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In reply to the discussion: Hunting, just a bad idea to go after this as if it were evil. [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)180. You got it
So here is the question, how do we build bridges to hunters?
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Hunting, just a bad idea to go after this as if it were evil. [View all]
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
OP
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