Reply #2: Irrelevant [View All]

[tomhaverford]

Why is the debate even about lame gun metaphors in the first place? This type of language is used every day in sports, business, and any other thing that has two competing sides. As usual, liberals failed to use the moment to highlight ACTUAL AND DIRECT THREATS OF VIOLENCE that there is plenty of on the right. Using stupid arguments like "Palin had the crosshairs" just gave the right all the ammunition (see?) to play the victim. Why is no one talking about the things on that CSGV list or the fact that the reason we have gun metaphors in every day language in the first place is because the right has fetishized gun culture for decades!