banana republic where machine gun toting rebel groups storm the palace and depose the dictator.
We put the president in the White House. To support the new NRA president's agenda of arming the populace for confrontation with the government is bloody treason. And many invite it gladly as if the African-American president we voted for is somehow infringing on their Constitutional rights.
Normally, I am a peaceable man, but in this case, I am willing to answer the call to defend the country. From them.
To turn the song lyric they so love to quote back on them, "We'll put a boot in your ---, it's the American way."
Except it won't be a boot. It'll be an M1A Abrams tank, supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles. Try treason on for size. See how that suits. And their assault arsenal and RPGs won't do them any good.
So, to return to reality, all of us. Let's make common sense gun safety a deciding issue for 2014 and beyond. The NRA certainly has. Let's push back. We the People. The 85 percent who support more robust background checks. And when the next domestic terrorist with an assault rifle comes along, we can blame the leaders and fringe of the NRA for arming them.
He’s a gun-control liberal, no matter where he’s from. And, the Afghans with their rifles and RPGs are still occupying the field that we are withdrawing from, so his military knowledge comes from television, pretty much. So his opinion is about as valid as witchcraft....
Funny thing is.....our side is the one that has the engineers who designed and built the Raptor. We built it and we sure know its weaknesses, or we build our own, Dumb*ss!
Do what you got to do boy. I will.
He has been reading and responding to posts about his op-ed. He still does not get it. He is guilty of the same thing he is accusing others of doing — promoting violence against political opponents.
In the 60’s, he would have been one of the malcontents in the SDS calling for revolution. Now, that his people are in power, he wants to use the power of the state to smash the opposition. This guy just needs to look into the mirror if wants to see the real enemy of representative government.
Journalism Professor Christopher Swindell, Marshall University. (Despite this, I’m sure he would whine at length about the “academic freedom” to threaten the lives of others, as well as make sexist, bigoted, crude and offensive remarks. As well as misspelling “cretin”, which is now an offensive word referring to some people who are physically and mentally handicapped. The man is a pig.)
Marshall University: Speech Code of the Month (1/11/11)
http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=832
This public university in West Virginia has so many restrictive speech codes that it is difficult to choose just one for our Speech Code of the Month.
But for now, we concern ourselves with Standard 3 of Marshall’s Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Standard 3 asserts, generally, that “Marshall University students and student groups respect and honor the human rights and dignity of other persons, groups and organizations.” Following this is a list of specific violations of Standard 3, which include:
“Committing, conspiring to commit, or causing to be committed any act directed toward a specific person or persons with the intent and/or effect of causing physical or mental harm, injury, fear, stigma, disgrace, degradation, or embarrassment.”
“[A]cts exhibiting prejudice and/or racism.”
“Committing, conspiring to commit, or causing to be committed any act directed toward a specific person or persons with the intent and/or effect of stigmatizing, frightening, coercing, or demeaning that person.”
“Incivility or disrespect of persons.”
“Lewd, indecent, or obscene conduct or expression.”
I truly cannot think of another speech code that prohibits such a staggering amount of constitutionally protected speech.
You can be punished for embarrassing someone. You can be punished for disrespecting someone. You can be punished for exhibiting prejudice, even perhaps in the form of an unpopular opinion on a controversial political or social issue. You can be punished for telling crude jokes. This policy covers so much speech that it seems there is very little speech for which Marshall University can’t punish you.
Hey, is this guy a Freeper?
I swear I have heard the same nonsense from some posters around here.
A leftist dirtbag, pretending to be other than a leftist dirtbag.
Sorry, but the soiree at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia did absolutely nothing to settle the issues of secession, nullification and treason. The surrender only ended the shootin’ war over those issues.
Remember when dissent against the government was considered the highest form of patriotism?
Funny how views change depending on whose in office.
Guess he’s another retard who only cares about freedom when his is being threatened.
Funny comments on “Rate my professors.” Scroll down to comments in 2007, even back then students called him a communist.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=883043
Thanks for posting.
He’s a journalism prof. I’m shaking in my boots.
>> Except it won’t be a boot. It’ll be an M1A Abrams tank, supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles.
#ing gay.
I love watching liberals cry after we kick their asses. Can’t wait to hear their blustering after concealed carry becomes the law of Illinois.
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