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Gun Control Reform Activism

applegrove

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2. Anytime I post anything on guns I get visited by quite a few people trying to

Reply to kro32 (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 12:35 AM

Dec 2013

talk me down from my anti NRA stance. It has been that way forever on the DU. They have bots that go around discussion forums and pick up on any negative talk. Then they show up en mass to try to dissuade you from thinking you can think. It must be a rapid response team. That is a pretty powerful in my view. The AARP doesn't do that.

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"Inside the Power of the N.R.A." [View all] applegrove Dec 2013 OP

They aren't the most powerful kro32 Dec 2013 #1

Anytime I post anything on guns I get visited by quite a few people trying to applegrove Dec 2013 #2

Just wake up, billh58 Dec 2013 #9

If the AARP were as powerful as the NRA, I'd not have to work until 80 years of age. Hoyt Dec 2013 #10

The GOP always try to co-opt events that stick in people's minds. Look at the way applegrove Dec 2013 #3

I agree with you libodem Dec 2013 #4

Thanks. applegrove Dec 2013 #5

When Grover Norquist, etc., walk in reprenting NRA and Tbaggers, Congress folks kiss his rear. Hoyt Dec 2013 #6

Thanks applegrove. That was a good article. aikoaiko Dec 2013 #7

The NRA is the billh58 Dec 2013 #8