HankR
Member
I do not want this to be a "let's all pile on Timmy thread", but I have an observation that may be worthy of opening a new thread.
The other side is already promoting fake polls that state "(some really high percentage) of NRA members support reasonable gun control such as (some unreasonable proposition)". The NRA, and others, are attempting to debunk these fake surveys, but the media is not on our side.
There is a possibility that some of these new posters, such as Timmy and his ilk, are here to appear reasonable (stating some ridiculous initial position, then appearing to be persuaded to a slightly less ridiculous, but still plenty unreasonable position) so that the anti-gunners can later point to a thread on the highroad and say: "Even pro gun newsgroups have discussions where many agree that XXXX is reasonable" or "Many/most gun owners agree that the law should be changed to YYY".
I'm not sure what the best way to handle this is, but wanted to point out that it [strike]is[/strike] might be happening and we should respond accordingly. Accordingly is a pretty fine line, we don't want to bully or continue to beat a dead horse (which isn't the highroad anyway, but some of us frequent other groups also). On the other hand we can't just ignore a few posters and their sock puppets and allow them to pretend to reach a consensus where everybody agrees to the next compromise.
The other side is already promoting fake polls that state "(some really high percentage) of NRA members support reasonable gun control such as (some unreasonable proposition)". The NRA, and others, are attempting to debunk these fake surveys, but the media is not on our side.
There is a possibility that some of these new posters, such as Timmy and his ilk, are here to appear reasonable (stating some ridiculous initial position, then appearing to be persuaded to a slightly less ridiculous, but still plenty unreasonable position) so that the anti-gunners can later point to a thread on the highroad and say: "Even pro gun newsgroups have discussions where many agree that XXXX is reasonable" or "Many/most gun owners agree that the law should be changed to YYY".
I'm not sure what the best way to handle this is, but wanted to point out that it [strike]is[/strike] might be happening and we should respond accordingly. Accordingly is a pretty fine line, we don't want to bully or continue to beat a dead horse (which isn't the highroad anyway, but some of us frequent other groups also). On the other hand we can't just ignore a few posters and their sock puppets and allow them to pretend to reach a consensus where everybody agrees to the next compromise.