US freedom fighters exercise 2nd amendment rights, kill 6 tyrants trying to take away freedom

[MOBIUS]

Curiosity killed the cat?

[Wezil]

Domestic Terrorism also confirmed. The SPLC had an active file on him going back more than a decade, for crying out loud.

Using an expansive definition.

This guy is a garden variety nut with too easy access to firearms.

[MOBIUS]

That is an all too common theme: Nutjob known for years finally 'goes postal' (a term coined from a mass shooting in the US postal service, n'est ce pas? ) and legally obtains weapons to kill people...

Anyway, I don't care as I don't live there - these days I just point and laugh at the stupidity of it all because a bunch of disproportionately powerful immature tiny penis WASPs wants the right to play toy soldiers from time to time...

* Points and laughs!

[MrFun]

MrFun, we aren't blind. We saw that the first time you posted it, and it hasn't gotten any more poignant.

GUNS = FREEDUMB!! MORE GUNS = MORE FREEDUMB!!

[ColdWizard]

I would expect the thread title to affect the number of replies but not the content of those replies. Yet Slowwhand's thread has dozens of replies, but you're saying that nobody told him that the thread was tasteless because his thread title was boring?

I'm going to start a thread called "I like kittens" about how I sacrifice kittens to Satan. It's not a tasteless thread because look at the title I'd be using!

Really? You don't think an intentionally inflammatory thread title wouldn't affect the nature of the replies?

[Elok]

I'm wondering why people are up in arms about Asher using a mass murder to make a point about gun control, when nobody seemed to care when Slowwhand did the same thing just a few days ago. Some possibilities I've thought of:
1. Nobody read Slowwhand's thread because they assumed it was yet another birthday thread
2. The victims in Slowwhand's thread were Chinese, so who cares
3. Slowwhand's thread was anti gun control while Asher's is pro gun control, so Asher's attracted more criticism
4. Eveybody figured that it would be a lost cause to explain to Slowwhand why he is a terrible person, but thought that Asher might be more amenable to criticism
5. MrFun didn't **** on Slowwhand's thread in the second post, so it attracted less attention
6. ???

6. Asher's troll-fu is vastly superior to Sloww's.

[loinburger]

Really? You don't think an intentionally inflammatory thread title wouldn't affect the nature of the replies?

Are you saying that people read Slowwhand's thread and thought "well he's being disrespectful to the victims, but with a thread title that boring I just can't muster any outrage"? Because that would be a stupid thing to say.

If you're not saying that then you're merely being disingenuous.

[Asher]

THIS

Let's be real here - none of us knew anyone involved there, and plenty of you support the policies that contributed to their deaths.

I understand why you don't want to talk about it, but please don't patronize us by pretending you're being moral.

[Asher]

It needn't be so... gleeful is the wrong word. Smug? I don't know.

And I say this as someone who hates guns and really really likes Asher. Like, "like" likes Asher.

I'm totally gay for Asher.

Americans should be sickened by the crime, and the fact that a certifiable white supremacist who was kicked out of the Army can legally buy semi-automatic handguns.

"waiting" an arbitrary amount of time before we can express contempt for the crime and the ridiculous arguments that made it possible serves no point but to try to sweep it under the rug.

[Asher]

I went shooting for the first time last weekend. Never fired a gun before. It was surprisingly fun, actually.

Jesus christ. You're critical of my thread and then in a thread about a massacre at the hands of a whiteboy with a gun, you post that you just went shooting and it was fun?

[Elok]

I understood that to mean he was shooting inanimate targets, not terrified Indian-Americans.

[Asher]

No, Asher should keep his mouth shut until he learns basic terminology.

What terminology did I screw up this time? Did I misspell a gun manufacturer name somewhere?

Quick, try to find another excuse to not have to talk about this. You guys are running out of laughable excuses.

[Asher]

I understood that to mean he was shooting inanimate targets, not terrified Indian-Americans.

So what? It's hardly an appropriate thread to discuss the joy of shooting guns, particularly when the poster got all high-and-mighty about the timing of the thread.

[giblets]

Americans should be sickened by the crime, and the fact that a certifiable white supremacist who was kicked out of the Army can legally buy semi-automatic handguns.

"waiting" an arbitrary amount of time before we can express contempt for the crime and the ridiculous arguments that made it possible serves no point but to try to sweep it under the rug.

Pointing out that a certifiable white supremacist was able to obtain a gun after said white supremacist goes on a shooting rampage is so tasteless and crass. Shame on you Asher.

[Asher]

Domestic Terrorism also confirmed. The SPLC had an active file on him going back more than a decade, for crying out loud.

Would you say it's entirely reasonable to ban somebody with "red flags" from purchasing handguns?