08-27-2017, 12:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2017, 12:09 PM by Eric the Green.)
The NRA leaders are insane. I am not especially interested in distinguishing them from Nazis, although they are different. Insane is a diagnosis, correct in my view, of the NRA leaders. They are unworthy of mine or anyone's attention. They are not a rural culture. They are a commercial lobby without principle, promoting violence, and alien to life or its values.
We can study and seek to understand why folks join the IS, or Nazis, or the KKK, or the NRA. That's perfectly reasonable, and I have. I have read about Hitler; I know about the NRA. Violent means are not the only means of dealing with these folks, although it appears also to be necessary with regard to Nazis and the IS. I don't equate the NRA leaders with a rural gun culture, or with the entire NRA membership. Many rational folks are members, even Gabby Giffords and Terry McAuliffe. Bob is perfectly free to expound his views on guns, and we have discussed his views and mine ad infinitum. I don't especially feel the need to beat dead horses and argue indefinitely. It doesn't mean I disparage him or others from expressing their views. They can relate the views of the NRA to their heart's content. No need for me to read or listen to those anymore. It's up to them if they wish to change. Prove to me that they have, and I'll listen. They have not.
We can study and seek to understand why folks join the IS, or Nazis, or the KKK, or the NRA. That's perfectly reasonable, and I have. I have read about Hitler; I know about the NRA. Violent means are not the only means of dealing with these folks, although it appears also to be necessary with regard to Nazis and the IS. I don't equate the NRA leaders with a rural gun culture, or with the entire NRA membership. Many rational folks are members, even Gabby Giffords and Terry McAuliffe. Bob is perfectly free to expound his views on guns, and we have discussed his views and mine ad infinitum. I don't especially feel the need to beat dead horses and argue indefinitely. It doesn't mean I disparage him or others from expressing their views. They can relate the views of the NRA to their heart's content. No need for me to read or listen to those anymore. It's up to them if they wish to change. Prove to me that they have, and I'll listen. They have not.