tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post2890514786860133717..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-86616112502900263412013-02-03T14:11:26.363-05:002013-02-03T14:11:26.363-05:00As a note, I hardly think a straight couple into p...As a note, I hardly think a straight couple into pegging is somehow more hip to LGBT folks, though I may be wrong... I mean, you just assumed that every straight couple is equipped with one set of Wolffian and one set of Mullerian plumbing... ah progressive cissexism, how fun!Valerie Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715748655909242883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-327914362729441332013-02-03T11:47:38.416-05:002013-02-03T11:47:38.416-05:00I'm curious about this aside: "To me the ...I'm curious about this aside: "To me the whole exercise reeks of the eternal attempts of religious people to lecture atheists on what atheism is or is not." My own view is that atheism of this type is as religious as any (other) religion, but I suspect that my saying so would qualify me as a "religious person lecturing" under some definitions, if not my own, of "religious" and "lecturing." Anyway, I'd sincerely appreciate some examples of religious people lecturing atheists "on what atheism is or is not" so I can check my own considerations of what atheism, and compare this statement to others by atheists about what religion, possibly not the same thing as "theism," is or is not. <br /><br />Whether and how well these examples might tie into the gun debate, I'm not sure, though I am confident that some of the greatest allies on the side of gun control, and some of the greatest potential weaknesses in the pro-gun coalition, can be found among the self-identified religious, if not, obviously, typically from among the narrow group of Religious Right spokespeople.CK MacLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741635341458133520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-75025127848804979872013-02-03T09:59:01.792-05:002013-02-03T09:59:01.792-05:00I tend to agree with his statement "Pulling a...I tend to agree with his statement "Pulling a trigger and being prepared to do so cuts patterns in the self."<br />It explains my perception that many of the people I know who have concealed carry permits speak in trigger-happy terms about "pulling down on" someone who they perceived as threatening. <br /><br />The recent surge in "open carry" participants is similarly troubling. The mythology of the Wild West is so deeply engrained in our culture that the act of displaying a weapon can seem like a hostile act.Elmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470265414601505153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-50360040283299598222013-02-01T13:51:46.048-05:002013-02-01T13:51:46.048-05:00Thanks....Thanks....Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-14282212541805624942013-02-01T11:36:00.132-05:002013-02-01T11:36:00.132-05:00Yes Steve. I love your blog too. Read evrday but o...Yes Steve. I love your blog too. Read evrday but only comment very ocassionally.JoyousMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754809233806402705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-83682741189333859472013-02-01T10:22:52.338-05:002013-02-01T10:22:52.338-05:00Thanks.Thanks.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-539826828092682102013-02-01T10:13:05.155-05:002013-02-01T10:13:05.155-05:00Steve M - We love YOU, too. Well, I do anyway.Steve M - We love YOU, too. Well, I do anyway.Rob Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254549497691583871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35861544618759403412013-02-01T01:07:26.486-05:002013-02-01T01:07:26.486-05:00aimai:
Did you see Doug J.'s post at Balloon J...aimai:<br />Did you see Doug J.'s post at Balloon Juice in response to this? It sounds like he misread your post. :-(Phil Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540815981930702517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39208180143675259132013-02-01T00:38:37.913-05:002013-02-01T00:38:37.913-05:00Brava.Brava.Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-80305256716406879302013-02-01T00:32:21.701-05:002013-02-01T00:32:21.701-05:00I don't know what was more nauseating--the pie...I don't know what was more nauseating--the piece itself, or EvenTheLiberal JMM fawning over it. I was raised by a gun nut to be a gun nut, but it didn't take. I "get" gun culture, and I loathe it.Curt Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580782572650471362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51546459103235378412013-01-31T22:02:00.533-05:002013-01-31T22:02:00.533-05:00Actually TG, that's the point of the 2nd: to p...Actually TG, that's the point of the 2nd: to provide protection of the majority against the tyrannies of a minority. Doesn't say anything about government, or churches, or insufficeintly evolved rubes running around with weapons of mass destruction. <br /><br />I have pondered of late, that as lifelong bear, elk and deer hunter and VFW the whole notion of "responsible gun owners" stepping up to the plate to deal with the problem... but that's not exactly a solution. And we may very well be outgunned.<br /><br />No fear... (well, ok, a tad concerned with tyrannies of a minority.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-34138890185443045942013-01-31T18:20:14.085-05:002013-01-31T18:20:14.085-05:00I liked this post overall, but:
"We have to ...I liked this post overall, but:<br /><br />"We have to legislate for the safety of the majority, not for the pleasure of the minority."<br /><br />I don't think that's a very liberal ideal. For instance, one could take that as an endorsement of the Japanese American internment camps during WWII. <br /><br />This thought could use some serious refinement, IMHO. Thanks.TGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18063105719681135878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-36402416826021151102013-01-31T16:33:24.601-05:002013-01-31T16:33:24.601-05:00You don't need it. You could do three posts a...You don't need it. You could do three posts a week and have ten times my readership.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-4436875206110138912013-01-31T16:17:52.864-05:002013-01-31T16:17:52.864-05:00I don't have your incredible, SteveBenen'e...I don't have your incredible, SteveBenen'esq work ethic, Steve. Must be a Steve thing.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-50554246870723350942013-01-31T15:40:08.553-05:002013-01-31T15:40:08.553-05:00Amen. This whole "You just don't get gun...Amen. This whole "You just don't get gun culture" line is Grade A horseshit. I grew up hunting birds and still do, and can report that ownership and use of a shotgun has had no massive effect on the way I see the world. There's no difference between what this guy is describing at TNR and the effect being in a band or playing a sport at a high level, or even just being a member in a family that's really into cross-country skiing can have on your life and how you see the world. Shooting a gun is a f'ing hobby. A hobby that, unlike those others, tends to impose huge externalities on the rest of the culture.<br /><br />I "get" guns. Mythologizing them and waxing poetic about how awesome they are and how they're different from any other rush you can get in your spare time just makes the author of that New Republic piece look like a clueless, self-absorbed fool. Which is how anyone who pushes back on current efforts to impose some safety rules on the world of firearm ownership should be portrayed: carrying an infantilized sense of worth from a machine designed to kill human beings, and therefore worthy of our mockery, not sympathy.MCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449164901692844201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-49631980501329443932013-01-31T15:27:06.276-05:002013-01-31T15:27:06.276-05:00I should just give you this blog, aimai. The rea...I should just give you this blog, aimai. The reaction to pretty much everything I post is "meh," but the readers love you.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17411148263221909582013-01-31T15:15:02.652-05:002013-01-31T15:15:02.652-05:00Great post. Thx.
I've been posting a great de...Great post. Thx.<br /><br />I've been posting a great deal on my Facebook and in my local paper. I think we all have to keep talking and keep the pressure on.JoyousMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754809233806402705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33532499233805167102013-01-31T15:06:43.885-05:002013-01-31T15:06:43.885-05:00aimai,
Why don't you start another blog, if yo...aimai,<br />Why don't you start another blog, if you forgot how to log into the old one?<br /><br />Hell, I'd read you!<br />But, maybe that's a reason NOT to start one! :-)Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-84759286361796938092013-01-31T14:38:28.945-05:002013-01-31T14:38:28.945-05:00I'm grateful to Steve for letting me post. I h...I'm grateful to Steve for letting me post. I have a blog of my own but have managed to forget how to log onto it. Thank you all for reading and commenting.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35781012514858380602013-01-31T13:58:42.488-05:002013-01-31T13:58:42.488-05:00What Mr. Latin palindrome up there said.What Mr. Latin palindrome up there said.Rob Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254549497691583871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3071693437162106752013-01-31T12:03:57.306-05:002013-01-31T12:03:57.306-05:00Great to see you writing here! Have always enjoyed...Great to see you writing here! Have always enjoyed reading your comments at BJ. I read JMM's piece and the piece he linked to and found it less than convincing. I am an Army vet (infantry) and I was raised in a home where we had firearms to be used for hunting. My dad also had a couple of collectibles. For some reason I don't feel any emotional attachment to firearms (maybe the liberal gene prevents me from having this particular fetish?) or any need to own firearms that are only useful to law enforcemnt and military personnel. <br /><br />As I explain over and over again to the 2nd Amendment absolutists, if you need an assault style weapon with a 30+ round magazine for personal protection you are a terrible shot and need more practice at the firing range or you need to move to a safer part of town. <br /><br />I can't remember who, but someone at BJ linked to <a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/13890-the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery" rel="nofollow">this piece by Thom Hartmann on the history of the 2nd Amendment</a>. It should be required reading for everyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47881867456892041402013-01-31T11:16:18.250-05:002013-01-31T11:16:18.250-05:00Aimai, I have seen your comments in various places...Aimai, I have seen your comments in various places and always appreciate your perspective, use of language, and senzayuma. Here, too. More, please. Pretty please with sugar on it (if you like that sort of thing).Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-12945496531774276192013-01-31T10:33:16.183-05:002013-01-31T10:33:16.183-05:00Rock on, aimai. Nice to see you writing.Rock on, aimai. Nice to see you writing.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-49123486441001927352013-01-31T10:23:15.150-05:002013-01-31T10:23:15.150-05:00We have to legislate for the safety of the majorit...We have to legislate for the safety of the majority, not for the pleasure of the minority.<br /><br />Right on. The point can't be made enough: there are only two reasons for owning a semi-automatic; killing a lot of people really quickly, or shooting it off being the only way the gun fetishist gets hard, ie, for pleasure, and neither is a good reason for a civilian to own one.proverbialleadballoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592049897382920314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-7784595275278741082013-01-31T09:58:23.132-05:002013-01-31T09:58:23.132-05:00I'm having trouble editing but for the record ...I'm having trouble editing but for the record I'd like to add this link:<br /><br />http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2013/01/midland_city_neighbors_describ.html<br /><br />To the horrifying "nothing to see here" 40 hour standoff in which a well known gun nut, paranoid, animal killing, bad neighbor ran onto a school bus, shot the bus driver, and kidnapped an autistic 5 year old boy. <br /><br />We are all living in a climate of fear and irrationality in which we know for a fact that the people who need help are not getting it and will, inevitably, act out on the innocent nearby. This guy was already patrolling his land with a gun at night, had already beaten a neighbor's dog to death for "tresspassing" and had threatened his neighbors with the gun--even shooting at them--but apparently local laws and local law enforcement did not see this rising to the level of legal action.<br /><br />The danger posed by people carrying guns has nothing to do with the feelings of people who are not carrying guns. The danger exists because people are dangerous. <br /><br />If that mythical beast exists the "responsible gun owner" then I wish to g-d they'd step forward and start policing each other and stop lecturing the rest of us about how mean we are.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.com