Healthy Debate Doesn't Involve Threat Of Guns (Dionne barf alert!!!)

IBD Editorials ^ | August 19, 2009 | E. J, DIONNE JR. The lunatic

[Kaslin]

[jwalsh07]

Perhpas somebody should tell this weasels that some left wing kook actually shot President Reagan?

[Devils Avocado]

It’s not exactly symmetrical. If some liberals showed up at a lefty political protest with firearms, the rest of them would be scared and would get out of there.

[Migraine]

Guns on the street are a ‘threat’ only if you’re worried that you might be taking someone else’s liberties away. If the shoe fits, wear it. But don’t tread on me. I’ll bite ya.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"Try a thought experiment: What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush?"

Firstly, most leftists/hippies/peacecreeps are afraid of firearms and think that they're "evil" and should be banned. Second, many of the pro-Reagan or Pro-Bush attendees would most likely be carrying already.

[jessduntno]

“What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush?”

How about “Ready on the left?”

[Kansas58]

So, DEMOCRATS and UNION THUGS and ACORN THUGS can beat people up and spit on people, and that is ok, but -—

Conservatives can't protect themselves?

Besides, I think it was a DEMOCRAT UNION THUG, in at least one instance, who was carrying a weapon, and it was a Black guy, at that!

[popdonnelly]

But it’s okay for the SEIU to engage in intimidation and beatings.

[joejm65]

The fairly simple way to address this issue is to encourage liberals and Democrats who own guns in right-to-carry states to wear or carry their weapons outside of town hall events held by Republican/conservative members of congress. Then, watch our reaction. Mr. Dionne’s opinions will either be validated or refuted. Why wonder, when this can be settled within a few days?

[Kaslin]

Well you can not be sure if the guy was in a Union or not

[Envisioning]

The fairly simple way to address this issue is to encourage liberals and Democrats who own guns in right-to-carry states to wear or carry their weapons outside of town hall events held by Republican/conservative members of congress. Then, watch our reaction. Mr. Dionne’s opinions will either be validated or refuted. Why wonder, when this can be settled within a few days?

DING! DING! DING!

We have a post of the day! IMHO

[Kaslin]

Of course. They don’t have to go by the rules

[Still Thinking]

How would our friends on the right have reacted to someone at a Reagan or a Bush speech carrying a sign that read: "It's time to water the tree of liberty"?

By thinking they were better read than I did when their signs said "Bushitler" or "Bush Lied People Died" or all the other clever things they always said.

[Kansas58]

Well, the Union Thugs in St. Louis were wearing SEIU Union purple T-Shirts.
And, they were rather easy to identify.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Pardon me, but I don't think conservatives would have spoken out in defense of the right of every American Marxist to bear arms or to shed the blood of tyrants."

Actually, the real conservative response would be "I disagree with their politics, but as citizens, they have every right to keep and bear arms", as long as they do so lawfully.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Didn't some Black Panthers show up at a Republican convention in Texas some years ago brandishing firearms?
I know, it wasn't widely reported by the MSM, so maybe it didn't really happen. /sarc

[Cheeks]

Your post is definitely the post of the day! Nice one.

[CTyank]

Yes !! We have a winner!! The difference is - when the leftists bring guns - they are concealed because they intend to use them.

[GVnana]

Perhaps it had something to do with union thugs beating a black man?