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thoughtpolice wrote:
1-I agree with
2-I dont agree with you, but hey, Im allowed my opinion.
3-I agee with
4-I have attempted to be civil, and I have attempted to be a dick. Each is made to illicit a response, there is a whole slew of psychology behind my wording. I see to the heart of the person posting. But, again, I disagree with you.
5-Id say these things to your face, or anyone else on this board if the opportunity arose, but this is the forum Im in. I agree with you.
6-I "like" many of you, good guys AND galswith families, jobs, hopes, dreams, failures, etc. Its the sensationalists the bother me. So I will continue to hang out.
Hows that?
While you may have attempted to be civil, you have certainly succeeded in being grossly offensive, immature, insulting, demeaning, etc. I highly doubt there is any "psychology" behind your posts other than to annoy people you've decided you don't like.
I doubt you'd say such things in public, and if you would, you're as much a problem as those you call "sensationalists." For better or worse, those who choose to ID themselves as gun owners (either by OCing, or posting to a publicly readable comment board) contribute to the total image of all gun owners. A gun owner who resorts to vulgarities, profanities, personal insults, schoolyard taunts, or other uncivil discourse provides fodder to those who attack our rights.
And as bad as Thx or anyone else's run in with the police or store managers might be, they tend to be temporary events and rarely make the media. Your comments here, and the comments of those who think it funny or entertaining or appropriate to try to match your gutter style will be hanging around basically forever. Every college kid doing a researc paper can find and read them. Every reporter looking for fodder for his story can find and read them.
And I'd suggest that such language and tactics violate two of the basic rules of the forum:
[font="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"]3) Keep the profanity to a minimum - and then, after you find yourselves using it, go back after you have reflected and edit it out, especially those F-Bombs! Though this area of the web site is a bit of free speech area, the threads necessarily reflect upon the open carry movement as the press and general public do read our postings. Please go back and search your posts and edit out those F-bombs, thanks![/font]
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5) While you may disagree strongly with another poster based upon their opinion, we will NOT tolerate any personal attacks or general bashing of groups of people based upon race, religion, sex, or choice of occupation (e.g., being a law enforcement officer).
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What I am doing here is politely asking you to please tone back the personal attacks, the vulgarities, and profanities.
Will you please honor that request?
Thank you.
Charles