On the opposition

January 20, 2012 by
Filed under: Bigots 

Sean has an excellent post up on why we have to press the fight on the anti-gunners.  Sean has been both tireless and creative in getting the pro-gun message out.  It took a big, brass pair to participate alone protesting the “Too Many Victims” rally.

I have a policy of not linking to the moonbat in Duluth, or the one in Oregon.  I do so for a very simple reason.  I don’t want to legitimize their arguments.  They have both demonstrated that they are not serious about conversation.  They say things that are demonstrably untrue.  When they are called out on it, they call us names and tell us we are big meanies.  It’s the internet equivalent of baby talk, and my refusal to engage is the internet equivalent of “Hush up, the grownups are talking.”  Engaging with them is not worth the time it takes.  Sebastian has a good take on this.

That doesn’t mean, however, that we should ignore all of them.  Consider the civil rights movement.  We have reached our high water mark: segregation is no longer legal.  Now we need to change the culture so that it is unthinkable that a reasonable man would consider it an option.  Part of that was taking the gloves off.  You had to call a bigot a bigot, and show the world the ugliness of his bigotry.

And so it is with gun rights.  It’s all over but the crying in the legal arena.  The anti-gunners are determined to fight to the last man.  They aren’t reacting rationally.  (Consider Chicago.  Who in their right mind would think that a law that simultaneously requires training and bans the means of that training would stand?  It was the legal equivalent of “Oh, yeah!  Well, you can’t make me!”)  We’ve got four states that practice constitutional carry, and soon there will be more.  It’s only a matter of time before we have constitutionally protected, shall-issue concealed carry.

But the work that we have left to do is to show the world the ugliness of the bigotry.  And part of that is calling things what they are.  The anti-gunners like to portray themselves as victims.  They say that they speak for the victims of “gun violence.”  I say that they make sure there are more victims.

Joe has his just one question, but to be frank I think we need to put it more emphatically. I’ve decided to call them out, and put the blood back on the hands of the likes of Joan and Baldr.

So let me state emphatically, for the record: Joan, you get people killed.  Baldr, you get people killed.  Mr. Troll at the CSGV who publishes the names of bloggers but doesn’t have the stones to post under his own name: You. Get. People. Killed.  Your bigotry is ugly, offensive, and it’s getting people killed.

 

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3 Comments on On the opposition

  1. Dod on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 3:05 pm

    2. The legal fights are not over yet. Some of us still live in states that violate our basic rights.

  2. George on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 3:30 pm

    3. I probably could have put that better. What I meant was this: It’s kind of like you playing chess with a grandmaster. He says “Mate in 5.” You can either make him take the five moves, or you can just admit defeat and call it a day. The opposition refuses to just call it a day.

    Make no mistake, they won’t be able to continue to violate your rights for much longer.

  3. Sean D Sorrentino on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 9:09 pm

    4. Thanks for the link.

    @Dod: it’s coming. We’re running the tables out here, and your chance will come. It really is all over but the crying. They’ve lost, and they will not admit it. We may have to pry them out like the last few Japanese who refused to surrender, but we will liberate every place in the US.

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