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Posted on 10/08/2010 7:59:48 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright
“Now we are not here to debate their second amendment rights,” Thin Ice lead singer Russ Lesser announced to his Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair audience. “However, we are here to exercise our first amendment rights of free speech to ridicule this group for incredible bad taste and stupidity.”
Ridicule who?
Members of South Bay Open Carry, a group that promotes the right to carry handguns openly, in compliance with California law. Some, not used to seeing people exercising even a bit of freedom in this regard, reacted as bigots typically do when confronted with ideas that intrude on their provincial biases: with hostility, ignorance and arrogance.
Weighing in on the first count, Lesser's narrow-mindedness was particularly telling, especially considering his influence in the beach community (and beyond). In addition to being in a popular local band, he is also a long-time Manhattan Beach councilman and former mayor, and president of Body Glove International. A fellow-band and family member is a U.S. Attorney, someone who presumably took an oath as a condition to assuming power. So, naturally, they abused their leadership positions and the advantage of a stage to gin up hostility and intolerance.
Lesser was right though. They were not there "to debate." They were there to insult, to resort to the childish tactic of questioning the manhood of the open carriers, and to chastise them to "get a life" in a song written especially to attack the gun rights advocates. In other words, these "community leaders" were there to stir up crowd ugliness against a minority they disapprove of.
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America! It's about
They are afraid that people will shoot them when they hear the lousy music.
America! It's about
Another idiot from the entertainment crowd. Probably a public skool dropout.
They are stupid sheep bleating “First Amendment GOOD! Second Amendment BAAAAAA-D! BAAAAAA-D!” You can no more reason with those idiots than you can with a fire plug.
dude, read the article...
I’ll freely admit I didn’t read the story. But honestly, I don’t care they are bigoted towards me. They will, however, respect my fire power.
=D
hehehe...every now & then a fire hydrant is useful...
The people of manhatten beach live in their own little world down there on the beach.I would bet that if the dreggs of compton invaded they would sing a differnet tune.
I thought these Bozos historically have certain mistrust of police.
That proves it. Idiots on parade. Morons and fools who have no clue as to what comes out of their mouths. You can be guaranteed no brain activity was involved in the statement by Thin Ice.
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