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"It's tiny, believe me." (Original Post) kpete Feb 2018 OP
Great cartoon Gothmog Feb 2018 #1
Where are the outraged cries from the DU Gun advocacy Group? n/t n2doc Feb 2018 #2
I was interested in reading what they had to say but I couldn't find them since I deleted them CTyankee Feb 2018 #4
One way is to log out and then browse DU as a non-member n2doc Feb 2018 #7
thanks. CTyankee Feb 2018 #8
I am sorry about your niece crazycatlady Feb 2018 #30
thank you. these school shootings bring back that memory... CTyankee Feb 2018 #37
it is amazing what offends them and what does not Skittles Feb 2018 #9
This always makes me chuckle NickB79 Feb 2018 #3
I dunno ... that looks like Ron Jeremy ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #28
Hey, you got it! NickB79 Feb 2018 #29
Lol ... n/p ... but you may still have to ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #33
I guess this applies to my cousin's husband vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #5
Says it all. highplainsdem Feb 2018 #6
Ya know, if we passed a law that all hand held weapons had to be pink.... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #10
Now that's funny. Hoyt Feb 2018 #14
and made an unmanly sound when fired... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #18
I can't stop laughing. Pink gun and a wimpy sound. If only Congress had a sense of humor and wanted Hoyt Feb 2018 #19
Pew pew pew A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #20
This is killing me. I can't drink my coffee until I've opened these posts. Hoyt Feb 2018 #21
Perfect!!!! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #31
In a very high key A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #35
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #11
AKA The Compensator. Comes with an adaptor for those with very small hands. Squinch Feb 2018 #12
Gun marketeers recognized that long ago, and it didn't take much market research. Hoyt Feb 2018 #13
Honestly, the fact that so many of us want to believe this ... dawg Feb 2018 #15
ABSOLUTELY AGREE....how can we say we stand up for victims yet shame the size johnpowdy Feb 2018 #17
Can we stop with the small penis shaming? johnpowdy Feb 2018 #16
Why? Gun-humpers call us gun-grabbers, snowflakes, liberal wusses, commies, and worse. Hoyt Feb 2018 #22
I disagree johnpowdy Feb 2018 #24
I seriously appreciate your patience with what I consider deplorables. I get what you are saying, Hoyt Feb 2018 #25
How is this supposed to make me feel? Retrotech Feb 2018 #23
Thank you. I am sorry to hear your story. johnpowdy Feb 2018 #26
It should be taken much more euphemistically ... it's not LITERALLY about having small genitals mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #32
I see, but perhaps we should target "masculinity" instead of genitalia johnpowdy Feb 2018 #34
Thanks for posting this. dawg Feb 2018 #36
All I can say, as a woman, is... moriah Mar 2018 #39
A lot of them think having the gun treestar Feb 2018 #27
Great cartoon Gothmog Feb 2018 #38

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
4. I was interested in reading what they had to say but I couldn't find them since I deleted them
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 12:56 PM
Feb 2018

from appearing on my DU. I wanted them forever banned from my sight (I lost a niece to gun violence so it's personal with me).

I guess there's no way I could get them back, just temporarily...

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
7. One way is to log out and then browse DU as a non-member
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 12:59 PM
Feb 2018

You have to deal with the ads but everybody appears.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
37. thank you. these school shootings bring back that memory...
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 04:21 PM
Feb 2018

At her funeral my brother collapsed at her coffin. He was never the same and died a few years after. my other niece who was supposed to accompany her sister backed out at the last minute. Her guilt was keenly felt. She changed her first name and decided to go into the ministry. She and her husband are co-pastors of a Methodist church in North Carolina.

I will say this. My niece's death was caused by anger, fueled by alcohol and the accessability of a loaded handgun her stepgrandfather kept, loaded, in a nightstand, ready to shoot any intruder.

This happened in Dallas.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
10. Ya know, if we passed a law that all hand held weapons had to be pink....
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 09:47 PM
Feb 2018

with unicorns on the stock...

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
19. I can't stop laughing. Pink gun and a wimpy sound. If only Congress had a sense of humor and wanted
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:45 PM
Feb 2018

to cool down gun purchases, that would do it.

You are on a roll today.

Response to kpete (Original post)

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. Gun marketeers recognized that long ago, and it didn't take much market research.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:28 PM
Feb 2018

Last edited Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Remember the ad for Bushmaster, the rifle used at Sandy Hook? It nailed it:

dawg

(10,624 posts)
15. Honestly, the fact that so many of us want to believe this ...
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:48 PM
Feb 2018

says more about us than it does about them.

I just hope that all the young & impressionable men with smaller than average penises, liberal and conservative alike, don't internalize this nasty streak in our culture and allow it to make them feel "lesser than" men who are differently endowed.

johnpowdy

(116 posts)
17. ABSOLUTELY AGREE....how can we say we stand up for victims yet shame the size
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:50 PM
Feb 2018

of someone's genitalia which they have no control over? This is beneath us

johnpowdy

(116 posts)
16. Can we stop with the small penis shaming?
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 12:50 PM
Feb 2018

AR15s are horrible....atrocious...but lets take the high road please

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
25. I seriously appreciate your patience with what I consider deplorables. I get what you are saying,
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:00 PM
Feb 2018

and you may be 100% correct. But I've been dealing with these losers for too long to coddle them -- or play nice with them -- anymore.

 

Retrotech

(38 posts)
23. How is this supposed to make me feel?
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 02:52 PM
Feb 2018

I've never owned a gun in my life, and I refuse to even associate with those who do. I feel physically nauseated around them, and I've done everything I can in my life to fight back against the terrorists in the NRA. I also have an very small penis. Before anyone trys to reassure me with the standard comments, no, it really is small. Like, to the point of uselessness. I've tried. This fact has caused me severe mental anguish, and has sabotaged my every effort to find love and a fulfilling relationship. I recently began taking prescription meds to deal with the crippling depression and near-suicidal thoughts, and things have improved somewhat. As a man who is too small to ever have a fulfilling sex life, what's the take away for me here? This is clearly meant to insult based on a physical characteristic that no man has control over, and clearly paints that deficiency as something to be used against someone. I mean shit, what's the message? Why are so many people so willing to use a very real and personally crippling deficiency as a cudgel?

johnpowdy

(116 posts)
26. Thank you. I am sorry to hear your story.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:00 PM
Feb 2018

I keep hearing the small penis insult. As a man, that is offensive to me. I would NEVER own a gun and think such a thing is disgusting but why is it okay to shame the size of a man's genitalia? Such a thing is a real, crippling issue for many men.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
32. It should be taken much more euphemistically ... it's not LITERALLY about having small genitals
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:25 PM
Feb 2018

It's about gun owners having insecurities about the perception of their 'manhood' ... it's an unfortunate societal construct that penis size has somehow become associated with 'masculinity' (larger = more of a man) but it is what it is. Obviously there's little or no truth to it and who really gives a shit about their masculinity anyway, it's a dumb and vague and totally subjective 'measure' to begin with, but some men clearly DO anyways.

What this sort of 'insult' is actually meant to convey is that the gun-owner is insecure in their masculinity and penis size is just a stand-in due to convenience and a certain annoyance factor.

johnpowdy

(116 posts)
34. I see, but perhaps we should target "masculinity" instead of genitalia
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:32 PM
Feb 2018

Because I can see how making fun of genitalia size could be triggering for some men. Going after masculinity and toxic masculinity is much better in my opinion.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
36. Thanks for posting this.
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:57 PM
Feb 2018

It was brave.

Most people don't realize that approximately 1 out of every 167 men has a penis that is small enough to be designated as a "micro-penis" by medical standards. It's not at all uncommon.

Shockingly, many of those men don't own AR-15's.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
39. All I can say, as a woman, is...
Wed Mar 14, 2018, 11:28 AM
Mar 2018

... I never orgasm from penetration. It doesn't matter, big or small, about whether I (and the vast majority of women) are going to have a good time in bed (correction for me: too big hurts, so actually too big IS an issue). It's the hands, the mouth, and especially the brain that are the major organs creating the pleasure in lovemaking for us.

And that I am sorry the way you were made is causing you so much depression. It's easy for me to say that it wouldn't mstter to me. But that doesn't mean it doesn't impact you. Hugs.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
27. A lot of them think having the gun
Sun Feb 25, 2018, 03:04 PM
Feb 2018

immunizes them from being accused of what they fear most; being considered "weak" or "cowardly." It seems for many of the gunners to be about that.

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