The Insane Rationalizations, Bigotry And Hypocrisy Of The Right

[shep854]

I don't care for the 'Gun Jesus' thing, so I just scroll on.

[Panzermann]

 

For Rick.

 

https://youtu.be/SZ2L-R8NgrA

We share our faith. You twist and mock it.

 

 

Paul writes and films sketches now?

 

 

In a harsh way this sketch points out the obvious hypocrisies of the classic US right wing.

[shep854]

 

 

For Rick.

 

https://youtu.be/SZ2L-R8NgrA

We share our faith. You twist and mock it.

 

 

Paul writes and films sketches now?

 

 

In a harsh way this sketch points out the obvious hypocrisies of the classic US right wing.

 

Just the way the Left twists faith in an attempt to 'shame', when they're not outright disdaining it. In fairness, there are also right-wingers who look down on Christianity.

Edited November 11, 2018 by shep854

[Murph]

It is just like racist, a meaningless term since it has been so overused by the leftists.

 

 

 

I think the difference is latent. I have trouble believing Antifa have any lethal capabilities. If you just look at these people, a lot of them are just teenage students - an army of emos. They almost redefine pathetic. The Alt Right on the other hand contains a lot of people with more muscular physiques, actual fighting skills, vastly better organisation, and, I suspect and arsenal of weapons they actually know how to use. That, and I strongly suspect they outnumber Antifa by at least 100:1.

The Alt right? Why just the alt right? Why that small segment? Antifa is against ANYONE to the right of them. They've SAID SO.

So you let a small extreme minority define you?

 

The left tries to define the GOP with an extreme minority. Hell, I'm pretty sure you've tried to do that to.

So, the question is, what do people mean by the alt right? Seems some people use the term pretty damn nebulously.

 

[Paul G.]

The NRA has always criticized those not knowledgeable of guns chiming in.

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/11/666762890/after-nra-mocks-doctors-physicians-reply-this-is-our-lane

A mocking tweet from the National Rifle Association has stirred many physicians to post on social media about their tragically frequent experiences treating patients in the aftermath of gun violence.

 

"Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane," the NRA tweeted on Thursday. "Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves."

Really disappointed in the NRA, a group I was a member of since age 18. Now just engaged in political fear mongering and shilling for the gun industry.

[seahawk]

Defending a constitutional right, how disappointing.

[Murph]

That darn Constitution gets in the lefts way and prevents them from making this a totalitarian socialist paradise, so of course they hate it. And! Now Trump gets to appoint more conservative judges, which drives them nuts.

Defending a constitutional right, how disappointing.

[Paul G.]

Defending a constitutional right, how disappointing.

By fear mongering and shilling for the gun industry.

 

 

In 1991, former Chief Justice Warren Burger, a Republican appointee, explained why the text of the Second Amendment affirms the importance of gun regulation. The first words of the amendment, Burger pointed out, are a well regulated Militia. This language presupposes the idea that the militias should be regulated. So, Burger reasoned, if the amendment rests on the assumption that well-trained state armies could be regulated, then it is sensible to think it also allows Congress to regulate guns among the general citizenry.

[Paul G.]

https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-industry-funds-nra-2013-1

 

In its early days, the National Rifle Association was a grassroots social club that prided itself on independence from corporate influence.

 

While that is still part of the organization's core function, today less than half of the NRA's revenues come from program fees and membership dues.

 

The bulk of the group's money now comes in the form of contributions, grants, royalty income, and advertising, much of it originating from gun industry sources.

[Paul G.]

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dangerous-ideas/201710/fear-is-the-nra-and-gun-industry-s-deadliest-weapon

 

Nothing sells guns like fear including the fear of not having a gun. Indeed, in the aftermath of massacres, worries about gun restrictions often lead to sharp increases in handgun purchases. Sure enough, gun stocks rose on Wall Street in the days immediately following the Las Vegas attack. The bottom-line here is simple: Easy access to deadly weapons means greater profits for gun manufacturers and dealers. At the same time, lets remember that our countrys far-too-frequent mass shootings actually account for only a small part of the bloodshed. The number of deaths from gun violence in the U.S. this year including homicides and suicides is again likely to exceed 30,000. That figure is comparable to the number of Americans who are killed in automobile accidents.

[Jeff]

Doctors kill far more people than guns do, can I tell a doctor how, when and if he/she gets to practice medicine?

[Paul G.]

Doctors kill far more people than guns do, can I tell a doctor how, when and if he/she gets to practice medicine?

🙄 No. You can't. And that may be the dumbest statement on Tanknet yet.

[shep854]

 

Doctors kill far more people than guns do, can I tell a doctor how, when and if he/she gets to practice medicine?

No. You can't. And that may be the dumbest statement on Tanknet yet.

 

But boy, are you having fun!

[Detonable]

A doctor killed my father in law. He performed open heart surgery after I told him my father in law had a serious digestive problem. I wish I hadnt deferred to him. Of course my wife was crushed.

[Paul G.]

Disease doesn't kill people, Doctors do?

[Murph]

Good point if you look at the statistics. Same goes for drunk drivers, motor vehicle accidents, and many other forms of assuming room temperature. Guns are way, way down on the list statistically.

Doctors kill far more people than guns do, can I tell a doctor how, when and if he/she gets to practice medicine?

[shep854]

Ethanol. Only one benefit; it gives a very temporary euphoria. The toll of death and misery, though, is staggering and far greater than firearms.

Edited November 13, 2018 by shep854

[NickM]

 

Good point if you look at the statistics. Same goes for drunk drivers, motor vehicle accidents, and many other forms of assuming room temperature. Guns are way, way down on the list statistically.

Doctors kill far more people than guns do, can I tell a doctor how, when and if he/she gets to practice medicine?

 

Yes my favorite mad cackle: libbies say thirty thousand folks die due to lack of access to medical care; I am fond of adding that several hundred thousand die from 'medical errors and incompetence by medical professionals'--by denying medical coverage we're saving tens of thousands of lives.

[Chris Werb]

So if we do away with medicine and give everyone an AR15 instead, there will be fewer premature deaths. It will also save billions spent on so called "science" and "education". Im amazed no other industrialsed nation came up with this brilliant approach.

[Ssnake]

ISIS tried to, but they were repressed by the reactionary pharmaceutical-medical-industrial complex.

[NickM]

So if we do away with medicine and give everyone an AR15 instead, there will be fewer premature deaths. It will also save billions spent on so called "science" and "education". Im amazed no other industrialsed nation came up with this brilliant approach.

I do dis mainly to get a rise outa the progs...but I can't make hide nor hair of what point you're tryin' to make.

[Paul G.]

Funny I thought self identified conservatives were against doctors requiring malpractice insurance to protect them from lawsuits.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/12/30/top-republicans-say-theres-a-medical-malpractice-crisis-experts-say-there-isnt/?utm_term=.ce71e02f12a7

 

On Tanknet they are a threat to public health.

[rmgill]

Disease doesn't kill people, Doctors do?

What was that about stupid comments?

 

Do you think Doctors can't/don't make mistakes that are deadly?

 

Shit, I saw footage of a doctor injecting contrast dye into the heart muscle wall of a patient when I was working at Emory Hospital's Cardiology Lab. The attending had been looking down and didn't realize that the fellow had pushed and pushed on the catheter such that it pierced the heart wall. When the fellow injected dye the attending looked up and saw the dye separating the heart chest wall and pretty much grabbed the cath out of the fellow's hand and yanked it back. Needless to say that was heart damage directly caused by a medical mistake. I don't know what the out come was but every doctor that saw the film cursed when they saw the effect (several came to the lab to view the film that I also digitized). What the Lawyers were going to do was WAY above my pay grade.

 

Funny I thought self identified conservatives were against doctors requiring malpractice insurance to protect them from lawsuits.

No, it's a rebuttal to the facile idea that just pointing at statistics and saying 'see, we need to ban X because of Y number of deaths per year'.

 

It ALSO touches on just because you have Kermit Gosnell's out there that you don't get rid of an entire class of behaviors like medicine which is in it's very nature risky and possibly deadly even due to accidents let alone deliberate malign actions.

Edited November 13, 2018 by rmgill

[Stargrunt6]

Ethanol. Only one benefit; it gives a very temporary euphoria. The toll of death and misery, though, is staggering and far greater than firearms.

It has more uses than that, as a solvent, disinfectant and treatment for methanol intoxication (ie moonshine).

 

Be thankful your firearms aren't regulated like us, we're monitored and supervised to the hilt.

[shep854]

 

Ethanol. Only one benefit; it gives a very temporary euphoria. The toll of death and misery, though, is staggering and far greater than firearms.

It has more uses than that, as a solvent, disinfectant and treatment for methanol intoxication (ie moonshine).

 

Be thankful your firearms aren't regulated like us, we're monitored and supervised to the hilt.

 

True, but very minor compared to getting tipsy or smashed. It's also used as a dessicant in chemistry, AND it does have some small health benefit--I drink a short glass of red wine every night, for the heart benefit.

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Glad you posted; you've been missed on FB. The photo of you shooting my carbine came up, so I posted it to the TN page, and folks wondered about you.