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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe don't want your guns We want you to stop killing us
bumper sticker idea
just an idea
BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)who then chases after you in his car and tries shooting at you?? because you sort of insulted one of his lifes passions??
what if??
proud patriot
(100,716 posts)I've been pissing off gun toting rednecks for 10 years , with my bumper stickers.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)boppers
(16,588 posts)When was the last time you heard of 70+ people being injured by one guy with a knife?
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)That's what the OP bumper sticker says.
BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)blueamy66
(6,795 posts)get rid of guns
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)Good luck with that.
Kingofalldems
(38,508 posts)For 2 days now pretty much the same post.
Oops, except for the 40 or so you self deleted.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)Really, your analogy sucks.
BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)They had guns to fight off invaders!
Excellent point for why taking away guns is insane.
boppers
(16,588 posts)It's the "one bad apple argument", ignoring the basic fact that ALL APPLES ROT.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)That's irrational.
boppers
(16,588 posts)You seem to have a logic chain of A, therefore B, therefore mugglewumpus.
Edit:
Oh, you might be confusing my guns/apples metaphor. A gun can, indeed, rust/die without killing anything.... But no gun can ever be less than a violent object of force, ever.
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)off an attack. It does have some positive uses, but it also has its disadvantages.
Stand still you oily bugger!
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)Didn't you get the memo from the DU anti-gun lobby?
Everybody who owns a gun is personally responsible for what James Holmes did by virtue of owning a gun.
boppers
(16,588 posts)Every Al-Queda member is held responsible for 9/11.
When you join, and support, a scary cult, well, you don't get to claim "but those are the bad guys!"
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)You do realize that's an argument a rightwingnut makes about women's health professionals, right?
boppers
(16,588 posts)We then think about groups.
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)have learned how to apply subset theory to the reasoning process.
Here's a neat website that might help quite a few of us improve our reasoning skills:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)At Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:36 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
Every Taliban member is held responsible for throwing acid at women's faces.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=994302
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Claims DU gun owners are the equivalent of Al-Queda or the Taliban
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Jul 21, 2012, 06:47 PM, and the Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: I have trouble taking bopper's reply seriously, but I believe the alerter's interpretation is correct.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: Broad brush smear and epic logic fail.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: A stupid post, but the argument violate rules
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I completely disagree with bopper's reasoning. He is way off target. (unintentional pun) However, it's his opinion, and has not yet crossed the line. He's very close, however. Would not be surprised if he pushes the envelope in the next couple responses, at this rate.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: cult member of what? the USA? broad brush smear insult of the highest order. HIDE IT
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)and generate fear amongst us. It's a lot cheaper than employing armies of brownshirts to do the job.
proud patriot
(100,716 posts)We don't want your guns , we want guns to stop killing the innocent
even dropping the last two words ??? would work
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Bumper stickers are always a bad idea, because no matter how witty or great they seem, they make your vehicle look even trashier than it really is.
Get some really crappy tattoos from your prison pal, instead.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)(I assume fatties is ok since gun-nuts doesn't even raise an eyebrow,broad brush smears seem all the rage these days).
Of course they don't kill others with their choices.
Except, well they do since many have kids and they pass on their problems to their kids (adult onset diabetes being relabeled type II diabetes since it is now so common in children). They are literally killing and otherwise harming an entire generation with their selfishness and ignorance.
Now I'm not saying they don't have the right to live this way. But they certainly don't have the right to murder their children with their carelessness.
/how long do you suppose that post would last?
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)Because accusing millions of people who've never harmed anyone of murder just makes you look stupid.