Posted: 12/9/2008 2:53:20 AM EDT
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http://exiledonline.com/america-home-of-the-free-land-of-the-armed/all/1/
I just read this on Exiled Online, home of "the War Nerd" Gary Brecher. It's interesting because it covers not only how racism towards blacks led to gun control, but also what gun control's really about. All in the context of the author trying to rationalize limp-wristed vegans and Obama voters in West L.A. buying guns for protection. ETA: From the article: You won’t hear it brought up in respectable gun control circles, but the aim of restricting weapons sales has never been safety, reducing gun crime or some other lefty bullshit like that. No, it has always been about preventing armed rebellion against an unpopular government. Land-owning Southern hicks were the first to agitate for gun restrictions against blacks to prevent the white man’s greatest nightmare: pissed-off slaves with guns rampaging through the countryside and murdering every slave-owning redneck in sight. They were open about it, too. After Tuner’s rebellion, Virginia passed a law that didn’t allow free slaves to own even a speck of gun powder. Tennessee changed its constitution to read: “That the free white men of this State have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defense.” The practice went on for the next 200 years.
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IMO, using words like 'bullshit' just completely discredits any article. I take it you didn't actually read the article? I read it - what's your point? It's still ignorant and will be counted as such by anyone on the fence, simply because he wasn't intelligent enough to write an article with real words. |
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IMO, using words like 'bullshit' just completely discredits any article. I take it you didn't actually read the article? I read it - what's your point? It's still ignorant and will be counted as such by anyone on the fence, simply because he wasn't intelligent enough to write an article with real words. It's kind of a blog and seems to be written for a more casual purpose. After reading the 'article' I don't really have a problem with the profanity. He says more than just the word 'bullshit'. If this were written for publication in a periodical like the Wall Street Journal, I agree, the profanity has no place and reduces credibility. |