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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-14 06:52|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Grand displays of public grieving are invariably fraudulent. Those who knew none of the victims are faking it. Those who encourage them are morally disordered.

One has to wonder if the reaction, especially Mr. Obama's, would have been different if (with a suitable change in venue) the victims had been Baptists, or Mormons, or Masons, or Knights of Columbus, or petroleum executives, or dry cleaners, or...

Posted by Pappy 2016-06-14 08:56|| 2016-06-14 08:56|| Front Page Top

#2 I concur with your analysis, except for the following sentence:

"Perhaps I am over-Canadian, for I tend to think the open sale of battlefield weapons such as the semi-automatic assault rifle this Omar Mateen was carrying, a little over-the-top."

The term "semi-automatic assault rifle" is an oxymoron: assault rifles are, by necessity, full automatic, and mere semi-automatics (a.k.a. "autoloaders") would be useless (these days, anyway) as a battlefield weapon. The autoloading AR-15 used by the Orlando shooter is no more lethal than an ordinary utility rifle such as the autoloading Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle-- it just looks more badass, due to its visual resemblance to the military full-automatic M-16, which is an assault weapon.

Democrats like to blur the distinction between these two fundamentally different types of rifle, because doing so helps them further their goal of banning all firearms. Those Republicans who go along with the Democrats, usually do so out of simple ignorance.

Posted by Dave D. 2016-06-14 10:43|| 2016-06-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#3 "One has to wonder if the reaction, especially Mr. Obama's, would have been different if (with a suitable change in venue) the victims had been Baptists, or Mormons, or Masons, or Knights of Columbus, or petroleum executives, or dry cleaners, or..."

...or global warming deniers.

Actually, in the latter case, I don't think any wondering is needed; I'm sure the near-universal reaction on the Left would be approval bordering on jubilation, with self-righteous declarations of "they had it coming."

Posted by Dave D. 2016-06-14 10:49|| 2016-06-14 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 One has to wonder if the reaction, especially Mr. Obama's, would have been different if (with a suitable change in venue) the victims had been Baptists, ...

No one doesn't. One recalls President Obama, et al not responding in the same way after San Bernadino, or more pointedly the "workplace violence" label of the mass murder of his fellow troops by that Muslim military psychiatrist whose name escapes me.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-06-14 11:04|| 2016-06-14 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 "...that Muslim military psychiatrist whose name escapes me."

Maj. Nidal Hasan.

Posted by Dave D. 2016-06-14 11:48|| 2016-06-14 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Just so. Again you have the information I need, Dave D. Thank you.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-06-14 12:33|| 2016-06-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 No one doesn't.

Actually, yes - if one is looking for degrees of political opportunism and alignment with "personal values."

Posted by Pappy 2016-06-14 20:38|| 2016-06-14 20:38|| Front Page Top

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