GOP: AR-15s are bad now

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  1. 14thDoctor

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    You're not Malcolm Reynolds, you're a middle aged office worker with an investment portfolio. :shrug:
    14thDoctor, Aug 19, 2022
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  2. Bickendan

    Bickendan Custom Title Administrator Faceless Mook Writer

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    A slightly more successful Milton? :chris:


    :?:


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    Bickendan, Aug 19, 2022
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  3. Uncle Albert

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    Some people learn the grace of acceptance, and some never do.

    Don't sweat what you can't control, and realize you can only control yourself.
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  4. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    so you're saying concede to that which controls you?

    don't even consider advocating or acting to change the established order, no matter how much it encroaches or erodes.
    Spaceturkey, Aug 19, 2022
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  5. MikeH92467

    MikeH92467 RadioNinja

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    Just express outrage while doing nothing.
    MikeH92467, Aug 19, 2022
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  6. Uncle Albert

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    That would be exerting control.
    Uncle Albert, Aug 19, 2022
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  7. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    well, there's always advocating against interest...
    Spaceturkey, Aug 19, 2022
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  8. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Sounds like he's switched from Ayn Rand to Marcus Aurelius.
    I'm convinced if you hand him a philosophy book written in the 70's onward, his skin burns like Dracula.
    Diacanu, Aug 19, 2022
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  9. Jenee

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    The study is flawed. It begins with "cynics" vs "non-cynics" without defining what they mean by "cynics".

    Greek philosophy? people who believe the purpose of life is to live in virtue
    Oxford definition? an inclination to believe that people are motivated by self interest?
    or, as I've always thought it - people who question everything.

    The study is flawed in that cynicism is not quantifiable. I can be a cynic about religion, but completely buy into the flat earth arguments.

    Either way, these studies can be dismissed completely because their only point is to show how much smarter they are than eveyrone else. Where'd you find this? Facebook? oh, right. Twitter. Yea, I read the journal article. and I'm more impressed that it was published rather than the findings.
    Jenee, Aug 19, 2022
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  10. Uncle Albert

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    It does that anyway. Ginger kid.:zombieonfire:
    Uncle Albert, Aug 19, 2022
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  11. Uncle Albert

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    It's just another attempt at shaming people into picking a "team" so it's easier to hit them with canned arguments.
    Uncle Albert, Aug 19, 2022
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  12. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    :rimshot:
    Diacanu, Aug 19, 2022
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  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    You've really got a Captain Ahab thing against the emotion of shame.
    Psychopaths and sociopaths just calmly dust it off their shoulder without all the screeching.
    That you see them as your ideal of Kolinar is quite telling.
    :chris:
    Diacanu, Aug 19, 2022
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  14. Uncle Albert

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    I'm not the one insisting that is the only alternative.
    Uncle Albert, Aug 19, 2022
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  15. Steal Your Face

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    Serenity prayer.
    Steal Your Face, Aug 19, 2022
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  16. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    is anyone?
    or is this just another deflection via projection by you?
    Spaceturkey, Aug 19, 2022
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