Huffpo goes Ban Crazy

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"Uh, oh. I'm at 20 months. Are you all sick of me, yet?"

"Yes."

Well, I must admit that I get sick of some of the things that go on here too, but then something comes along like "Confessions of an Anti" and it makes it all worthwhile. Besides, even though I might not agree with everybody or they with me, it's very rare indeed to have it deteriorate into incivility. I guess that's why it's The High Road...
 
Phil, I agree that this is one of the better forums, but the forum itself is only one component of my premise.

During the last hour, I took a little break, fired up my motorcycle and took a frigid ride in a circle of highways out and then back to my home.

Why? Because riding season is coming. My battery was out of my bike and only trickle charged. I have a new front end that steers differently.

My point? It shows that I have changed.

Numerous members are "snow birds." We value the forums because it allows us to be connected to issues with other people in our circle.

When my focus changes, so does my degree of interest. A comment that riled me up in January, might simply be dismissed as the ramblings of a whacko when it's balmy and riding buddies show up.

I was once banned from a forum and didn't know it. I was gone for the summer and hadn't signed on because I no longer cared...
 
I can't for the life of me understand why you would want to post on HuffPpo, Daily Koss or any of the other far lefty sites.
Nothing you say will make any difference to those whack jobs, and you demean yourself by logging in there.
 
Nothing you say will make any difference to those whack jobs, and you demean yourself by logging in there.
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The whole idea is to slap them in the face with the truth. I believe to a certain extent, they know their line of thought is a complete sham. If we do it often enough, they will have to completely disengage from reality in order to mentally reinforce the kooky nonsense they believe.

I used to read gun related news articles and look at the comments below them. Every time I would see some moonbat spouting "Guns are evil! Only the police should have them because common citizens will only use them to mudrer each other!".

I would respond with all the logical reasons as to the idiocy of that opinion. For every ignorant moonbat I completely destroy with logic, 3 more pop up. It becomes frustrating. I wonder to myself "How can people be so STUPID!"

We have to combat this ignorance with something. Just letting them live in peaceful ignorance will never cause them to wonder about their ignorance. WE HAVE TO KEEP SUPPORTING THE TRUTH. To do otherwise is to let a lie win. Just as their constant ignorance becomes a hassle to deal with, CHANGE IT AROUND! Let us give them a hassle to deal with.
 
When you figure it out, let me know...I'm a bit curious myself.
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Because silence is trumpeted as agreement.

It's the same way with anti-gunners as with neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers.

I haven't tried to post to either the Huffington Post or the Daily Kos, although there's a guy on the latter whom I basically ran out of usenet by confronting his lies, using his real name and posting exact quotes of the racist things he's said in the past. I play these nitwits like a Stradivarius. They never disappoint me either.
 
Well, you've got a point there...But if you have beat them into the ground so bad that they ban you for winning an argument...I don't see any reason to go back.
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Because then they've silenced you and the whole point is not to be silenced.

There are always n00bs coming in to every blog/website/forum anyway who haven't seen all the arguments that you and I take for granted. It's always nice to continue shutting down the anti's with logic for the new guys and gals.
 
That was a Konami code. In fact it even works to some extent on games as modern as Metal Gear Solid 2.
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Even more recent than that is

Rainbow Six 3 (2003)
and
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (2004)

On XBOX :)
 
Phil DeGraves said:
"Uh, oh. I'm at 20 months. Are you all sick of me, yet?"

"Yes."

Well, I must admit that I get sick of some of the things that go on here too, but then something comes along like "Confessions of an Anti" and it makes it all worthwhile. Besides, even though I might not agree with everybody or they with me, it's very rare indeed to have it deteriorate into incivility. I guess that's why it's The High Road...
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Erm, I was just giving you a hard time. I wasn't serious. :)
 
Because silence is trumpeted as agreement.
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What Deanimator said.

Plus, not everyone who reads an anti-RKBA board is as set in their thinking as the people who run the board. You never know who you might influence or get to reevaluate their position.

I know several people who used to be anti-gun who are now pro-gun. If no one would have spent the time to try to get across to them, their position never would have changed.

For me, personally, I try to get converts in person, but commenting on other boards is just as legimate.
 
Sage said:

"There are always n00bs coming in to every blog/website/forum anyway who haven't seen all the arguments that you and I take for granted. It's always nice to continue shutting down the anti's with logic for the new guys and gals."

Exactly right, Sage.

There is something I find interesting on the Brady Blog pages at Huffpo. Often Huffpo allows firearms related businesses to post advertising links right on the same page with Paul Helmke's smiling face. Places that teach shooting courses, places that offer FFL application kits, etc..

They don't like gunnies, but they'll take our money. Very admirable.
 
or it will be sick of you.
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I have not yet begun to be obnoxious! :D

B,L,B,R,Y,L,X,Down,Up, (Oh wait that is unlimited ammo.... that works too)

The only way they can be sick enough is the banhammer, and that requires someone to do some very non-highroad things, Anyway firearms is my primary interest so until phased plasma weapons become available I will be here.
 
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The only way they can be sick enough is the banhammer, and that requires someone to do some very non-highroad things, Anyway firearms is my primary interest so until phrased plasma weapons become available I will be here.
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:scrutiny:
 
At the end of the day you simply have to shrug and realize it's just the internet. I mean, if Al Gore invented it, just how serious are we supposed to take it? Just the heat coming off the back of PC's has got to be enough to melt down a few glaciers all by itself.

Case it point. About two years ago, I got banned from a forum for disagreeing with the forum's owner. It was a silly debate. He claimed that he was a "real biker," and I told him his dress went nice with his eyes. He vowed to "find me," I told him the dress made his butt look big. He was going to give me a warning, I told him it was a better idea to warn all of the Harley riders that pleats were back in style.

Anyhoo, I had a birthday not too long ago. So my 'puter dings to notify me that I have mail.

I check my in-box, and truth be told I got a "happy birthday memo" from the idiot who banned me! I wrote him a heartfelt return memo stating that stripes should be worn vertically, because that dress still made his butt look big...

When the fun of the forums is outweighed by the grief it causes you, shut off the computer and go outside, get some fresh air. Smack the neighborhood bully around or play a round of golf.

But never take yourself too seriously, and remember that most of the guys writing back to you are teenage virgins pounding their keyboards--amongst other things--from their mom's laundry room.
 
"The only way they can be sick enough is the banhammer, and that requires someone to do some very non-highroad things,"

You're not talking about Huffpo are you? All they require is that they don't agree with what you have to say. They ban lots of people for lots of reasons. Do a Google on Huffpo censorship, and you get lots of hits. They are particularly happy to ban supporters of Hillary Clinton. Anyone who posts anything even mildly critical of Obama, gets the axe. I can't imagine what they'd do if you tried to support McCain. They'd probably put a contract out on you.
 
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Perhaps we should conduct an experiment to see what happens to a McCain supporter. I used to hang out in the John Kerry forums back in 2004, feeding morsels of truth to the antis, and I caught all sorts of hell for not "toeing the party line." Granted, there's not much about the Dem party I want to toe, but in orser to avoid being banned there, it was necessary to play the part of the undecided voter. It was kind of fun. :)
 
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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We may not have a chance of changing the mind of the fanatic, but we might reach the fence sitter/undecided/lurker that is on those sites. If all they ever hear is the party line of the gun prohibitionists they'll never vote our way.

I'm going to spend $100 out of my pocket this Friday buying ammo so that half a dozen folks who've never fired a gun have the chance to. I'm not doing this so that they can develop a love for the sport of shooting, but so that I have a chance to propagandize them gently for our side while they're having fun safely. At the end of the day some of them will question the reasonableness of some of the "reasonable" claims the antis make. If I've done my job properly I will have multiplied my voice by 2 or 3 fold.

Spending a little time on the anti forums gives each of us the chance to multiply our voice by 2 or 3 fold (and you don't even have to drop $100 in ammo to do it.).

That's why you go there and speak the truth.

Or would you rather sit at your keyboard and let someone else do the work of preserving your freedom for you?
 
Ya' know, I don't see the big deal here with that forum.

As I read the articles (and the slants that bleed through the prose) I can almost imagine that guy "Cojo" from Entertainment Tonight reading the text to me.

My gut feeling is that if they banned me, so what? I've lost a hairdresser, but that's about it...
 
I don't care abut being banned so much, although it is fun to make the antis crazy with facts, and links to reputable sources. Hell, I've been kicked out of better places than Huffpo. It's just a little frustrating when you have something to say, and can't say it.

We could go to other anti-gun boards, and do. We do very well on Bryan Miller's blog, for example. But they don't have the following that the BC Blog has. We can reach a hell of a lot more people on Brady.

And, what hso said.
 
I used to post on the Brady Blog. It was fun, for a while.

Unfortunately, too many of the Pro-2A posters are as bad as the antis, so far as insults are concerned. It's a shame when you go somewhere to get reasoned debate and both sides are doing nothing but flaming.

Those members know who they are.
 
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