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In reply to the discussion: Stephen King on the NRA... [View all]alphafemale
(18,497 posts)24. Go find the jaw of that little boy NRA. nt
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Should be a sign in every single street in America, north, south, east west
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#1
Quit reading from this point...a poster below is equating Stephen King with NRA death merchants...
JoeBlowToo
Jan 2013
#29
Has he not gotten rich off the describing and vicarious experiences of normal human beings
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#4
Rhetoric? I didn't write the delightfully entertaining gore. And yes, he is a freaking hypocrite
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#15
No, not a hypocrite at all unless you bash what I presume to be online gaming. Go for it...just
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#26
Fiction and Non-Fiction/Fact. One is created in the mind, the other has a real history.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#66
There is also a big difference between writing about violence and abetting violence as the NRA does.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#77
Neither do guns...so I hear. He's not a real good spokesperson for non-violence.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#47
No, they should not link it opportunistically to real-life gore. Fiction on, but stay out of the
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#52
If we need a fiction novelist to help people understand that people use guns to kill people...
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#58
He referred to a current blood and gore event...it's the outrage of producers of fiction that
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#18
Really? I will even buy part of that in a literary, liberal, apologist kind of way, but "Dude",
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#21
Sweetie, seriously. Are you scrambling up the refrigerator word magnets for these posts?
Squinch
Jan 2013
#80
Sweetie? Hmm. I get you don't get it. LaPierre juxtaposed against fantasy morgues doesn't cut it.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#83
Fantasy execution of your vicarious mental gratuities juxtaposed with words doesn't cut it. Dude.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#85
Actually, he's writing his next book based on DU characters that live on another planet but think
graywarrior
Jan 2013
#61
He crossed the Line. When he linked himself with LaPierre, he crossed the line between fiction
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#51
There really is a difference and a line between imagination and reality. Amazing to have to state.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#55
If there is no award for stupidest fucking post of the decade, there should be...
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#62
I am unconcerned about his political affiliations ... he needs to stick with what he does...Fiction.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#67
By that reasoning, unless your career is to voice your opinions on websites, you should stick with
Squinch
Jan 2013
#81
Sorry, fail yourself and no backs! (That seems to be the level at which you would like your
Squinch
Jan 2013
#84