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I always assumed "racist idiot" is a top-5 requirement for any NRA president candidate. nt tridim May 2013 #1
From a semi-seditionist organization like the NRA, fully expected. geek tragedy May 2013 #2
He IS the NRA and the gun fans nationwide. The poster person. It is Jim Porter. He is all of them. graham4anything May 2013 #3
So along with the President, he singles out one other prominent member bullwinkle428 May 2013 #4
"The New Nra President Fantasizes About "whipping" Anti-gun Opponents" geek tragedy May 2013 #5
Those silent whistles are loud and clear nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #6
Aaaaaaand, there it is. Iggo May 2013 #7
The NRA website naaman fletcher May 2013 #8
I would not be surprised if the NRA website lied about its founding. yellowcanine May 2013 #10
General Ambrose Burnside of civil war fame was the first NRA president. hack89 May 2013 #21
I remember when I lived in Providence years ago I did some reading up Blue_Tires May 2013 #12
Yeah, but the NRA is bipartisan Kingofalldems May 2013 #9
Where are our DU NRA apologists to defend their choice of leadership? hlthe2b May 2013 #11
"Where are our DU NRA apologists ..." Obviously, none exist except in your imagination. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #13
There most certainly are NRA members and defenders here. hlthe2b May 2013 #15
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #25
Yes, your retort certainly is. hlthe2b May 2013 #27
If facts supported your position, you wouldn't have to resort to name calling as a diversion. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #32
One need only peruse the Gungeon to know your assertion to be false. hlthe2b May 2013 #39
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #50
LOLOL hlthe2b May 2013 #56
... DanTex May 2013 #66
Well that is just wrong. There are even proud NRA members morningfog May 2013 #80
There have been Gungeon threads where DU Gun Enthusiasts proclaimed their NRA memberships. Paladin May 2013 #45
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #48
If you have to resort to commie references, you've lost. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #53
If you have to engage in name calling, and McCarthy did that, you've lost. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #55
... DanTex May 2013 #65
We have plenty of NRA members here. They belong to an enemy organization. geek tragedy May 2013 #75
Nope. I've seen it too. LanternWaste May 2013 #68
Ah, there billh58 May 2013 #16
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #24
Not exactly, billh58 May 2013 #37
Actually, there are no "DU NRA apologists." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #51
When you advocate billh58 May 2013 #62
When you say that I've advocated that, you're a liar. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #72
Now, now billh58 May 2013 #74
Depends what you mean by "no"... DanTex May 2013 #64
There are a lot less now... Blue_Tires May 2013 #96
When a rock is thrown into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps is the one that got hit. Ikonoklast May 2013 #19
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #26
Yip, yip yip! Ikonoklast May 2013 #33
We found one, anyone else out there? TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #22
As false as the McCarthy tactic of calling opponents "communists or communist sympathizers." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #23
No doubt about this one - A LaPierre sympathizer. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #28
If facts supported your position, you wouldn't have to resort to name calling as a diversion. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #31
How about not copying and pasting multiple responses? TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #35
But those cut and pastes billh58 May 2013 #43
Oh really? DanTex May 2013 #29
There you go again - TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #38
But, but, but McCarthyism!!!! DanTex May 2013 #47
Actually, a lot of us "gun fanciers" say just the opposite. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #17
But, there are millions of free-riders (too cheap to pay dues?) who benefit from NRA gun propaganda. Hoyt May 2013 #36
Or are harmed by it. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #44
No we don't - there is a reason so few gun owners are NRA members. nt hack89 May 2013 #20
"northern aggression"-WTF? Who started the shooting in 1861? hobbit709 May 2013 #14
A Union general from Rhode Island was the first president of the NRA hack89 May 2013 #18
Today, the Nugents, Norquists, LaPierres, Boltons, Norths, gun profiteers, etc., have taken over. Hoyt May 2013 #41
Tell me something I don't already know. nt hack89 May 2013 #42
Who cares how they started. It's like saying Lincoln freed the slaves, so Republicans aren't racists Hoyt May 2013 #57
I agree nt hack89 May 2013 #60
And Lincoln was a Republican. baldguy May 2013 #46
The NRA went to shit years ago. There is a good reason I am not a member. nt hack89 May 2013 #52
Why should it matter that Burnside was a Union general, then? baldguy May 2013 #59
Because the history of the NRA was part of what the OP was discussing? hack89 May 2013 #63
RW extremists use that sort of info to con normal people to believe that they're really not so bad. baldguy May 2013 #69
So a 140 year old history lesson is RW extremism? hack89 May 2013 #70
When it's intended to paint a false image of a current RW extremist group? Yes, very definitely. baldguy May 2013 #81
I got the quote from the OP. Did you actually read it? hack89 May 2013 #88
Burnside wasn't mentioned in either the OP or the link it references. baldguy May 2013 #89
I already knew about Burnside hack89 May 2013 #90
I guess you're embarrassed to be exposed as a member of a known radical extremist RW organization. baldguy May 2013 #92
Not really hack89 May 2013 #93
Really? geek tragedy May 2013 #76
Whoopsie. Robb May 2013 #77
I hate it when that happens. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #78
Now cut that out right now. TheCowsCameHome May 2013 #79
I'm sure the NRA has changed a great deal in the last year and a half. baldguy May 2013 #82
September 2011 geek tragedy May 2013 #83
I'm just trying to give hack89 the benefit of doubt. baldguy May 2013 #84
Well, part of it is that for some reason it took until Sandy Hook for NRA membership to be geek tragedy May 2013 #85
Ouch! I felt that smackdown from here. nt NoGOPZone May 2013 #87
This thread deserves to be on the front page forever because of this one reply. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2013 #97
And we Yankees call it "The Great Rebellion." mainer May 2013 #30
Better headline: "Incoming NRA President defends Holocaust against minorities" Dawson Leery May 2013 #34
Wonder what "northern gun nuts" think of that liberal N proud May 2013 #40
My granparents from Alabama always called it the "War Between the States", but never the pampango May 2013 #49
Agreed OldHippieChick May 2013 #73
YEEEEEEEE-HAW! Warren DeMontague May 2013 #54
wow so they really are still fighting flamingdem May 2013 #58
We don't call it the War of Northern Aggression down south Rex May 2013 #61
Even better headline: "Incoming NRA President Advocates Treason in Defense of Slavery" meow2u3 May 2013 #67
The NRA controls congress, it can say whatever it wants really nt msongs May 2013 #71
knr Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #86
it shows how totally irrelevant the nra is....they don't have even a tiny grasp of history spanone May 2013 #91
He IS a fuckin' idiot. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #94
My Suhthunuh husband is always Le Taz Hot May 2013 #95
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