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06-14-2017 , 11:57 AM

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https://twitter.com/toddzwillich/sta...98961433661442

06-14-2017 , 12:09 PM

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Shooter has died

06-14-2017 , 12:11 PM

#78

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https://twitter.com/GlennThrush/stat...99794716037120

Maybe just a hater of non athletes playing baseball

06-14-2017 , 12:13 PM

#79

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So which forum reg is Hodgkinson?

06-14-2017 , 12:15 PM

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Bernie has made a statement saying the shooter volunteered on his campaign.

06-14-2017 , 12:16 PM

#81

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Originally Posted by Minirra

Is it really unfortunate that the guy is a Berniecrat? Gun violence can be perpetrated by anybody, and conservatives aren't any more bulletproof than the rest of us.

But seriously, there's a reason people generally don't advocate for gun control based on party affiliation, as opposed to universal controls for everyone. I'm sure Chicago and LA gangs aren't full of Christian white boys.

Yeah in the bigger scheme of things the political bent matters very little. The fact that it's not a brown is more important in terms of placing some responsibility on the absolutely divisive and dangerous divide that has been created.

06-14-2017 , 12:16 PM

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Obvious right winger who pretends to be liberal? Have we heard from lestat?

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This is the second idiot today I've seen mention this

Here's the first

My first thought was "if only more people saw Julius Caesar"

06-14-2017 , 12:21 PM

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This will be an easy push to treat mental illness once liberalism gets classified as such.

https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/statu...23798705291269

06-14-2017 , 12:37 PM

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https://twitter.com/NickReisman/stat...27866349699072

06-14-2017 , 12:40 PM

#85

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didnt like 3 dem politicians resign from local races due to death threats recently? i bet republicans dont like it and wanna give this issue more attention now that they're the ones getting threatened and shot at

06-14-2017 , 12:47 PM

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https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/statu...23798705291269

I'm going to have a stroke if I read this again. We cannot reason with these people.

06-14-2017 , 12:49 PM

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https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/statu...23798705291269

There is actually a strong and reasonable thread of logic in this, but please ask yourself why a GOP congressman's only real concern is whether the restrictions on ex-felons are being properly enforced.

06-14-2017 , 12:51 PM

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https://twitter.com/NickReisman/stat...27866349699072

What does 216 correspond to?

06-14-2017 , 12:51 PM

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# of GOPs in house of reps

06-14-2017 , 12:52 PM

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I'm curious when the last time individual gun ownership made America the greatest country ever was. The 1800s?

Can we also reason that slavery made America the greatest country ever?

06-14-2017 , 12:54 PM

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Rep. King ties baseball shooting to violence ‘from the left’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.fc047566262c

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Lawmakers reacting to the shooting Wednesday assailed the anger simmering in the country, and one Republican congressman tied the shooting to what he said was anger from the political left.

“America has been divided,” said Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who, in suit and tie, stopped by the crime scene to pray and was viscerally angry about his colleagues being attacked. “And the center of America is disappearing, and the violence is appearing in the streets, and it’s coming from the left.”

When asked whether he thought the shooting was politically motivated, King said he did not know why the gunman did what he did, but said: “I’m really not that interested to tell you the truth. If he were on his way to the morgue, it wouldn’t make me sorry at all.”

Law enforcement officials have identified the shooter as James T. Hodgkinson III, 66, of Belleville, Ill. Police have not released any motive for the shooting or tied it to any political beliefs.

06-14-2017 , 12:55 PM

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I'm curious when the last time individual gun ownership made America the greatest country ever was. The 1800s?

Can we also reason that slavery made America the greatest country ever?

I think it was the last time a black man was President.

06-14-2017 , 12:55 PM

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Bernie has made a statement saying the shooter volunteered on his campaign.

It's odd to call change through nonviolence a "deeply held American value" when our country was founded on violent revolt that could not have been accomplished through nonviolent means.

06-14-2017 , 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days

# of GOPs in house of reps

But there are more republicans than that in the house. However, that number may still somehow be connected to GOP members in the house. It's just not the right number.

06-14-2017 , 12:58 PM

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It's odd to call change through nonviolence a "deeply held American value" when our country was founded on violent revolt that could not have been accomplished through nonviolent means.

There seems to be a deep and abiding bipartisan consensus that political violence against white men is wrong and should be condemned no matter what.

06-14-2017 , 12:59 PM

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that didn't take long

06-14-2017 , 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days

# of GOPs in house of reps

That's 239 according to wiki. 216 wouldn't be enough for a majority. Maybe this nutjob is just bad at math. Or he's not a partisan.

06-14-2017 , 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Chippa58

But there are more republicans than that in the house. However, that number may still somehow be connected to GOP members in the house. It's just not the right number.

217 is the number of yes votes on the Republicare bill.