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I don't think you realize what you're sayin...@leif<br /><br />I don't think you realize what you're saying. You (indignantly) post that people are calling you the following, and imply that it is unjustified:<br /><br />"elitist" "clueless"<br /><br />Have you ever owned a gun? No? Then "clueless" might apply.<br /><br />"uneducated"<br /><br />Have you ever made an effort to learn how to shoot firearms? No? Then "uneducated" might apply.<br /><br />"making specious statements"<br /><br />Did you or did you not say that you would decide who was a "gun nut", and that you felt morally superior to them? Yes? Then that's specious, and it applies.<br /><br />"limp-wristed left winger"<br /><br />OK, cheap shot.<br /><br />"mouthing off", being a "gun-grabber"<br /><br />OK, another cheap shot. Taking these lumps is part of being public, leif. Don't get snippy.<br /><br />"intolerant"<br /><br />Again, let's return to you "morally superior" post:<br /><br />"I would only claim moral superiority to gun NUTS, not all gun owners. Now, you're not going to deny that there are a lot of gun *nuts* in the world, are you...?"<br /><br />That doesn't strike me as tolerant.<br /><br />"not a true liberal"<br /><br />True Liberals tolerate, accept and try to understand those who are different, not make fun of them. Your words: <br /><br />"everybody thinks guns are dangerous - but us good ol' boys know better, don't we! Now we just need to pull a fast one on the Missus and we'll be huntin' us a wild turkey for Christmas dinner, sure as shootin'!"<br /><br />And I accept your offer to write up the next gun-related one, despite the dim degree of sincerity in which it may have been offered.<br /><br />todaysinspmail.to.jlbraun@xoxy.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-74033372263930158002006-12-29T11:25:00.000-05:002006-12-29T11:25:00.000-05:00Like Rocky Balboa, 'anonymous' is back with the gu...Like Rocky Balboa, 'anonymous' is back with the gun control topic that will not die. Not with more discussion on this blog but a link to an interesting blog on comic books containing a link to an NRA pamphlet done in an admittedly very heavy propaganda format.<br /><br />As with this blog I chimed in with my own opinion, a little bit better stated this time I think and a little bit more differential (no poo on the carpet this time). The link is below, take a look and enjoy it for the art if not my opinion piece.<br /><br /><a href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/12/28/the-nra-graphic-novel/">http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/12/28/the-nra-graphic-novel/</a><br /><br />And to avoid any lack of respect up front, I've given you a name as well, I'm Chuck.<br /><br />Wisely, I think the moderator of that site has cut-off any further discussion of the 2nd amendment before things went too far.<br /><br />chuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-11447473785118655912006-12-28T11:27:00.000-05:002006-12-28T11:27:00.000-05:00Lol, anonymous - I like your extension to my analo...Lol, anonymous - I like your extension to my analogy! But tell me... what does it say about the kind of person who comes in with a belaclava over their face, sees the toilet paper next to the rug, and actually pulls down his pants and takes a dump in front of everyone - then runs away...?<br /><br />A kook who deserves no respect, perhaps?<br /><br />Yes, guns are both religion and politics to some people. We call those people "gun nuts".<br /><br />Thanks to you for the lively and cordial exchange, anonymous, and Happy New Year to you too. Should you return again, perhaps you'll finally feel secure enough to reveal your identity and contact information.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-32856369593855598062006-12-28T08:40:00.000-05:002006-12-28T08:40:00.000-05:00Well I do understand better, though do not necessa...Well I do understand better, though do not necessarily agree, with why you seem to give less weight to anonymous posts and insist on first attacking (perhaps to harsh of a word) the poster rather than the post when the poster is anonymous. And before you jump on that look back, it really does seem to me that with anonymous posts you generally first call attention to (and question the cohonas of) the anonymity. And really, that much more so than categorizing something as 'junior high' is a direct attempt at invalidating another's post without addressing the substance of what was said.<br /><br />I would think if anonymous posts demand such little respect you would simply disable anonymous posting. To provide the tools to someone to do something and then treat it as a breach of conduct that they used the tools you provide seems odd. In your analogy, when that stranger comes into your house and finds not only a dinner party and the hors d’oeuvres you have provided, but also a roll of toilet paper & a stack of magazines next to the rug in the foyer, he just might take a dump, and strangely he is not entirely to blame.<br /><br />In any case, I tried my best not to take any dumps in your living room. Mostly I was just looking for a lively & cordial debate and I think we've had that.<br /><br />I will say though as my last thought, conventional wisdom is you should not discuss, or discuss carefully, politics & religion in mixed company. And for many people, guns are both religion and politics.<br /><br />So thanks for the discussion and have a happy new year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-3042918700576092012006-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:002006-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:00Ok, "anonymous", you seem like a decent sort of an...Ok, "anonymous", you seem like a decent sort of anonymous person so I'll explain my perspective on appropriate blog commentary etiquette:<br /><br />Hosting a blog is a bit like holding an open house. Any member of the public can come in and poke around your place, but when they drop by, take a dump on your living room carpet and don't leave a business card, one tends to feel a little violated, and with little recourse.<br /><br />In my profile I give you my full name, my email address and a link to my website, where you can find my full address and phone number. This takes some guts, since you have every possible way of connecting to me, whether you are a nice person or not. It also means I am willing to stand behind my words instead of lobbing stink bombs from the bushes. When so called "reasonable" and "calm" commentors come here and overreact to a harmless post that pokes a little fun at the more lunatic fringe element in their special interest group - and do so from the anonymous security of the cheap seats, I lose all respect for those people. They show that they are afraid to have someone come to their house and crap on their carpet - to treat them the way they've treated others.<br /><br />I really resent your cheap shot, anonymous, not the one about the blogosphere corner thing, but the crack about "junior high". That's the kind of remark one uses to try to invalidate an oponent's position outright. I have no problem with someone presenting an opposing point of view (and this next part is key, anonymous) *in a forum were such issues are discussed*, but when someone comes here with a "well reasoned and calm argument" in response to what was essentially an article you might find in Mad magazine, then yes, by responding you are proving me right.<br /><br />For you and any of the other anony-mouses who still don't get what's going on here, let me give you this analogy:<br /><br />I'm a comic fan, but not a comic fanboy. The fat comic store owner on the Simpsons doesn't offend me, because I'm not insecure that others may see me in the same light as that one-dimensional stereotype. Matt Groening won't be getting any "calmly stated arguments" from me about his unfair portrayal of comic fans. <br /><br />I love Star Trek - but I'm not a Trekkie. My friends and family laugh at me for preferring a rerun of Next Generation over an episode of Grey's Anatomy. So what? You think I'd launch into "a well-reasoned argument" to prove I'm right and they're wrong?<br /><br />This silly little post did exactly what I predicted it would: brought the kooks out of the woodwork. I used those derisive terms in my reply to you because that's who we're talking about. Its funny how certain people read that and automatically assumed I was talking about them. Does that say more about me... or about them...? The vast majority of visitors were secure enough in themselves to walk away. <br /><br />So all you anony-mouses lobbing stink bombs from the cheap seats, coming to my open house and crapping on my carpet, your comments don't hold any weight and you'll get no respect here. And spare me your sanctimonious "what did you expect" b.s. - I expected exactly what I got from my 99% (reasonable) visitors, and I expected exactly what I got from the 1% fanatical fringe element.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-68671963483411707442006-12-27T17:16:00.000-05:002006-12-27T17:16:00.000-05:00I agree with you, my analogy of a partisan site on...I agree with you, my analogy of a partisan site on a hot button topic was not a good argument and not the same situation as this site. While I think a site like this on 50s & 60s illustrations with a post on other hot topics like I mentioned could also generate opinionated traffic from both sides, that is not what I said and you're correct in pointing that out. <br /><br />The rest though, reads to me like junior high debate club tactics:<br /><br />You proclaim yourself correct and state that if anyone responds it confirms what you have said. Seriously. When I stated earlier the pro-gun side had a better reasoned argument it is exactly this type of argument on the level of "I know you are but what am I" that I am referring too.<br /><br />Similarly, after you try to illustrate it was the pro-gun side resorting to name calling, and you did a decent job at that too by the way, you then stoop to name calling of "kooks", "fanatics", "tantrum-throwing babies", "loonie birds", and "paranoid". If anyone has proven the other side correct by their replies, I'm afraid it has not been me.<br /><br />Lastly, and here I would actually welcome your comments, though I hope you do not respond solely to this point, (and I am not be disingenuous) what is the fixation with an anonymous post having less validity than a post where you "Leif" (or "Paula" or "Henry" etc.) provide a name, zodiac sign, and shoe size. I am not saying your credentials are fake, in fact I do not doubt you are who you say you are, but they in no way make the poster any more or less anonymous. I simply don't get the repeated insinuation that creating a user account in some way shows "bravery". Is there some kind of peril attached to creating a user id that I'm unaware of, that then someone can use my username to call me some kind of "banana fana fo fana" name? Really, outside of the whole pro/anti gun thing I would appreciate an explanation of this. Is it just a form of etiquette or is it simply the easy way to denigrate an opposing view?<br /><br />Okay, I know I said "lastly" on the earlier paragraph, but I do also have to add, there is no such thing as "remote corner" of the blogosphere. It is, you know, linked, that is the beauty of it. Personally, and I do hate to resort to cheap shots myself, but I would have thought the word "sphere" kind of made the idea of no corners pretty obvious. But seriously, everyone knows you do not have to be the daily kos or drudge to find a post erupt with traffic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-4022710551804309542006-12-27T13:44:00.000-05:002006-12-27T13:44:00.000-05:00Thanks for once again proving me right, "anonymous...Thanks for once again proving me right, "anonymous" (another brave soul who has an opinion but not the balls to leave a real name and email address). I just knew it would take only the slightest poking with a stick to get another baseless overreaction from the kooks in the crowd. <br /><br />Don't you get it, "anonymous"? this is not a pro or con gun site so your reference to abortion, women's right or whatever other special interest group you can dream up is pointless.<br /><br />This was a tiny jab at gun culture from a remote corner of the blogosphere by someone with no serious anti-gun agenda. I said as much in my initial post. The vast majority of readers understood that. Pro or con gun rights, they came, they read, they left without comment. That's what reasonable people do. The reaction from a handful of kooks was wildly overblown and unwarranted - but did serve to emphasize what the initial post was making fun of: thin-skinned fanatics who will use any forum, no matter how obscure (and believe me, a blog about classic illustration from the 50's that reaches about 300 people a day is pretty obscure) to storm about like a bunch of temper tantrum-throwing babies, refuse to accept my apologies ( ok, they were disingenous apologies but still...)<br />and continue to return again and again to vent some more.<br /><br />No, "anonymous", I'm not going to delete your remarks. We "true liberals" believe in tolerating the opinions of others, no matter how humourless and paranoid they may be. Besides, I want the people of the "world" (all 300 of them) to see how right I was about you loonie birds.<br /><br />*In case you need a clarification, that was me goading you on - let's see if you can resist this time. ;-)leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-40598416090187598372006-12-27T12:32:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:32:00.000-05:00What did you expect. Gun ownership is a very divi...What did you expect. Gun ownership is a very divisive topic and if you expected to post something "humorous" on the topic, no matter what kind of disclaimer, and not get responses expressing strong opinions you are naive at best.<br /><br />Post a similar humorous/dated image on a pro or anti-abortion site, a legalize drug site, a women's rights site showing traditional rolls of women in the 50s, etc., and you will find the same type of response.<br /><br />And thank you for your suggestion and for providing this forum, but I will decide when I am through discussion the topic. In the spirit of stifling dissenting opinions, you may decide to delete my post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-10056999141501586232006-12-27T09:13:00.000-05:002006-12-27T09:13:00.000-05:00"Honestly, read through the posts and count the nu..."Honestly, read through the posts and count the number of times the anti-gun side resort to generalizations and belittling. I would have expected the reverse."<br /><br />Dear "fairly neutral anonymous"; perhaps you were reading another thread, because this particular group of NRA lobbyists directed in their "well reasoned and calmly stated arguments" the following slurs at me:<br /><br />"morally superior"<br /><br />My entire country (Canada) is "strange" and "needs to grow up"<br /><br />"ignorant moral superiority"<br /><br />my "argument" is "baseless"<br /><br />I - and anyone who is not supportive of gun-culture - am "callous" because I eat processed meat instead of shooting it myself (this one I love - just image 300 million Americans out in what's left of the woods, shooting at random because you can't buy a steak in the supermarket!)<br /><br />"elitist" "clueless"<br /><br />"uneducated"<br /><br />"making specious statements"<br /><br />"limp-wristed left winger"<br /><br />"mouthing off", being a "gun-grabber"<br /><br />"intolerant"<br /><br />"not a true liberal"<br /><br />All this, "neutral anonymous", from a post that was presented as a joke - but where I made a point of boldly including a line to say that I support the rights of gun owners to keep their weapons (yes gun owners, your "tools" are weapons, don't be so afraid to call them what they are).<br /><br />I'm just grateful that the vast majority of the 8,000 - plus visitors who came by to read the post (many of them probably gun owners) understood it was a joke and didn't feel obliged to leave long, rambling tirades insulting me for daring to say anything that might be perceived as negative about gun ownership. The tiny clan of mostly anonymous gun nuts paranoid enough to feel they needed to grind me into a pulp proved through their comments to be exactly the type of humourless radicals I was poking fun at in the first place.<br /><br />What a shame that they couldn't turn the other cheek, choosing instead to "shoot" their mouths off.<br /><br />So, reasonable, calm pro-gun commentors, show me how morally superior you are and don't rise to the challenge - don't add any more comments or hurl any more insults. Allow me to have the last word on my own blog. Go ahead and carry your big "boom stick" - but walk softly. I dare you.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-33519269849839687952006-12-26T21:31:00.000-05:002006-12-26T21:31:00.000-05:00I started reading this thread considering myself f...I started reading this thread considering myself fairly neutral on the issue. At the conclusion I must say the pro-gun group presented a much more well reasoned & calmly stated argument. Honestly, read through the posts and count the number of times the anti-gun side resort to generalizations and belittling. I would have expected the reverse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-29365724194073439172006-12-24T10:50:00.000-05:002006-12-24T10:50:00.000-05:00wow!
i'm at work, so i took the time to read this...wow!<br /><br />i'm at work, so i took the time to read this entire thread of comments. <br /><br />i think that the most intriguing part of it is how quickly this relatively innocuous post turned into an apparently full-on assault on the Second Amendment.<br /><br />the most damning thing I've learned about gun owners from this post and its ensuing discussion is that they're ready to leap on the most harmless bit of fun as an attack on their rights.<br /><br />yes, as Leif specified (perhaps somewhat facetiously) in his post, he fully supports your right to own guns. starting with john salmon though, posters seem to have decided that their rights are somehow under fire (ha, ha, ha) in this little comedic blog post, and that they NEED TO BE DEFENDED!<br /><br />unfortunately, the amendment that allows people to make fun of gun owners comes before the amendment that allows you guys to own guns. so, you keep yours, and we'll keep ours, and maybe grow a little more of a sense of humor. <br /><br />because a gun owner who can't laugh at him*herself, is a gun owner that I personally think would be considerably more to use said gun in anger against another human being.<br /><br />my .02!alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770910568858631132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-59820144546922284032006-12-24T09:28:00.000-05:002006-12-24T09:28:00.000-05:00jlbraun (may I call you "jl"?); You can't begin t...jlbraun (may I call you "jl"?); You can't begin to imagine how grateful I am that you took the time out of your busy holiday schedule to come on back here and give me one last good stern talking to (this will be your last, right? No?)<br /><br />Wow... black people, brown people, women, atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, Democrats, Libertarians, lesbians, gays, and Wiccans... why you're a veritable United Nations of gun culture! See, I knew I'd come to love and respect you once I got to know you better!<br /><br />Now I really do feel shame. Shame on me for poking fun at others who are just a little bit different. I really have been a bad, bad, liberal. I can see now by your example how hurtful and wrong it is to ever make jokes at the expense of others. <br /><br />So jl, since you've so thoroughly changed my world view for the better, here's my proposal: the next time I post about guns (and believe me, after watching my daily numbers jump from an average of 300 to a two day total of over 8,000 (!), you can bet your Daisy repeater I'll be posting about guns again) so next time, jl, I'll happily turn the writing chores over to you as my guest gun culture specialist.<br /><br />Why not share your wisdom with all the other failed, politically incorrect, intolerant left-wingers out there? I'm sure we could all learn a lot from your sage advice!<br /><br />When you come back to read this (and I know you, jl, you'll be back) just include your email address so I can send you the artwork you'll be writing about.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, jl, and keep your powder dry!leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-81920894073734569412006-12-24T03:02:00.000-05:002006-12-24T03:02:00.000-05:00@bobbyv
Sir, I have several critiques of your pos...@bobbyv<br /><br />Sir, I have several critiques of your post.<br /><br />First, the range that I go to is in a rural area. I have seen and shot with black people, brown people, women, atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, Democrats, Libertarians, lesbians, gays, and Wiccans. I don't recall a single white male Republican Christian coming out to shoot with us. Maybe I'm hanging with the wrong crowd.<br /><br />Secondly, I have also found that the only people that fetishize guns... are people like Stan Goff. His critique of the gun culture seems to stem more from his own fears and projections, and it's frankly sad that an academic such as him needs to create an alternate reality of "dark fetishes", "violent, reactionary masculinity", and "paranoid male sexual identity" in order to resolve his own cognitive dissonances about firearms. It's clear the man has some serious issues to work out. His work would be funny if it weren't so sad. :)<br /><br />@leif<br />Gun owners lost our collective sense of humor sometime around 1968. To get a little Curious George for a moment, every time someone makes a poke at "gee, look at these backwards illiterate hicks and their guns! How crazy, weird, funny, dangerous and stupid they are! Har har!", it makes us just a little bit more Other, a bit more Those People, and a bit more Weird and Scary, and that intentional division is completely antithetical to the inclusive, cultured, tolerant, and liberal America that I love. Cheap jokes at the expense of others that are Just A Little Bit Different should NEVER leave a True Liberal's mouth, and it's frankly shameful for me as a Liberal to see fellow Liberals engage in shaming and name-calling with respect to gun owners. Wherefore tolerance and understanding? <br /><br />So, yes. If you're going to post about firearms, you're likely going to get a posse of gun-owners rumbling in here every time to correct misconceptions, explain the law, point out errors, and perhaps engage in a bit of healthy chest-thumping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-12190843085572961022006-12-23T12:53:00.000-05:002006-12-23T12:53:00.000-05:00There are lots of obsessions out there. People cam...There are lots of obsessions out there. People camp out for video game consoles and movie tickets, they customize economy cars, wear spock ears, write fiction about the secret sexual relations of characters in tv shows, and tattoo the names of their favorite bands into their skin.<br /><br />And gun owners are fetishistic?<br /><br />Ok, it's possible to fetishize <i>anything</i>. The internet has proved that. As the punch line to the joke goes, "specify breed of goat." But once you take a gun apart - as you must to clean one - it's obviously just pieces of metal and springs. In our warrantee-void-if-seal-broken culture, guns are one of the last products that consumers generally understand <a>as</a> machinery. I see far more awe and wonder from those who fear them than those who use them regularly.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164612896234645132noreply@blogger.com