Friday, August 13, 2010

For the Pro-Gun Crowd

If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes gun politics. Thanks to thinkmogul via TYWKIWDBI.

10 comments:

  1. Reminds me of anti's nonsense.

    "Tiahrt doesn't let law enforcement trace crime guns."

    "Gun control saves lives."

    "Jade Gold is wise."

    I am sure everyone can add more.

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  2. “What’s a better example of sheep-like behavior than mindlessly repeating catchy one liners, regardless of their veracity?” -MikeB30200

    Don't forget the easily refuted "10%" or "Gun Flow"

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  3. Let's see:

    "Shoulder thing that goes up"

    "semi-auto only is more lethal than select fire"

    "High-powered military rifles"

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  4. Your side would know all about repeating the lie often enough:

    "The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons."

    --Josh Sugarmann of the VPC on Assault Weapons

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  5. It explains why over 65 % of Fox Viewers believe that Iraq had WMDs while people who watched other media outlets like NBC and CBS the ratio was around 40% of viewers. NPR listeners were the most educated witho only 20 % believing IRAQ had WMDs.
    My recent blog on Eisenhower and the Strategic Bomber gap and the subsequent Missile gap is a perfect example of the first use of how a lie turned into politics!

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  6. Il Principe, FYI they removed tons and tons of rocket bodies, high explosives, incubator and chemical vats, and yellowcake uranium.

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  7. Let's not confuse anybody by bringing facts into the mix.

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  8. Weer'd were you just sharing with us something you know about Iraq? Tell us more.

    In response to some of the other comments, I freely admit both sides do this repeating thing. May I mention just a couple of my favorites from your side?

    1. DGUs are extremely numerous
    2. owning a gun increases your safety
    3. most gun owners are responsible
    4. Helmke and Hennigan and Sugarmann are liars
    5. children can be taught gun safety

    Oh, I could go on and on.

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  9. yeah but we've documented these things. You...well:

    “What’s a better example of sheep-like behavior than mindlessly repeating catchy one liners, regardless of their veracity?” -MikeB30200

    You're in a field somewhere growing wool.

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  10. 1. DGUs are extremely numerous
    2. owning a gun increases your safety
    3. most gun owners are responsible
    4. Helmke and Hennigan and Sugarmann are liars
    5. children can be taught gun safety


    The difference between these and the anti-gun list is these are all proven time and again as fact.

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