Friday, November 15, 2013
Robert Farago Lies About What Shannon Watts Said
The TTAG post title is this:
Shannon Watts: Open Carry Protesters = The Taliban
Now, what she actually said was quite different. She said the behavior of the bullying open-carry fanatics is something the Talabin would approve of, not our Founding Fathers. She did not say the open-carry idiots were the Talaban or were like the Talaban or were equal to them.
I often pose the question which comes to mind again. Why, if the gun-rights folks have "right" on their side, do they so often have to lie?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
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Mike, How exactly is Farago's title any different than the ones you post on this blog? Its something to catch the eye and stimulate debate, much as you do here. It s an opinion piece, again, much like your posts here. Perfectly allowable in that context. You should try watching the whole video.
ReplyDeletehttp://thegunwire.com/blog/youtube-video-anti-gun-mommy-group-cult-leader-shannon-watts-discusses-gunbullies-on-the-ed-show-11112013/
Its interesting that she suggests that the people open carrying are breaking the law, yet she does mention that the police were called, and no arrests were made. Perhaps I have a different world view, but if police are called, and if no arrests are made or they aren't ordered to stop, that seems to equal lawful behavior.
They also still seem to have problems with counting.
Farago's title if a blatant lie of the excessive exaggeration variety. I don't do that.
DeleteMikeb, you exaggerate and lie all the time. Watts said that the protesters were doing what the Taliban would approve of. That's comparing the actions of the protesters to the Taliban. She's a whiney butt.
ReplyDeleteGreg, when someone approves of something, they aren't necessarily equal to that thing. Saying the Taliban would approve of what you do is not the same as saying you are the Taliban. Please tell me you can understand that.
DeleteWatts put the protesters into the same category as the Taliban. How irritable do you get when someone says that the Nazis would approve of gun control freaks? We're not talking about mathematical equality. We're discussing moral responsibility.
DeleteNo, Greg, What we're discussing is whether or not what Farago said was a lie. "Shannon Watts: Open Carry Protesters = The Taliban" is a fucking lie and you know it. All your prevaricating bullshit notwithstanding.
DeleteMikeb, disagreeing with you does not equal a lie, no matter how much you believe that it is.
DeleteNo it doesn't, Greg, but saying Shannon Watts said one thing when she said something quite different is lying. Why can't you agree with that? Why do you defend Robert Farago when he's wrong? What does that make you, Greg?
DeleteFarago made a valid characterization of what Watts said. You pick at nits when you disagree, but allow people on your side to offer whoppers. Look at any article by Jadegold, for example. Where are you then?
DeleteLoyal to your fellows, that's you, Greg. Some people consider honesty a valuable attribute, but not you. You'd say anything to defend a fellow gun nut.
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