Friday, September 13, 2019

So, Sometimes a Gun is Just a Cigar, Eh?




You know, I don't even think this is much of a secret--it's a whole advertising campaign, but Beto O'Rourke threatening to take folks' guns sure seems to have them big-mad.


The reaction doesn't so much feel like a case of people looking to defend themselves, so much as actually seeing their guns as extensions of themselves that also need to be defended, with threats of violence, if required. As if something very personal will be lost.

What witchcraft is that?


UPDATE: Apparently, this Cain dude has been a piece of work for a while.


UPDATE: Erick Erickson lends the theory ammunition:


4 comments:

Grung_e_Gene said...

Conservatives can't wait to kill more Americans.

Vixen Strangely said...

"Molon labe" thinking seems to be a kind of invitation to "give me a reason". Or in the vernacular: "Wish a motherfucker would." Maybe a touch of self-fulfilling prophecy; if one buys it, "they" will come.

bluzdude said...

Republicans' gun and immigration policies come down to this: It's perfectly fine to be shot to death, as long as the killer is not from outside our southern border.

Ten Bears said...

Facing the fan, that bozo would melt like margarine.

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