tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740842577558997362.post2839055837745317424..comments2023-08-07T07:27:43.540-04:00Comments on Vox Michaeli: I'm at a losselmo iscariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740842577558997362.post-34391520022420922542010-09-24T09:06:28.437-04:002010-09-24T09:06:28.437-04:00It's frustrating because I haven't yet los...It's frustrating because I haven't yet lost all my optimism about these folk. When I graduate to Cynicism Jedi, it won't bother me so much. ;) <br /><br />I'm with you on trends. It's a bit sad to see these folks pontificating about their cause and about hardheaded, uncaring gun owners who refuse to compromise, all while the world is just passing them by. <br /><br />I hope the trend continues. And while the only constant is change, I'm cautiously optimistic that gun rights will be on the rise for a good while yet. We seem to have peaked on public tolerance for big government intervention at the moment, and the media shift has gutted the Bradies' only traditional source of strong support outside some small and isolated enclaves. It's a good feeling. <br /><br />Right after the election, if you told me gun rights would be here in 2010, I'd have said you were crazy. :)elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740842577558997362.post-83942643744228724622010-09-24T08:09:06.715-04:002010-09-24T08:09:06.715-04:00"This is extremely frustrating, but in a way ..."This is extremely frustrating, but in a way it's also extremely gratifying."<br /><br />I would say it is only frustrating if we were still overall losing ground to people with this mentality/behavior.<br /><br />We're not (There are a few holdouts, but overall gun control is a losing issue, and rolling back restrictions is probably more popular than it has ever been), and groups like the Brady Campaign and the VPC, as well as their parent group the Joyce Foundation are losing so much ground and are reduced to a skeleton crew of a handful of lobbyists, and a few unpaid hacks like Ms.Peterson.<br /><br />It would be frustrating if we needed them to back off their message to continue our endeavor. We don't. If anything they need US to cede ground to THEM. If we don't do that documentations of this foolishness are nothing but beneficial to us, and tools like Google will lead enrolled people curious about the issue to US rather than THEM.<br /><br />So much like the dwindling chapters of Aryan Nation or the KKK still preaching their hate as if it were still 1940, the Brady Campaign may still prattle on with their bigoted and backwards agenda, but it has zero relevance or respect in the American people.<br /><br />I am extremely gratified in her performance.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740842577558997362.post-19187397116461730202010-09-24T00:15:39.368-04:002010-09-24T00:15:39.368-04:00That was the exact same thread I quoted in my post...That was the exact same thread <a href="http://blog.joehuffman.org/2010/09/23/20To1.aspx" rel="nofollow">I quoted in my post</a> too.<br /><br />See also <a href="http://blog.joehuffman.org/2010/09/24/AShiningExample.aspx" rel="nofollow">my follow up post</a>. Like you said, "... is it possible to so completely fail to grasp such a simple point?"<br /><br />The mind boggles...Joe Huffmanhttp://blog.joehuffman.org/noreply@blogger.com