Can we call them what they are, terrorists?

[napkinz]

see https://www.facebook.com/NoTeaParty

[Herbacious]

2. Hmm, killing political enemies.

There's a novel idea. I doubt that it has ever been done before. Surely it wouldn't set a bad precedent.

Maybe we could send a few out to fight the war on hyperbole, afterwards.

Then after that, people who misuse memes and the word "literally", or who say "intensive purposes".

[dairydog91]

6. Can we start dropping bombs on people who misuse "ironically"?

I'm down with that.

[Herbacious]

7. Sure.

Then people who go "ahhhhhhhhh" after every sip of their drink.

[LanternWaste]

21. And the next ones would those who pretend to be erudite and clever...

And the next ones would those who pretend to be erudite and clever...

[Decaffeinated]

24. Literally...

[RagAss]

3. Yes. And we can officially declare....

That this country has shit the bed.

Clean the sheets and wish us good luck.

[derby378]

4. No, but they're definitely acting like schoolyard bullies

And the best way to stand up to schoolyard bullies is just that - stand up to them and don't be afraid to get your hair a little mussed.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. If a schoolyard bully walked around the schoolyard with a gun...

...is 'bully' still all that we would call him?

[MrScorpio]

5. Damn Skippy!

That's exactly what they are.

[Skip Intro]

9. To be fair, the same pic from a different angle:

I always try to get both sides of the story, so I went searching and found this:



The claim is they were posing for a picture, and the pic here was taken at the same time as the one from the side angle. Looks to be the case, at a glance anyway.

As a 2A/RKBA supporter, I will say that I don't think it was a smart move on the part of Open Carry Texas to show up at the restaurant where the other group was meeting.

But as long as we're using a pic to tell a story, I think it only fair we see the whole picture.

[napkinz]

10. that's not the same pic from a diffierent angle

First, where is the car in front of them?

Second, the guy in the green shirt with the white cap is looking ahead in the first pic; he's looking DOWN at the child in the second pic.

[Skip Intro]

12. Think Progress has updated it's story with a link to a kind of side by side pic:

Edited to remove pic with anti-gun control commentary, but if you follow the link to TP, scroll to bottom of article, and click on the "updated" link, you can see what is claimed to be a side by side pic of the same moment.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/11/10/2921121/dallas-gun-advocates-protest-restaurant-gun-control-advocates/

[NutmegYankee]

17. The car is probably off to the left and out of view.

The car is in the distance but looks closer because of the 2D depth loss in a photo. And it's quite possible that both photographers took the photos near each other in time, but not at the exact same instant. So the guy looks down at the child in one and ahead in another.

[napkinz]

18. perhaps ...

But you know what, ask yourself, "What if it had been a group of African-Americans or Latino Americans or Muslim Americans with guns waiting outside a restaurant?"

What do you think would have happened?

[NutmegYankee]

19. Depends on the locality and police force.

Given the large numbers of cameras available at any gathering, I'd not expect much different of a result.

[napkinz]

20. As gollygee wrote below, it's more likely ...

"The SWAT team would have been called out and they'd be either arrested or dead."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024021835#post14

[NutmegYankee]

22. Not in Texas.

Racism from police is usually manifested in one on one encounters with minorities. A gathering like this would have resulted in guidance from a supervisor, who would have likely provided the same guidance to do nothing and just observe.

[LanternWaste]

23. A large group of African-Americans brandishing weapons openly and in public in Arlington, Texas?

A large group of African-Americans brandishing weapons openly and in public in Arlington, Texas (where I live and work) would be all over the news, gangs and drugs would be mentioned over and over, the APD chief would go on television to calm the community, etc (all the better to deflect from the steroid scandal the dept in embroiled in)...

But then again, maybe not "much different of a result"

[NutmegYankee]

25. Looks like you have a great way to test racism in the community.

Do the same photo again in the same location with African-Americans holding the same big American flag. Record the response.

Some assholes have already conducted a control for you. Any differences should be widely publicized.

I too lived in the South. I found racism to rarely be overt, but instead it simmered quietly in the background. That kind is actually far more sinister, as it gives people the impression they aren't racist fuckheads while still doing grave damage to minorities in the town.

[Rex]

28. 'I always try to get both sides of the story'

OH MAN FUNNIEST THING I'VE READ HERE IN YEARS!

[Skip Intro]

29. I know it is a hard concept for you, Rex. n/t

[tabasco]

32. So what?

Still a bunch of cowardly gun toting kooks. I see a lot of camo, but I bet there's not a day of military service in the lot of the jackasses.

[gollygee]

11. It seems like in this country, "terrorist" only refers to people who are not white

and/or not Christian.

[napkinz]

13. imagine if they were African-Americans with guns waiting outside

Who doesn't think people in the restaurant wouldn't have felt in immediate danger? Who doesn't think the police wouldn't have been called? Who doesn't think they would have been arrested?

But they are white. And they have the flag.

So they're just regular Muricans. Nothing to see here, move on.

[gollygee]

14. The SWAT team would have been called out

and they'd be either arrested or dead.

[napkinz]

15. exactly

nt

[libdem4life]

27. That would include our global mis-interpretations, as well.

[Rex]

26. K&R for pissing off all the RIGHT people!

[napkinz]

30. the other thread has also raised certain people's ire

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024022377

(and exposed some "visitors" ... I mean trolls)

[Rex]

31. I guess we should stop being mean to these types of people.

They might send their kids after us!

[napkinz]

38. Don't you know ...

Gun owners are an oppressed group.

[otohara]

33. Stalking Terrorists

Hunger Games in Dallas

[Lint Head]

34. They are cowards. The guns are to compensate for their lack of maturity. They're afraid that

someone is coming for their security blankies. Wonder how many of these cowards have sex with their guns?

[Skidmore]

35. Chris Hayes is covering this after the break.

Showed a snippet in which one of these goobers said that they "strapped on their self-defense tools." Won't even call them guns anymore apparently.

[napkinz]

36. interview with one of the moms on Chris Hayes

All In With Chris Hayes

right now on MSNBC

[napkinz]

37. great toon posted by n2doc

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024019662

[napkinz]

39. kick

nt