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In reply to the discussion: Listing names of gun owners vs journalists & why it matters [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)I guess you're feeling hurt (or it's NRA playbook page 68 -- start accusing of namecalling when things go south) so I read the whole thread again. I get two possible references where I "done ya wrong" by name calling:
As far as names?
When I said I thought the guy in post #39 was lying in post 66, it was by way of pointing out a contradiction in your argument and how you were sounding like two different people. You can't have both theses simultaneously (gun accidents are rare enough not to be of concern as a practical risk compared to alcohol, it's just as common as drunk driving so why are you picking on it preferentially). You are *still* weaving back and forth between them. The inconsistency is kind of smarmy actually. Pick one and be consistent at least.
I was kind enough to say "I think you're a fool" rather than "you're a fool" so there was room for YMMV in there. I obviously don't know you and perhaps you're a solid citizen. Frankly, though, your risk management argument in its entirety seems to be that your guns are basically harmless (or that you are too perfect to make a safety mistake) and shouldn't be even factored in as a possible outcome in your infallible sense of "proportion about risk." But as we had just finished the discussion of the absolute risk probabilities to me it seems to be rather "head in the sand" or, dare I say, "foolish."
Now as far as personal attacks?
Certainly it could not have been post 76 though based in proximity I guess it might be it. In that post I merely said that your assertions in post 69 are very similar to common right wing tropes and that they should be left to them. Why exactly would that offend unless it is cutting at some aspect of your personality I can't see?
Certainly I wasn't offended when you claimed that DU'ers (of which you are nominally one too I gather) are in unreasoning panics over mass shootings due to their removal from the front lines of "poverty, crime, drugs and gangs." Seemed like a large assumption to make about, well, EVERYBODY, so I thought it was needlessly derogatory to lots of people not involved in this conversation.
Now you did try to "nail me" with your attempt to force a "have you stopped beating your wife lately" question back in Post 27 which was amusingly unfortunate for you -- I presume the intention was for me to "feel shame" as I reflect in my participation in the Alcohol Culture and therefore (as a fellow flawed individual) forgive your Gun Culture. Bummer that didn't work out... You're flawed, I'm not. Ha ha ha!
Anyway, I guess it's confusing what you found offensive. You're trading barbs of the same sort. I'm just not squealing about it.