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Algernon Moncrieff

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10. Some, but Alex Jones drove a lot of the Sandy Hook "Truthers"

Reply to pwb (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 11:00 AM

Feb 2018

Last edited Thu Feb 15, 2018, 02:02 PM - Edit history (1)

...because it's easier to accept a vast conspiracy theory than to accept that getting AR-15s out of the hands of commonfolk will solve a problem.

e.t.a: I initially miswrote Alex Smith. My sincere apologies to Washington's new Quarterback.

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Publicly Going Afer NRA Will Earn You A Sea Of Death Threats & Harassment. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 OP

There are some really courageous parents of Ilsa Feb 2018 #1

At Some Point Some Critic Will Die For Their Opposition. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 #2

All from Putins bots. pwb Feb 2018 #3

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking mitch96 Feb 2018 #4

+1000 sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #5

+1, there's an article of the NRA taking Russian money and giving it to Red Dons campaign uponit7771 Feb 2018 #7

Possibly also to Congress. That's why Ryan & McConnell are complicit. crazylikafox Feb 2018 #8

Not all are Russian bots... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #9

Some, but Alex Jones drove a lot of the Sandy Hook "Truthers" Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2018 #10

Yeah, it's a racket Blue_Tires Feb 2018 #6