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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:30 PM Original message |
For a bunch of "gay-loving latte liberals," the Unitarians made short work of the armed terrorist. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. You know, that's an excellent point. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. You know, that IS an excellent point..... |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
81. did someone mention that's an excellent point? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. and they didn't even need a gun! n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. This is a good point. n/t |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. CW is right. This is a GREAT point! |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. But if they had been armed, he would only have got off one shot |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Well, if only ... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good point! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Us liberals like to HUG our attackers into submission |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Judging by the condition of his face in his mug shot... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. hugged the shit outta him! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. ahyup ! |
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proReality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. Strength gained from hugging all those trees. n/t |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I began corresponding with the UU church in Atlanta this afternoon |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Are you going to the big Atlanta UU church? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The one on Cliff Valley |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. That's the one. They have a similar heroic history |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. You are not the only one |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. You're definitely not the only one. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. And note that it wasn't people carrying concealed weapons firing away at the perpetrator ... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Right, the terrorist fired 3x and killed or wounded like 9 people. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
87. This time, yes. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. KnR. I'm so proud of my Unitarian brethren. nt |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. We are too. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. I remember, as a young man, being impressed by the thoughts and sayings |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Courage doesn't need the gun... |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Although UU's are generally peaceable folks |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. "Peaceable" and "gun-owning" are not mutually exclusive... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. That was my first thought when I read the article too |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. He was wearing a sling and had a bloody gash on his forehead when the cops walked him out. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Correct. He had a semi-auto. I can get 3 shots off with my Rem 1187 in 2 seconds. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Where did you see semi-auto? I heard... |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. They were probably too busy ducking to pay that much attention to the firearm. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
77. It was a good thing he was using a shotgun where he had to |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. There's a difference between non-violence and passive suicide. |
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Libby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
82. Amen sister!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
86. Damned straight. nt |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. they put a boot in his ass |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. LOL |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, I'll never forget that SWAT team at Columbine... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:05 PM Original message |
Their training makes them cowards |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. k&r eom |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thought he struck 7 people? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. He used a shotgun, which fires numerous bullets at once. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. I believe a sawn-off shotgun is considered the deadliest of fire-arms |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. UUs - tough when it counts nt |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. "reports claim the gunman took a wedge of brie to the eye" |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I heard he got second degree latte burns and a pastry and some volvo keys shoved up his ass. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. and what they did with the arugula *shudder* |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. And then, the heartless beasts... |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
78. Somebody had to go down to the kitchen first to get a visitor cup |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good point. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. OMG!1!1!1! They did so without a gun TOO!!!111!!!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I know that's not possible, because killing-crazed gun people tell me so. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Well, that can't be right |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. And none of them were armed either. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. god, a latte sounds really good right now. i'm so highly susceptible |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well it's not like they were FRENCH! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
41. And funnily enough, no firearms were necessary |
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FraDon (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. Pacifism is not passive. |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. I am not sure why repukes and reich-wingers paint us as weak. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. One word: Projection. nt |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. I think projection has certainly been proven in the gay issue, that's for damn sure. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. and they didn't need a gun to take him down. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. I object to the term "terrorist" in this context |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Great explanation! |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. your grasp of nuance is noted. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. The man thing is that he wasn't brown, therefore can't be a terrorist. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. A good distinction |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. That's why the freepers have convinced themselves that he is really a liberal |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Oh :puke: |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Well, their posts weren't spelled as well as yours, but that was the gist of it, yes. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
52. That is exactly the point I made |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. This neo-con terrorist went in during a CHILDREN'S' MUSICAL???" |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Yes, but it was a secular musical, so it doesn't count. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. "There have actually been posts on Free Republic in the past couple days saying this." |
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Ian_rd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Christ I read the long freeper thread on this story |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
67. I guess some folks do not have to have a gun in their hands in order to be courageous and brave. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
68. if freepers don't see this. They'll the demand their second amendment right to flame throwers |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
69. Because were all sheep like wussies because we believe piece is a better way! |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. One thing my Dad taught me |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Welcome to DU! |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. And a native of Unity, NH |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. go Unitarians--great job |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
79. Great post, thank you! |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
83. Quickest committee meeting ever in the history of UUs |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Haruka LOLed when I just read this to her |
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