Gun Control & RKBA
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Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The post reads accurately to me. The alerter kinda fits the OP too.
There is a reason the gungeon is in the basement, under the parking lot. Too bad they still have to enter and exit through the main lobby.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)rrneck
(17,671 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)Are you sent a mail message if the outcome of the alert?
rrneck
(17,671 posts)it goes to a jury though. I think it goes straight to admin.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Glaug-Eldare
(1,089 posts)Lots of groups here, and this one tends to go against the party line. I don't blame the more orthodox DUers who see us as a nuisance. Inshallah, we'll change the party line itself, by and by.
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)... if (heaven forbid) Obama loses this election ... gun control will go so far down the Democratic agenda priority that any Democrat who brings it up is going to be treated like Fred Phelps.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)they need to get back to whatever bubble they fell out of. I come and go where I goddamn well please.
Fuck. That. Attitude.
virginia mountainman
(5,046 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...will be needing a new f***ing door.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)so they can climb up on it and kiss my ass.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...of the white horse I rode in on.
former-republican
(2,163 posts)They are the most irrational and emotional people you will have the displeasures of talking to.
The more you destroy their arguments with facts the more emotional and illogical they become.
Yes they are odd ducks.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)weird.
Kali
(55,014 posts)went to MIRT
haven't seen you in there in a while
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)possibly have been a TOS violation?
petronius
(26,602 posts)But in my opinion hitting ToS on that post would be inappropriate, even malicious...
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Beyond the Pale. I am getting Sick Of It,
The Double Standard in this Group is horrendous.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Berserker
(3,419 posts)It's a rather perplexing situation. If a person is a Democrat and supports the RKBA the left thinks your a secret right wing tea bagger posting on a Democratic site like I have been accused of lately. And if you go to another forum that supports RKBA you are a Liberal, Socialist Commie piece of shit that votes to ban assault weapons.
Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)Ain't that the truth?
I frequent other gun forums but I never bring up politics there.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Control Freaks and Power Struggles in Relationships
ADHD, Chronic Rage, OCD, Passive -Aggressive and 12-Step Programs
Marilisa Sachteleben, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Jul 30, 2009
Relationships like machines, require balance. Power struggles and control issues indicate a lack of balance in a relationship. Power struggles and control issues stem from one or both partners having poorly developed self-control. Over-controlling results from lack of self-control. Control freaks, usually unbeknownst to themselves, attempt to control other people when they feel out of control of themselves. Those that they attempt to control may fight back, realizing that the control freak is trampling on their boundaries. Hence it may appear that a power struggle is ensuing.
However, this is not a true power struggle. A true power struggle is when two persons wrestle over control of a neutral, separate issue, situation or person.Those who are attempting to avoid being controlled by the control freak are simply asserting their boundaries. This is healthy behavior. But it doesn't usually look very pretty. No matter how calmly boundaries are enforced the control freak doesn't like it. She/He rages, sulks, hits below the belt, tries to intimidate and/or shame her partner back into her web of control. She's not in control of herself. She/He feels it and panics. She instinctively grasps for something or someone external control. (in this instance the alert button) Why?
Let's look at control freaks from a developmental perspective. Self-control is the basis for real control or power. Control freaks lack true self-control. There are three types of control freaks. There is your garden variety control freak. He's not in charge of his emotions so he wants control of yours.He may exhibit addictive behaviors, chronic outbursts of rage, tantrums (yes adults can throw tantrums), storms of weeping, Attention Deficit with Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) behaviors, giddy roller-coaster emotions. The ADHD control freak was typically over-controlled as a kid. He was not given room to develop his own self-control. He was constantly under a watchful, critical, distrusting parental eye.
Control freaks may manifest control issues by appearing rigid or ultra-controlled. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a sign of lack of self-control. By rigidly managing minuscule details, down to the letter, they are attempting to control the more important issues: their emotions and actions. They can not survive without out punctilious order and woe to you if you are a bit of a slob. These people were often under-controlled as children. They now need rigidity for comfort and security. These children may have felt a sense of endangerment, betrayal or abandonment as children. Children of substance abusers and addictive personalities develop OCD issues, too.
more at link:
http://voices.yahoo.com/control-freaks-power-struggles-relationships-3890082.html
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)It is A-OK to go into Meta and accuse 2Aers of being Paranoid, Nasty Extremists but,
It is NOT ok to even suggest or imply that Anti2Aers might be OCD.
Have I got this right?
Paranoia is a Mental Disorder and it is OK to say that about 2Aers but,
It is NOT ok to suggest that the other side might also suffer from a Mental Disorder known as OCD.
Have I got that right?
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Here's an idea, start a thread in Meta about this, after all, that's what one well known member does when he doesn't get his way.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)is just Over The Top.
We Are Better Than This.
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)I've been inattentive for a few days, and I am not certain what Tuesday Afternoon is referencing. Can someone clear this up for me?
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)And she has a very valid point.
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)Just another reason to show why the Jury system fails the Gungeon so routinely, and why independent arbitration is more necessary than in other groups.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)I agree with you.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)can you say Double Standard exists and is alive and well on DU.
I, for one, am sick of it and I am not going to take it any more.
fuck the dumb.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Punk someone all day, get away with it, get your moral jollies (in meta, I guess), and pop any pro 2A poster for the lamest reason.
I said years ago that the controller/banner would do anything to get this group trashed.
They found it with the inquisitorial jury system.
The Gungeon has been made into a political gang bang where prohibitionists can be excused for their punk actions.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)The Greatest Page.
DU: We Are Better Than This!!!!!
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)We're D.U. Not Freepers.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)We're just as loyal progressive Dems as anyone else here despite the naysayers.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)It is in the TOS: don't be a wingnut.
If you do not understand where the "gun control is holocaust enablement" nonsense comes from, your really need to educate yourself. If you don't understand why this is deeply offensive to jews, liberals, progressives, and almost everyone out of this little gun enthusiast bubble, you need to educate yourself.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)As for the ToS let me quote you the Flip Side of That Coin:
Neither are certain extreme-fringe left-wingers, including advocates of violent political/social change, hard-line communists, terrorist-apologists, America-haters, kooks, crackpots, LaRouchies, and the like.
You need to get outside the box, Square.
and btw - since when did you give a shit what goes on here in GC&RKBA?
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)as far as the rest of DU is concerned Both Sides are Second Class Citizens and are NOT to use the Main Lobby.
You understand this, right?
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)a sterling example of a genetic fallacy, which mostly had more to do with Italian and German governments use mixed economies and Keynesian economics (which we agree is a good thing) and the fact that a few progressives during the Progressive era, embrace of eugenics. Something, I'm sure neither of us support. At least that is what I got from watching the spiel on CSPAN some years ago. I'm not about to give the asshole any royalty money, and my library doesn't have it. Either way, I don't see the connection with this conversation. Maybe I need to read the book.
Since DR could be just as easily referring to the Armenian genocide in Turkey, or any number of genocides. It is not exclusively the Holocaust.
If you really want to mess with some fundie who takes this sort of thing seriously, you could mention that William Jennings Bryan was a creationist and liberal Democrat. The guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was a Baptist minister and a socialist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy
Since fascist is as misused as socialist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...the "under God" was Ike's idea, not the Bellamy's.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)"with equality and justice for all."