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Don't Let the Crazies Keep the Spotlight
Jan. 29th, 2013 02:02 pmGod gave us certain rights and the US Constitution specifically protects certain rights, but people not being responsible with their rights is what gives politicians the leverage needed to take away more and more of our liberties.
From Lesley Aileen Wells (friend of a friend):
Between the Newtown NRA heckler and the San Francisco urologist who was fatally shot in clinic, maybe it's time for us gun people to rein in our crazy. I know most of us are Southern and we like to put our crazy in its Sunday finest out on the front porch for the world to see, but there was a man in Georgia who shot a Hispanic person for turning around in his driveway. Why was he in the driveway? He was lost. We need to jerk the crazy back in the house, give it a whipping, a stern talking to, and stand it in the corner to think long and hard about what it's doing for us. Otherwise, nobody is gonna get to go the barbecue anymore and we certainly won't have fresh venison or hog to enjoy.
Whether discussing gun rights, abortion, or any other divisive political issue, the most common tactic nowadays to attack a position is to find the stupidest person supporting that position and use that person as a personification of everyone with that position. Alas, the supply of stupid people is more than enough to provide ammunition for attacking every issue.
From Lesley Aileen Wells (friend of a friend):
Between the Newtown NRA heckler and the San Francisco urologist who was fatally shot in clinic, maybe it's time for us gun people to rein in our crazy. I know most of us are Southern and we like to put our crazy in its Sunday finest out on the front porch for the world to see, but there was a man in Georgia who shot a Hispanic person for turning around in his driveway. Why was he in the driveway? He was lost. We need to jerk the crazy back in the house, give it a whipping, a stern talking to, and stand it in the corner to think long and hard about what it's doing for us. Otherwise, nobody is gonna get to go the barbecue anymore and we certainly won't have fresh venison or hog to enjoy.
Whether discussing gun rights, abortion, or any other divisive political issue, the most common tactic nowadays to attack a position is to find the stupidest person supporting that position and use that person as a personification of everyone with that position. Alas, the supply of stupid people is more than enough to provide ammunition for attacking every issue.
