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Congresswoman readies gun control bill...
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frommycolddeadhands
Regular Member
There are ALREADY laws against threating public officials, and there are laws against threatening REGULAR CITIZENS. And isn't the 1st Amendment SUPPOSED to allow us to be critical of our elected officials? Since when are they any different from the rest of us?
since9
Campaign Veteran
Yes, provided it's done in a respectable manner.
Since we've had to address them as "Dear Honorable SoAndSo."
While their position demands our respect, their position also demands their service, not their lording their office over us. As Rep. Boehner recently said in his acceptance speech, "We fired Nancy Pelosi," and I strongly suspect it was because she was well-known for her attitude of looking down at the rest of us. Such snobbery deserves a boot from office, and we're just going to have to ensure any and all Congressmen who attempt to yank our rights for nonsensical reasons get the same boot.
So! Remember Pennsylvania Rep. Robert Brady come election time, to ensure he gets the same "Thank you, but no thanks!" electorial boot we gave Pelosi!
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nonameisgood
Regular Member
Really? I missed that requirement in any law or document. I just don't think we are to that level of control yet, Mr 9.
since9
Campaign Veteran
It has nothing to do with control, Mr. Noname.
It's simply the honorable thing to do.
eye95
Well-known member
The First Amendment places no such restriction of "respectability." We can be as disrespectful as we choose, and the First Amendment still protects that speech. We SHOULD be respectful in our political discourse as it is the rational and civil way to go about it. That does not mean that we should not be brutally frank and harsh in our criticism. Frankness and harshness, born of honesty and rationality, is not incivility.
rodbender
Regular Member
Thanks. You beat me to it. Saved me a lot of typing.
frommycolddeadhands
Regular Member
+100
wrightme
Regular Member
Being respectful can also bear much more fruit than being disrespectful. Those on a fence will be more likely to fall on the near side when it is presented as a land of honey, as opposed to being presented as a land of vinegar.
If I coulda mixed some more metaphors in there, I woulds......
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eye95
Well-known member
Well, you started with a fruit metaphor and ended with the fly metaphor. So, your post is about fruit-flies. Wait...was that uncivil?
Smith45acp
Regular Member
rodbender
Regular Member
Clips? and barrel shrouds. Yep, she's up on her gun stuf, ain't she.
nonameisgood
Regular Member
Yes, obviously, and if we met IRL, you'd know me by my polite, diplomatic and firm approach to things. Of course polite works better that rough and uncouth, but it is not required. I think we are on the same page.
+1 to our gorilla friend's comments.
William Fisher
Regular Member
I haven't read all the posts, so if I'm repeating anything my apologies.
This is Suzzanna Gratia Hupp. She served as a Texas Stae Represenitive sometime back.
She lost her parents in the Luby's Cafeteria shootings which some of you will remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1u0Byq5Qis&feature=player_embedded
This is Suzzanna Gratia Hupp. She served as a Texas Stae Represenitive sometime back.
She lost her parents in the Luby's Cafeteria shootings which some of you will remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1u0Byq5Qis&feature=player_embedded
Dreamer
Regular Member
McCarthey is a disgusting ghoul, who has based her entire political career on bathing in the blood of her slain husband and other such victims.
Her bloodlust knows no bounds, and she is ALWAYS one of the first to dip her hands in the blood-puddles of victims of violence and smear her face with their draining sanguinity, so that she may draw the attention of the media to her never-ending game of "look at MEEEE--I'm a Victim TOOOOO!"
She is disgusting. She is sick. And she is a sad, sad, little woman who needs some SERIOUS professional help.
But most of all, she needs to be voted OUT of office, right after she is outed for the ghoulish, blood-dripping spectre of hate, racism, and classism that she is.
Pray for her soul.
But ALSO pray the good people of New York's 4th District will show her the door to the unemployment office in 2012...
Her bloodlust knows no bounds, and she is ALWAYS one of the first to dip her hands in the blood-puddles of victims of violence and smear her face with their draining sanguinity, so that she may draw the attention of the media to her never-ending game of "look at MEEEE--I'm a Victim TOOOOO!"
She is disgusting. She is sick. And she is a sad, sad, little woman who needs some SERIOUS professional help.
But most of all, she needs to be voted OUT of office, right after she is outed for the ghoulish, blood-dripping spectre of hate, racism, and classism that she is.
Pray for her soul.
But ALSO pray the good people of New York's 4th District will show her the door to the unemployment office in 2012...
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Before reading Dreamer's post, I was thinking the thread title was a little misleading. I was thinking a better one would read: "Political Beast Prepares To Kill More Innocents". However, I think Dreamer's use of the word "ghoul" inspired.
Citizen
Founder's Club Member
Huh!?!?! The politicians threaten us with their monopoly: force and violence. Many in society threaten each other with force and violence--Dems vs Repubs vs Commies vs Greens vs... Banditry and thuggery institutionalized.
And, we should be respectful because it is the rational and civil way to go about discoursing?
Hah!
(Hunt up what the Founders said about each other. Oooooo. Oww. Our discourse is practically a ladies garden club social afternoon by comparison.)
since9
Campaign Veteran
They do try and get things right, but they're not always right. They're certainly neither scientists or physicists. They're Hollywood special effects personnel, and while I think they do a good job of entertaining their audiences, some shows I've watched and wondered why the question (whatever question) was being asked that week, as "everyone know the answer to that one."
Still, they're fun to watch, unlike Congresswoman McCarthy.