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43. Better Than Lanza Using Children As Traget Practice n/t

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Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:59 PM

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Newtown shooting: Why are references to it criticized as “emotional hyperbole”? [View all] AlinPA Mar 2013 OP

Because the gun lovers/NRA folk want to hide it and hope people forget. graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

I haven't used those words, but I can tell you what I mean by similar phrases Recursion Mar 2013 #2

Because gun humpers want to minimize and deflect the issue. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2013 #3

The horrendousness of this act... Bay Boy Mar 2013 #4

"Anomaly"? Yeah - like mass shootings and 26+ more dead people are such rare occurances. jmg257 Mar 2013 #6

Good example here of "emotional hyperbole" Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #9

Sure they are - what's a dozen or so massacres a year. Nothing to get excited about jmg257 Mar 2013 #11

If you are relying on "statistics" marions ghost Mar 2013 #20

Degrees of separation, Mr/s Melon Lord. lapislzi Mar 2013 #21

Remind me of Bay Boy Mar 2013 #39

Because fucking gun lovers will try ANYTHING to make the justifiable desire to have jmg257 Mar 2013 #5

Yahoos in photo below should have been chased out of town. Hoyt Mar 2013 #7

It comes across as... Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #8

I think you infer that sentiment, rather than that sentiment being implied. LanternWaste Mar 2013 #15

Personal example... Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #18

On the other hand, calling the reference to Newtown hyperbole comes across as “you're exaggerating". AlinPA Mar 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #17

Because, apparently, if I am not a ballistics or weapons expert lapislzi Mar 2013 #10

Only in the sense that if you are going to legislate something.... Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #36

It is only hyperbole when victims are used to silence discussion rather than drive it Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #12

It's another form of "mansplaining" things... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #13

'Emotions are neither good nor bad" Bay Boy Mar 2013 #41

The original Star Trek series... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #47

I find your story about the scientist Bay Boy Mar 2013 #49

Very Well Said. (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #45

Well because we see how people acted after 9/11 - patriot act, Iraq war The Straight Story Mar 2013 #14

The Patriot Act didn't cost me anything. Generation_Why Mar 2013 #23

I can't check a book out of a library without some government agent knowing about it derby378 Mar 2013 #46

The hyperbole involved Crepuscular Mar 2013 #19

Would the AR Lanza used be legal under the new bill? nt jmg257 Mar 2013 #24

I don't believe so, although the functionally equivalent Mini-14 is specifically allowed. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #25

Ok, AR would be illegal. Some Mini-14s would be, but with 10 round mags, not 20 or 30? nt jmg257 Mar 2013 #28

Previously owned 30 round mags would still be legal, Peter cotton Mar 2013 #37

Rifles Crepuscular Mar 2013 #27

I understand the bans didn't/doesn't go far enough. jmg257 Mar 2013 #35

Because it helps our argument and hurts theirs... Generation_Why Mar 2013 #22

At least you are honest about using children as emotional weapons... Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #38

Better Than Lanza Using Children As Traget Practice n/t HangOnKids Mar 2013 #43

Using 'emotions' eh? Now where have I heard that before? Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #48

I'm a gun nut, I dare you to tell me to my face Bay Boy Mar 2013 #42

Because only second amendments rights matter malaise Mar 2013 #26

'interpreted' second amendment rights samsingh Mar 2013 #31

Yes - the interpretation of the gun manufacturers and malaise Mar 2013 #32

and those who have been brainwashed samsingh Mar 2013 #50

True malaise Mar 2013 #56

it's because gun lovers don't want to acknowledge anything that could delay their samsingh Mar 2013 #29

Only to the NRA trolls that live on and feed on emotional hyperbole. Rex Mar 2013 #30

Pure projection: the gunners' bizarro attachment to their toys is purely emotional alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #33

Very astute HangOnKids Mar 2013 #44

They shouldn't be. Arkana Mar 2013 #34

It's just a method used to distract. CBHagman Mar 2013 #40

Here's my reply to another DU'er on exactly that... Scootaloo Mar 2013 #51

Don't like being called emotional? kudzu22 Mar 2013 #52

Whether one makes proposals to reduce gun violence or not, references made to real shootings are not AlinPA Mar 2013 #55

Because our "RKBA enthusiasts" (see sig line) don't want even the mildest or slightest of apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #53

Who used that term? The whacked psychologists who've put a time-limit on "healthy grieving"? WinkyDink Mar 2013 #54