... between someone doing nothing more than existing in the skin color to which they were born and someone taking an action, bringing a gun to a Presidential town hall/rally -- along with signage echoing our most infamous domestic terrorist, as well as a past Presidential assassin.

by plooger on 08/12/2009 07:17:01 PM EST

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I guess where I'm falling here is on the side of defending to the death the right of someone to say something which I disagree with, and that the guy with the gun was 'saying' just that.

As a tangent, (watching Bill Mahr always does this to me...)  why hasn't anyone seen a bunch of nutjobs showing up with guns as a solution to replenishing our depleting military reserves? I've heard recruitment's down... ;-)

That'd answer the question of "What do we do if a lot of folks show up with guns."  Give them an opportunity to really show their patriotic spirit.

Calling Jefferson a terrorist; harsh, man.  Not saying it's not true, but, harsh. 

 


The essence of freedom is proper limitation of government.

by sigilscythe on 08/12/2009 07:21:47 PM EST

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he was referring to Timothy McVeigh, who was wearing a t-shirt with the liberty tree quote on his back when he was arrested after the bombing of the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.

by gatekeeper50 on 08/13/2009 01:28:13 PM EST

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