Post your own "I'm not an NRA supporter, but..." NRA apologia

[brentspeak]

"I really don't like the NRA, but I just happen to agree with them 95% of the time..."

"I'm not a fan of the NRA, but they just happen to be right..."

"I'm not an NRA supporter; I just work for them..."

[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. I am not an NRA supporter.

Please note "period" at the end of that statement!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I'm not an NRA supporter, and

I think the NRA has become a dangerous, subversive organization.

[hlthe2b]

3. I do not support terrorism--hence I am NO NRA supporter.

[hobbit709]

4. About as useful as all the other ... but, threads

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Owned guns all my life, never belonged to, or supported, the NRA. Never even read any of their

pamphlets, propaganda or anything else that has to do with them. I learned how to shoot and learned gun safety from my father, who learned from *his* father, and both also learned from the U.S. Navy. I also learned from Hunters Safety Classes, which were taught each year at our school. You were only required to take the course 1 time, but I went every year from 8th grade through 12th grade. I also taught MY son, and went to the classes with him, also. The classes in school were taught by the local Game Warden, even when I was in school. He also taught the Boaters Safety classes, since this is a small, rural town bordered by the Tennessee River and one of the largest man-made lakes in the state, created by the damming of the river and subsequent flooding of part of the Tennessee Valley to create TVA's Hydro-Electric and Nuclear Plants.

I have no use for the NRA at all. Period.

Where's your story or "but"??

Ghost

[Shandris]

6. I'm no NRA supporter, but I find people who categorically discount entire phrases...

...because of how it opens are those who typically don't realize how oppressive some memes have become or how often accusations are made if such an opening isn't made.

Sure, there are people who say stupid, NRA-supporting things after that opening. There are also people that don't, but they feel that if they don't go out of their way to point that out (not that it will be believed anyway), then they'll be wrongly labelled as one. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. This leaves only one alternative: not speak at all.

Which is exactly why the accusations are made in the first place.

The older I get, the more I realize just how much people want to control what other people are allowed to say.

Edit: It occurred to me after a recently-misconstrued post I wrote, I should point out that I'm not writing in reference to -any- particular thing -any- poster has said regarding the NRA, good or bad. I'm referring to the generic tendency to discount entire portions of conversations based on a small phrase only. I apologize if this wasn't clear.

[beevul]

7. Spot on.

"Which is exactly why the accusations are made in the first place."

You could not have been more accurate or precise.

That is exactly what is going on, and has been for quite a long time.