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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hunting, just a bad idea to go after this as if it were evil. [View all]
Look folks, I understand, many of our URBAN residents do not get it... I understand. But claiming that hunting is somehow a defect of Republicans is a sure way to lose you an election in rural areas where people HUNT AND FISH, period.
Here you go, two well known "Republicans," Senators Shumer and Nelson
Here is another well known "Republican," one Senator Kerry
There are other well known "Republicans," such as Bob Kerry who hunts as well.
Now here is another well known "Republican" fishing. You might even recognize him and his wife.
Oh my bad. All these people are (or were) well known DEMOCRATS. This is why this is stupid. Neither party owns hunting or fishing... if you do not get it why people do either, sure I understand. But ascribing evil to this is just plain out asking to continue to lose votes in rural America where both hunting and fishing are part of the culture. Oh and unless you are a vegan, sorry folks, but somebody else killed your steak. And you surely do not want to look into how your chicken, eggs and milk are produced either.
Yes, Paul Ryan hunts... so? He lives in an area of the country where hunting is a popular activity and part of the wild white tail population management. And your point? I got a problem with how Chenney did it, his is not hunting... but that is another ball of wax. But seeing that either of these two is evil because they hunt is silly. There are more than enough reasons to call them ON POLICY, without going after them for practicing something humans have done since oh since Homo Sapiens walked the planet. That is just plain stupid.
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Hunting, just a bad idea to go after this as if it were evil. [View all]
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
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And it can be possession, with intent to sell, of cocaine or crack, or blue ice
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#63
No one hunts with an automatic weapon. Why would you think that someone would hunt with a
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#174
If you have had the experience of doing so once, why would you want to "short-arm" it again?
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#263
We no longer do prayers to thank the animal spirit for giving up it's life
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#138
You can turn down the condescension a notch or two Nadine, I actually do know that..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#31
We are Native American and it is part of a long standing culture for us. This is not a whites only
jwirr
Aug 2012
#16
Look at them gloating over the lives they took - FUCKERS! I don't care what party they are.
MotherPetrie
Aug 2012
#5
In Minnesota, the money that buys hunting and fishing licenses goes to to Game and Fish Fund,
Brickbat
Aug 2012
#7
I agree. My family hunt and fish to supplement our food sources. One of the things that we often
jwirr
Aug 2012
#11
I'm sure the cows and chickens that are crammed into factory torture farms for your dinner
Codeine
Aug 2012
#109
I am aware of that. That would be like thinking slaughterhouse workers are doing their job...
Tom Ripley
Aug 2012
#52
Eh, I saw two deer crossing the driveway less than a week ago while I was sitting at my computer.
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#46
We have them regularly in our back yard but not because they have been crowded out by development
progressoid
Aug 2012
#95
I'm an urban liberal. I don't hunt, but I respect the workmanship & design of guns.
philly_bob
Aug 2012
#58
As ignorant as saying, "I don't like volleyball players. Never have, never will"..
pipoman
Aug 2012
#86
Well if you hit it at 60 you might die in the process, no I am not kidding
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#100
That's not an excuse, you're just wrong. We've killed off way too many predators and the populations
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#183
you do realise that bow hunting is huge, i let four guys bow hunt on my property every year
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#198
you do realise that people have posed with their food whether its a deer or loaf of bread
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#201
who said that, i kill deer, rabbits, groundhogs, squirrels, fish to supply food for my family and fr
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#203
okay so its okay for you to buy meat from the supermarket cause someone else killed for you
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#207
Thanks, I think I will put a small gallery of the Ranchita fire on the posterous.
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#77
Hunting for food is only evil if the hunter is a poor marksman and causes unnecessary pain or....
Walk away
Aug 2012
#78
Hunters are environmentalists. I'll bet Republicans have all the fake hunters.
gulliver
Aug 2012
#85
Chenney is a special case and they exist regardless of party affiliation
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#93
Killing for amusement is fucked up. I don't give a good god damn that JFK did it.
LeftyMom
Aug 2012
#119
Wasn't there like one, hotly-contested OP that linked hunting with republicans?
yewberry
Aug 2012
#159
Okay, so there was one post, and many people shot it down (rightly) as a bad association to make.
yewberry
Aug 2012
#170
I agree. But "hunting" is used as an excuse to refrain from passing sane gun laws.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#147
I agree with "alliance" with hunters idea. I don't support NRA and its attempt to defeat Obama and
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#157
That's odd, we have nothing against your sniper rifles and combat shotguns:
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#269
Point is, your "traditional" guns function EXACTLY the same way as the ones I posted.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#273
That is the generation I remember. Serious, respectful, prudent. The neo-con NRA sucks.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#175
Well, I guess we just have to get some of our Gungeoneers on it. I'm sure none of the NRA...
freshwest
Aug 2012
#188
Read critically. ENJOYING hunting is evil. Hunting for sport is evil. That is what I said.
HERVEPA
Aug 2012
#168
i dont follow the concepts of good and evil so enjoying being out and about
loli phabay
Aug 2012
#193
The term free roaming only applies to poultry raised for meat per the USDA
Major Nikon
Aug 2012
#181
I will say this. I love venison, and there are too many deer in many parts of the
JDPriestly
Aug 2012
#195
I'm an atheist, but agree with humans having domain over the animals.
Comrade_McKenzie
Aug 2012
#226
For food, I can see it. Otherwise, there is nothing 'sporting' about hunting.
AtomicKitten
Aug 2012
#260
Deer hunting season, as much as you personally might not agree with it.
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#262