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I, for one, think the price of tea in China is very important.Isn't massive thread drift just meaningful change...of the subject?
Philippine Sea.You can read dengs works and realize that China long ago gave up any imperial ambitions
I am a wierdo and it's taken me a long time to feel comfortable in who I am. I've always been picked on because I'm short, or fat, or too poor for cool shoes or different in some way or another. So yeah, it sucks. Even today, you can't go out in public in a kilt without a certain degree of self-awareness.
Now apply that to being a first time gun owner. You find a forum of people and you ask for help. Then you get bubblegummed on (did I use that right? It's supposed to be the S Word).and told people wouldn't shoot with you because of how you look and that people won't help you because you are different. Have any of you ever been picked on or excluded for your appearance? Imagine, if you where utilizing a god given right for the first time, after decades of being told that it was bad to do so. Then all you are met with is people telling you that you need to look a certain way before you'll be allowed to do so.
Especially now. Look at all the anti gun reteric out there. Look at all the anti gunner stereotypes out there. Heck, look at the NRA being super corrupt and it being exposed. Every direction nongunners look, the are seeing this message. Now comes someone pushing that all out of the way, only to get smacked in the face by "You can't sit at our table."
Some of you are wonderful, and extend your hand and say "hey, let me help you" or "let me answer any questions you have" and that's great. but some of you are very much in the "stay off my lawn!!!" types. I think we need more of the former.
This thread just hit a new low. And I didn't think that was possible.Just call me "The Great And Magnificent BBBASS, knower of all things, baffler of the brilliant, handsomest man on earth, believer in the ONE truth, master of the bait, the most humble of men, his awesomeness cannot be recorded on any known scale, rescuer of fools, tooter of the Great Horn of Gylindora, Fane of the Fhrey, Miralyith of untold power, and a Lover of unparalleled prowess and distinction.
This thread just hit a new low. And I didn't think that was possible.
We all have our crosses to bear. Go back a few posts and read about the scars I've had since I was 7 yrs old. You want to know that I never got picked first for Red Rover teams, or baseball, or anything physical. I feel no need to make my cross heavier.
Is that a hypothetical, a rhetorical, a composite story, or something that you actually experienced when you came here. I fail to see how our forum members would know your appearance except for you telling them so in much later posts. Yet, I saw that you were rx'ing pushback from people right away.
I say again, is that something that ACTUALLY happened to you based on your physical appearance, or are you still arguing about members response to Tachicool GF??
Because we should be free to express ourselves in any way we see fit. I happen to enjoy dying my hair, wearing kilts, and having tattoos. You don't. We should both be free to do as we will.
What actual harm does someone wearing a kilt, or having tattoos, or having facial piercings cause you? Unless it's a windy day, that is.
We haven't really been trying.This thread just hit a new low. And I didn't think that was possible.
This thread just hit a new low. And I didn't think that was possible.
Your thought experiment is kinda stupid IMO. It's almost as if you're trying to lead us to something....So let me ask you this. When you close your eyes and think of a "gun owner" what do you see?
shouldn't we try to shift that idea from a stand-offish group of elitists, to helpful, welcoming, and kind people?
So let me ask you this. When you close your eyes and think of a "gun owner" what do you see?
how gun ownership is portrayed in the media.
You want "the left" to see our view on guns, how is that being presented in a way that is helpful to get the left to understand about guns?
Do I even need to bother going back to the beginning of the thread to see what is going on here?
Do you have a life? Do you cherish your time on earth? If yes, the answer to your question is "NO!"Do I even need to bother going back to the beginning of the thread to see what is going on here?
Personally I have never 'closed my eyes' and thought about gun owners.So let me ask you this. When you close your eyes and think of a "gun owner" what do you see?
Your thought experiment is kinda stupid IMO. It's almost as if you're trying to lead us to something....
Instead of trying to conjure up an image of a stereotypical 'gun owner', why don't you try the following. When you walk outside your home, just think that potentially every single person you meet is armed.
^^^This thought experiment can actually have some value.
Do I even need to bother going back to the beginning of the thread to see what is going on here?
Because we should be free to express ourselves in any way we see fit. I happen to enjoy dying my hair, wearing kilts, and having tattoos. You don't. We should both be free to do as we will.
What actual harm does someone wearing a kilt, or having tattoos, or having facial piercings cause you? Unless it's a windy day, that is.
Tacticool girlfriend wasn't making much sense to me. I'd have a difficult time interacting with him at a range, however I would refer to him as a her. As that is her preference.