Mike Huckabee gets owned by MD on twitter re: comparing skateboards to guns

[ehrnst]

[blueinredohio]

1. These people are fucking idiots!

[PatSeg]

13. Seriously

Sometimes it would be better to just say nothing at all.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. In the case of Chucklebee, yes.

But for the doctor, RIGHT ON!!!!

[rickyhall]

35. Thing is: They think we are. Of course, trump voters are.

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

A great response to an asshole

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Not that the gun humping nuts care, but...

According to statistics I found from 2015, the average killed on skateboards every year is 40 (most being on public streets involving a collision with a car). We have single mass shootings that kill more than that. And statistically (death and injury), these things are more dangerous than skateboarding:

Using a Ladder
Riding a Horse
Eating a Hot Dog
Women's Soccer
Football
Basketball
Hiking
Constipation
Cooking Dinner
Sex

And I'm sure the list goes on and on and on.

I'm so sick of these false equivalencies.

[ehrnst]

6. The area of the brain that gets triggered by fear and defense

shuts down intellectual processes for fight or flight.

From an evolutionary standpoint it's great if you're being pursued by a sabre toothed tiger, when stopping to analyze alternate reactions to running would get you killed, but in the modern world, it can prevent one from even seeing that there isn't an actual attack, let alone a life threatening one. For gun humpers, their fear of "the others" overrides any data that indicates those "others" aren't the threat, but overreacting to a threat really becomes a threat in itself.

I believe that research has shown that the brains of liberals (not in the lefty political sense, but the classic tendency to "look at all sides of an issue" sense) have fewer fear reactions, while those farther away from classic liberal POV are more prone to fear responses and resistant to new data. Spock vs Kirk, as it were.

Conspiracy theorists usually have anxieties that they seek to frame as a response to an actual threat - they seek validation for their fear that others don't seem to have. I see a lot of that with people with dulalistic world views as well - to acknowledge grey area requires calm consideration, and outrage doesn't promote that.

Trump feels best when people are at each other's throats and chaos abounds. He promotes it. Those on the right functioning from fear and anxiety and dualistic world views see validation in him. He hates who they hate, and the gun industry needs fear of the "other" to stay in business.

Neither his fans nor the gun industry will EVER abandon their support of him, no matter what he says or does.

[pangaia]

12. But, you know, I don't think huckabee's comment even rises to this

level of intelligence.
He's just plain, put and out stupid...

same as his black-eyed spawn

[ehrnst]

18. That's my point. It's meant to confirm to ammophiliacs that their "fight or flight" reaction

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that "without my gun, my safety and masculinity is in danger" is based in logic, while those who aren't "one of them" are the ones not using logic.

[CaptYossarian]

31. Ammophile is an appropriate term, but

if you want to offend an LGBTQ-hater like the Huckster, you use ammosexual or Glocksucker.

Most of the LGBTQ people I've ever met have had an extraordinary sense of humor and probably would allow usage of these two phrases on vermin like Pence-il dick and this particular piece of human waste.

[ehrnst]

34. How about ammophiliac? (nt)

[CaptYossarian]

42. Clever, but I want to go for the jugular on these wrong-wing weasels.

[malaise]

24. +1,000

Really stupid fucking morons

[erronis]

17. Same brain area that is fed by $$$$s.

[pangaia]

11. Constipation

[ChazInAz]

29. Think of Elvis.

[CaptYossarian]

32. The King died on the throne.

[PatSeg]

14. And you know

There is a huge difference between everyday accidents and willful murder. Huckabee and others on the right make it sound like deaths from guns is inevitable and there is nothing we can do about it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

19. Ding, ding, ding!!!!

[Maraya1969]

21. I'm wondering about how eating a hotdog is more dangerous than skateboarding.

[Pacifist Patriot]

22. Choking hazard for very young children.

[CaptYossarian]

33. It's worse eating a hot dog during sex.

But enough about Ann Coulter.

[jayschool2013]

4. The "what-about-ism" in the GOP is a disease

Is this what they do? Every time someone dies of a cause other than guns, they trot out this bullshit?

"Oh, I see someone just died in a skiing accident? I guess we should ban skis now, huh?"

"Oh, I see someone just died in a biking accident? I guess we should ban bicycles now, huh?"

My dog, it's tiresome.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. That Doc is PISSED. And well he should be.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[Hirschmj1]

8. Mike's got a valid point.

I remember when I was in high school a classmate smuggled a skate board into class and totally went off in the hall. We lost a couple dozen students that day before a good guy with a skate board stopped him.

[spooky3]

37. Welcome to DU! "a good guy with a skate board" LOL!

[Arger68]

9. When a skateboard can kill 58 people

And injure hundreds from 500 yards away I'll hop right on board with outlawing them.

[SeaTownBlue]

10. Huckabee Was Owned

Jesus pimp...

[Paladin]

15. Thank you, Dr. Schapiro. (nt)

[bigbrother05]

16. Huckabee was a moron before he entered politics, now he's paid more to know less

He had his local church on TV in the '80s in Texarkana, AR/TX. Made his move into the LT Gov slot after Clinton was elected.

Always was a shill, his wife ran their "production" company to be paid out of campaign funds for his commercials.

[Pepsidog]

20. What an complete asshole

[matt819]

25. The Huckabees

are a special kind of stupid.

[Collimator]

26. This is merely an echo. . .

. . .of what has been expressed by others. But the point needs to be reiterated.

Skateboards can be dangerous, if used improperly.

Guns are designed to be dangerous when "properly" used.

[patphil]

27. These republicans are full of false equivalence when it comes to being a gun apologist.

They twist logic until it begs for mercy.

[captain queeg]

28. The Huckabee stupid gene shows itself again

Obviously a dominant trait in that family.

[Midnight Writer]

30. Not stupid at all. Intentional manipulative bullshit. Give people a peg to hang their prejudice.

[Blue Owl]

36. That must explain why I saw Ted Cruz trying to cook bacon on one

n/t

[yuiyoshida]

38. I am sorry, but I really hate these

Republican ASSHOLES...there are times I wish I were still taking Kendo.. Just TO BEAT SOMETHING and drive out this negative energy I have pent up!

[throwthe_shoe]

39. well said.. do us all a favor and fall off a skateboard huckabee

[Cha]

40. Exactly.. How stupid do you have to

be?!

Thanks, ehrnst

[calimary]

41. BOOM!!!

Killer skateboards! Yeah! That’s the ticket!