I think I detect a hint of bigotry in this headline, “Second Amendment Brief Filed by Bellevue Gun Nuts“.
What if the headline had been, “Bus Boycott started by Montgomery ni**ers“?
I think I detect a hint of bigotry in this headline, “Second Amendment Brief Filed by Bellevue Gun Nuts“.
What if the headline had been, “Bus Boycott started by Montgomery ni**ers“?
Wow, and the longer article they link to is nothing more than a nasty hit piece on Gottlieb.
Yep. I linked to it the other day in a different context and never got around to pointing out how much they hate civil rights activists.
They’ve also made use of one of Mr. Volk’s photographs, presumably without his knowledge
Aw. They just mean it affectionately. After all, we call ourselves and each other gun nuts. Right?
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Well nobody who’s seen a copy of seattle weekly would be surprised but it -is- nice of Rick to be so completely consistent. Nothing brings out the bigotry better then a little judicial action.
We have given them permission to use that “N” word against us. I like Caleb’s blog but embracing the term “gun nut” has always bothered me. Using the term gun nut has indicated to THEM that we acknowledge some level of instability or irrationality to our behaviour. It lends itself to the image of drunken hillbillies shooting beer cans off their heads. Making the term “gun nut” equivalent to the word “nigger” would help us I believe, but WE must stop accepting it. I think that illustrating bigotry by substitution is a great tool, and this would be another way to change perceptions about us as well.
I can’t get behind the movement to equate anti-gun sentiment to racial bigotry. It may have some similarly irrational qualities, but it’s not the same as discriminating against people on the basis of inalterable phsyical characteristics.
It is, at heart, a difference of opinion and philosophy. That makes it fair game for discussion. However, since the basic right is protected by our Consitution, our side trumps theirs every time in any fari interpretation.
I can’t get behind the movement to equate anti-gun sentiment to racial bigotry. It may have some similarly irrational qualities, but it’s not the same as discriminating against people on the basis of inalterable phsyical characteristics.
It is, at heart, a difference of opinion and philosophy. That makes it fair game for discussion. However, since the basic right is protected by our Consitution, our side trumps theirs every time in any fari interpretation.