(that message being "Remember what happened before? There's a lot more of us, and we all have guns.").
Yeah... and I think it is part of the NRA's long term strategy.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
WindSparrow - Jun 16, 2016 9:16:09 am PDT #23216 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2016 9:25:25 am PDT #23217 of 30003
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that message being "Remember what happened before? There's a lot more of us, and we all have guns."
The well-meaning but clueless do honestly think that people should take comfort from seeing clearly-armed people who are going to "protect" them. They think their well-meaningness emanates from them like a halo, they don't understand that the mere presence of a gun upsets people. It's like people getting panicky when they see me using a sharp carving knife in the kitchen, really, I've had people gasp and shrink back and say "Oh, gosh, be careful, it's sharp and could hurt you!"
(I am not advocating for people to wander around in public flaunting their phallic pistols, it annoys the hell out of me to see them in restaurants around here. And people have every right to not want to have them around a Pride parade. Perhaps someone with a pet alligator should bring it to a day care center to show how friendly they are.)
Dana - Jun 16, 2016 9:33:41 am PDT #23218 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have yet to see someone open-carrying here in Texas, thank god.
Dana - Jun 16, 2016 10:52:29 am PDT #23219 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hil R. - Jun 16, 2016 10:57:20 am PDT #23220 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Tickets for Hamilton in Chicago go on sale on Tuesday. I'm pondering going.
Hil R. - Jun 16, 2016 11:12:22 am PDT #23221 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I looked at the Facebook page for the open-carry Pride thing. There are a lot of people posting stuff about how they don't care if "the gays" don't want them to open-carry at Pride, because gay people have no right to complain about not liking what other people do, since they "force their lifestyle on us" all the time. Yeah, that's really going to make people feel safe.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 16, 2016 11:14:35 am PDT #23222 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
How about the actual gay people stay off the parade route and drive a convoy of backfiring cars down neighboring streets?
msbelle - Jun 16, 2016 11:29:58 am PDT #23223 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Every marcher in the parade should carry signs that say "we don't need guns to compensate". Or they could open carry tgemselves.
I hold firm that if a lot of people of color and women and LGBTQ people started open carrying outside general sporting events or like straight strip clubs or other places dominated by cis straight white men, open carry would be banned everywhere.
Jesse - Jun 16, 2016 11:35:17 am PDT #23224 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The problem is that when people of color open carry even toy guns, they get shot by cops.
msbelle - Jun 16, 2016 11:38:18 am PDT #23225 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Well sure with your logic and stuff, but maybe not at a parade while you know, in the parade.