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In reply to the discussion: Shot-Up Image of President Draws a Secret Service Inquiry [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)168. I imagine the difference between what may be changed
"so I save my outrage for things that can... changed."
I imagine the difference between what may be changed and what may not be changed is merely our belief in its constancy. Seems to me that (as per many famous Athenian philosophers) that slavery was thought to be unchangeable for thousands of years.
I think we often say things cannot be changed for reasons of merer convenience, and call the ethical concerns of others "outrage" as dramatic license in lieu of a valid point.
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Oh, I didn't realize that the 2006 movie, "Death of a President" was a right wing production
24601
Jan 2012
#109
I'm wondering when the guy on the left is gonna shoot his own foot off.
caveat_imperator
Jan 2012
#86
Is the idiot on the left about to shoot their foot off? It looks like it. n/t
fasttense
Jan 2012
#11
The fact that it's a tee shirt implies they did violence to an Obama supporter.
TalkingDog
Jan 2012
#19
Look at them. If any ONE man every confronted them, they'd run like babies....unless, of course,
judesedit
Jan 2012
#20
If they want to shoot guns so badly, send them to Afghanistan. Tired of these
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2012
#23
This has been going on for multiple presidents and other public figures since I can remember
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#25
Its right wing nuts behaving stupidly, but under the law, its political speech
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#32
disagree, firearms ARE a key point here. The numbskulls are holding guns with pic of shot up Pres.O
wordpix
Jan 2012
#39
There is no tie to Giffords. It could have happened in any state in the union
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#55
I did not state there was a tie to Giffords, I said it was AZ (land of the gun-toting nutcases)
wordpix
Jan 2012
#64
If I posted a picture of myself holding a gun and a shot-up orange juice bottle...
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#116
Does a bunch of irate Canadians throwing shoes at a burning effigy of George W. Bush count?
slackmaster
Jan 2012
#96
Show me an example of a bullet-ridden image of Bush, where the Secret Service did not investigate
Hugabear
Jan 2012
#98
So, punching holes in a 2-dimensional image is morally worse than burning a 3-dimensional one?
slackmaster
Jan 2012
#101
Lots of things are legal, but best left undone. Like a bunch of punks shooting off their weapons.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#94
You are letting your weapons phobia interfere with a marvelous PR opportunity for Obama
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#105
Your love of weapons is keeping you from getting outraged at this kind of junk, that is too common.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#111
Well it would be nice to see a little outrage, rather than defense of a bunch of punks blasting away
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#118
So urinating or defecating on it would have been okay by you just as long as it wasn't firearms?
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#120
What other of our constitutional freedoms, liberties, and rights would you like to see "changed"
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#171
What's bigoted about a group of armed white men shooting up a photo of a black president?
Hugabear
Jan 2012
#100
Yes, I do. I believe, for the most part, it is politically, not racily motovated. n/t
Johnson20
Jan 2012
#150
If this would have happened when Bush was President ..wouldn't these idiots be in jail already?
INdemo
Jan 2012
#31
I do recall someone getting sentenced to nearly three years in jail for making a reference
rocktivity
Jan 2012
#41
There was also a movie made about the earth being smashed by an asteroid...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2012
#140
"And a police officer willfully let this get posted on his Facebook?" Do we know that?
yellowcanine
Jan 2012
#54
And as others have pointed out, their gun safety is not so hot either.
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2012
#63
Loughners in training. Giffords' father said if she got hurt, it'd be by a Teabagger, since the...
freshwest
Jan 2012
#66
Gee, I wonder how Nike feels about all that promotion (the green shirt on the doofus to the right)?
SoapBox
Jan 2012
#70
Not sure whether to rec this for its sheer stupidity or hide it because its so sickening. eom
tawadi
Jan 2012
#79
God. This is frightening! When will this incendiary rhetoric stop?! haven't we had enough tragedy?
tropicanarose
Jan 2012
#113
Nope. Try looking up the definition of "burned in effigy". Here are a couple:
That Guy 888
Jan 2012
#132
You are trying to compare the "shooters" to people who burned bush in effigy, right?
That Guy 888
Jan 2012
#145
Yikes....These kids would do better by their families, and themselves if they
midnight
Mar 2012
#170