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In reply to the discussion: A recent thread sort of asked why we can't have cogent discussions about guns. [View all]theatre goon
(87 posts)4. We can dismiss your argument...
...such as it is, very early:
Beyond the fact that people who hang out in places like the gungeon are deeply invested in the issue of guns and are arguably on the fringe of gun owners as a whole the two sides talk past each other instead of to each other.
Emphasis added.
As soon as you engage in ad hominem attacks, the rest can be safely dismissed, as you are clearly not attempting to engage in honest debate.
Perhaps, if you truly are interested in engaging in a cogent discussion about guns, you should dispense with the logical fallacies and personal attacks. Until such a time, screeds like this are safely dismissed as the empty rhetoric that they are.
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A recent thread sort of asked why we can't have cogent discussions about guns. [View all]
flamin lib
Jun 2016
OP
Yes, people will reject you if you attribute to them things they have not said and do not believe.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#14
Noting the same "like this one." I do seem pretty leftist, now that you bring it up.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#20
I also note this singling out of the NRA in the context of pre-banned RW sources...
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#22
Reminds me of an incident in H.S. I was a big civil rights supporter, a redneck friend wasn't...
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#21
Heh-heh. Those were the good ol' days. (Afraid it sounds like an old tale, too.)
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#25
Wonder why the OP never responded to your question about the book he was reading.
pablo_marmol
Jun 2016
#32
Oh, look. It's another "It's hard to have a civil discussion because you 'people' suck" thread.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2016
#16
Kleck couldn't research his way out of a paper bag with a road map and a razor blade.nt
flamin lib
Jun 2016
#46
Mr. Johnston did a good job on slapping your nonsense down.....but more points:
pablo_marmol
Jun 2016
#55
Yeah and suppressors will save your hearing. Naaa, they just make your gun longer
flamin lib
Jun 2016
#60
LOL - even though pro-control academics have reached the same conclusions re. DGU's.
pablo_marmol
Jun 2016
#48
I still have yet to see many on the gun control side acknowledge the rarity of rifle misuse,
benEzra
Jun 2016
#53
Part of the reason is faith-promoting rumor like the following-note who the author is:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#58