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Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 03:13 PM Dec 2015

Best wishes to the progressive 2A defenders in DU...

...and in this group. I have seen from "our side" an increase in OPs in GD referencing guns, and this is a good thing. By now, posters here probably realize that, IMO, the GD Forum is pretty much wide-open to gun postings. Again, IMO, more of the quality OPs posted here would contribute more fully if posted in GD.

NOTE: From communications with two Hosts in GD, it would appear that the threshhold for allowing the gun "exception" to be in effect is when an example of the new, ill-defined "mass shooting" is in effect. Since that hazy definition can be met any number of ways, and anti-2A news aggregators have become tantamount to a major news outlet stamp-of-approval, gun postings now seem full-time. One host has told me in confidence that a power struggle has resulted in essentially a situation where one (1) person can overrule the others when most hosts favor a lock due to SOP violation; this is supposedly based on some kind of "consensus" process.

I POST THIS HERE as a way to better advance gun control and Second Amendment issues. If the process has materially changed, it is in the best interests of All in these debates to know where to post. If anyone -- including Hosts in GD -- wish to weigh in with corrections and questions, please do so. Greater clarity and fair play should guide everyone in DU.

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Best wishes to the progressive 2A defenders in DU... (Original Post) Eleanors38 Dec 2015 OP
same to you Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #1
Thanks for this post TeddyR Dec 2015 #2
Hope it can sustain an "alert." Happened the last time I broached the discussion... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #3
More shit-stirring from the gun nuts SecularMotion Dec 2015 #4
Could you explain your comments? I am seeking clarification with the OP. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #5
wow, that is impressive Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #6
so you are calling the OP Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #7
You have anything better to post from virginia mountainman Dec 2015 #8
Preach it my brother! ileus Dec 2015 #11
Whats the difference between shit stirring and daily google dumps? beevul Dec 2015 #13
I know right, lol Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #14
Shit-stirring is less spammy. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #16
You too, Eleanors. Decoy of Fenris Dec 2015 #9
I think the Hosts noticed. :P They just started the lockdown on gun threads in GD. n/t Decoy of Fenris Dec 2015 #10
I see that Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #15
Excellent thread....2A progressives may be a minority, but at least we know we're right. ileus Dec 2015 #12
Thank you Eleanors38 pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #17
Well said, and thank you for posting it... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #18
 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
3. Hope it can sustain an "alert." Happened the last time I broached the discussion...
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 04:19 PM
Dec 2015

...and was Hidden as "over the top." Heh. Didn't know bureaucratic machinations could evoke such emotion.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
6. wow, that is impressive
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 04:37 PM
Dec 2015

Care to have a civil discussion about the post or are you just into insults. Disappointing for a host to insult fellow DU members.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
14. I know right, lol
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 07:44 PM
Dec 2015

Seems like one does a lot more with his nearly 1000 shit stirring posts without comment.

 

Decoy of Fenris

(1,954 posts)
9. You too, Eleanors.
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 05:51 PM
Dec 2015

I'd give a more wordy response, but I believe I told you why I can't really do so already. Suffice to say, keep up the good fight. o7

ileus

(15,396 posts)
12. Excellent thread....2A progressives may be a minority, but at least we know we're right.
Sat Dec 12, 2015, 06:50 PM
Dec 2015

No matter what event, or how many bs stories are posted, each of us knows it's better to be safe than sorry.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
17. Thank you Eleanors38
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:00 PM
Dec 2015

It's a pleasure to rub elbows with Democrats who respect the verdict of empirical evidence wherever it leads.

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