Is no one sane? (Political)

[thistlechaser]

I was supposed to be headed to bed, but the news caught my eye.

Brad Goehring, a Republican candidate for Congress in California's 11th district, wrote on his Facebook page:

"If I could issue hunting permits, I would officially declare today opening day for liberals. The season would extend through November 2 and have no limits on how many taken as we desperately need to 'thin' the herd."

That's not even the worst part, that's an old right-wing "joke". A spokeperson for the Tea Party came out and said that he was a "good person" with a "good heart and a good spirit" and she was sure the media was overreacting about the statement.

Does no one have a grip on reality? What the hell is up with these right-wing folks? Sarah Palin pulled this crap as well (people had to "reload" against the liberals). What is it with right-wing people* that they think it's okay to make death threats against people they don't agree with?

This makes my head hurt so much...

(*Yes, every right-winger isn't sitting at home cleaning their guns, but this is their leadership, people who they would vote for, did vote for...)

Comments

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

Yeah the threats of violence and violent-ish rhetoric is pretty inexcusable.

However, if there's a silver lining, it's that "we need to thin the herd" is another way of saying "more people disagree with me than agree with me, and I know this, and I'm sounding more and more desparate about it, and not even bothering to hide the fact that I'm not representing a majority of US citizens".

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! Good point.

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Sheez, in Canada people get uppity if one politician calls another one stupid... Well, the few people that actually listen to what the politicians up here say anyways...

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I laughed at Ralph Klein's comment about Belinda Stronach, saying that she "never had a conservative bone in her body...well, maybe one" (a reference to Peter McKay)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

... *snicker!*

[gmth.livejournal.com]

There are bunches of cars that drive around in my area with liberal hunting permits. Hysterical, ain't it?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

What's that childhood saying? "So funny I forgot to laugh." :/

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

When people start complaining about not being able to have guns, I always wonder what they're planning to use those guns *for*. They're not complaining about hunting rifles.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I advocate gun ownership. I've been hunting once or twice in my life. The few firearms I own are designed for very specific purposes - 1 easily concealable for short range, 1 for dependability and medium range, and 1 for very long range. All 3 are designed for use against humans. Without going into too much of a rant, the point is to have weaponry enabling me to put up a decent fight should a government, foreign or ours, oppress the population, or should the government fall entirely and we're left in a state of lawlessness. In the former case, I don't expect to be capable of fighting head to head against our military (one reason I often hear cited as why that interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is stupid), but I'd like to be able to assist in a guerilla campaign (I'm pretty handy at chemistry too - waging a mild campaign against traffic cameras in my area presently).

For the record, I don't threaten with violence casually. I'm a rather kind, gentle person, with a reputation for being fair, laid-back, good humored, and fiercely loyal. I've harmed a handful of people in my life, and all but 1 were in self-defense (barfights, mostly).

I find such republican jokes about 'hunting liberals' to be in exceedingly poor taste.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

People are so wacky. I had a seemingly sane friend who was flat-out convinced he needed to own guns (multiple!) because when "society fell" he'd be able to protect his home with them.

Seriously? That's a big concern? Ugh.

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

The collapse of any civilization is pretty much inevitable. It happened to Sumer, to Carthage, to Rome. It's only a matter of time before it happens to all of us. It may not be in our lifetime -- I certainly hope not! -- but it can and will happen.

That being said, I don't own a gun and don't want to. If the Canadian government collapses I figure I'm pretty much fucked whether I have a gun or not.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If I had a gun, I'd be way more likely to hurt myself than someone else... and if I did hurt someone else, even if they had wanted to hurt me, I'd feel awful. I'm much more a hiding person than a killing one.

[quistie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wouldn't worry. People act like that when they have nothing substantial to offer. Logic and common sense will always prevail in this...

Wait. Um...I think we are all screwed.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Indeed.