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BainsBane

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13. I wish you wouldn't have brought up the gun issue
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 08:43 PM
Jul 2014

Because it contradicts your entire argument. Gun policy is all about money for the gun manufacturers, and polls show the majority of Americans support additional gun controls. Clearly you care about it a great deal, which is your right, but this is not the group to make that argument in. That is the purpose of the gungeon. Since you chose an example that entirely benefits corporate America, it nullifies the rest of your post. Moreover, that you feel the need to raise an issue about gun ownership, something no rational human being believes is under attack, leaves me wondering what your problem is. At any rate, this is a feminist group, not the place to promote that crap.

I agree money is a central issue in politics, but when we have people who raise guns and my basic civil rights in the same breath, it's clear that the problem goes far beyond money in politics. In the future, if you really care about overturning Citizens United, don't mention guns when talking to progressive audiences, and for God's sake have enough sense not to bring that shit up in feminist save haven groups. Talk about a symbol of male entitlement. It's inconceivable to me that you can really be so tone deaf about your audience.

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I can't help but notice [View all] BainsBane Jul 2014 OP
maybe mercuryblues Jul 2014 #1
The cynical 90% of me BainsBane Jul 2014 #3
100% of me thinks exactly that = HOF just provides a handy whipping girl. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #15
This incident has very clearly exposed the true colors MadrasT Jul 2014 #2
Ignoring the need of half the population is surreal to us, but standard for a select few. freshwest Jul 2014 #4
Well according to one poster I read... sheshe2 Jul 2014 #5
That's bad BainsBane Jul 2014 #7
so racism toward blacks needed to be solved only by blacks? passiveporcupine Jul 2014 #10
That would be my conclusion from that response. sheshe2 Jul 2014 #11
stunned, then pissed, and hopemountain Jul 2014 #6
I am probably more cynical than the average person because I think that the PTB are using the Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #8
I wish you wouldn't have brought up the gun issue BainsBane Jul 2014 #13
I am inclined to give leeway for that, Baines. The rest of the post is on target. Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #16
One, this is a Progressive/Democratic audience discussing an issue especially close to the hearts Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #17
You are of course free to talk about what you want BainsBane Jul 2014 #20
While I do not like where we are as a country with gun violence and the open carry issues, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #21
There's plenty to say about a right-wing coup against women perpetrated tea and oranges Jul 2014 #9
The day any man has dominion over me, it will literally be over my dead body. MadrasT Jul 2014 #12
I very seriously agree with you on this. I had not thought of it that way before, but now that I Squinch Jul 2014 #14
I believe you are right JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #18
There are many contributors... tea and oranges Jul 2014 #19
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