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Grapeshot wrote:
SNIP It is actually very easy to disagree with that statement - to find common ground on which to agree and bond into a cohesive, powerful and functional unit.
I'm not sure we'd be disagreeing about the same thing.
My point was that expecting agreement simply because they share a trait--they ownguns--presumes a common interestthat doesn't necessarily translate into unity. With guns, about the onlyagreement I would expect to just automatically exist is that guns exist, they have a use, they're a pain to clean, and that it might be fun or a good idea to have one. Beyond that, I think it gets iffy real quick, and
You have to start building agreements from there. As you say, find common ground on which to agree. And then build on it.
We're both talking about the same thing. I wasexamining one step earlier in the sequence to help readers recognize that ownership doesn't automatically translate intocommon political agreement. Just that step. I've detected a frustration on the board that gun owners disagree too much. Sure they do. What would be surprising is if they didn't. THAT would be the real surprise.Don't be frustrated by it. Its natural.
We just have to work to use what common ground does exist to persuade other gun owners into political unity and political action. But we do have to work at it. It won't just happen.
To tie into the thread topic, in the meantime we canavoid undermining what rapport and appreciation we have for each other, andnot scare off new recruits,by being civil to each other.