Leatherman Multi Tools harrassed by the Brownshirts

[hollowdweller]

You know the little tools with the pliers files and screwdrivers? Well apparently the poor owner let it out that he supported Kerry and the hate mail has been pouring in.

This guy that wrote them a nasty email posted their response in this thread. I think the owner showed a lot of class in his response considering what he says was said to him.

The right wing has got these people so wound up I am concerned they may breed another Tim McVeigh.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=296348&page=1

[Heyo]

1. My good friend has one of those...

... I can't count the number of times that little thing has got us out of a jam.. or has got something to work that wasn't working.

Heyo

[Richard D]

2. In that case . . .

I'm gonna have to go buy one asap.

[Blue Gardener]

4. Know anyone that needs one for Christmas?

I think it would make an excellent gift.

[hollowdweller]

5. It is amazing how wound up they are!

Check out some of the opinions of the people who posted in reply to his statements. Some real cretins.}(

I don't like gun control either, but good god do they think Kerry could pass any gun control with both houses of congress Republican??
Talk about voting your fears and prejudices instead of your pocketbook!!

[Ima]

8. Is there a link

Where I can order some? Look like handy xmass gifts.

[Book Lover]

3. So good to see the right reaching across the aisle

Betcha Andrew Sullivan won't put this exchange on his little "Time for Healing Watch" list...

[Zorra]

6. I think a leatherman will make a great Holiday gift this year. Thanks

for posting this.

[LisaM]

7. Sigh. I don't need Leatherman tools, but where do I buy them?

I'll be getting them now.

[Minimus]

9. there was a thread at FR about boycotting the Leatherman

awhile back. Mr. Leatherman responded to some of their complaints by basically saying "too bad". Right after I read how much the freepers hated the Leatherman I went out and bought one for my husband.

I will see if I can find a link to the FR thread...BRB

here it is- as usual the freepers are a hoot:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1237470/posts


To: Republican Extremist
You play, you pay.

I carry a Leatherman Wave on my belt at all times. It is the last Leatherman I will thus carry. I start shopping for a new tool tomorrow.

10 posted on 10/06/2004 7:24:27 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Am Yisrael Chai!)


and this guy:


To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
I just double checked my comment on the leatherman being issued to the Army troops and saw I was wrong. It is a Gerber product that is being issued.

I apologize to the Leatherman fella I called a war profiteer and now am happy to say he isn't getting a dime from Iraq and just like France, Russia, and Germany won't be getting any of my tax dollars.

21 posted on 10/06/2004 7:35:01 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (You can turn your head away from the Berg video and still hear Al Queda's calls to prayer.)

[Bluebear]

10. Support your local Leatherman.

It's the guy's last name and now the freepers are saying he has a "gay" last name etc etc etc. Glad they are "reaching across the aisle" as promised.

[Ruffhowse]

11. I love how reasonable people are on that board. Fucking nut jobs. I

believe in moderate gun control, but it's not a big issue for me. Those guys eat, sleep and breath guns, apparently. You'd think someone was threatening to cut off their balls the way they scream and whine about losing their guns. What makes gun nuts so rabid about this? I just don't understand them.

[hollowdweller]

16. It's sad

I'm telling you. I know a lot of people like that. They are good people (some of them) but the right wing and NRA keeps them so wound up that they think any firearm control means their guns are going to get taken.

What they don't see, or don't want to see is that the weakening of the 4th amendment, which almost always comes from the right, along with this Patriot act crap will allow any future regime to find all the gun owners and take their guns without needing any gun registration.

The sad thing is 90% of these people are middle class or lower middle class and they repeatedly vote against their own economic interest.

[Career Prole]

12. Left-friendly Leatherman Tools...get 'em while they're hot!

http://www.leatherman.com/where-to-buy/dealer-locator.asp

[RamboLiberal]

13. Here's story that got the freepers shorts in a twist

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040914/145916_1.html

Glad I bought a Leatherman now (one of the little tools - Squirt I think. And support these people and circulate this list. Encourage all you know to buy a Leatherman - make great Christmas gifts. If you don't carry on your person, it's a great tool to keep in a glove compartment, toolbox, office drawer. And drop the Leatherman company a line. Don't let the NRA Freepers intimidate them! (And btw I'm a gun owner myself and sadly I know the mentaltity of some of these people).

Lee Fromson, president, Cascade Designs (Seattle, WA)

Peter Bragden, vice president, general counsel, Columbia Sportswear (Portland, Oregon)

Menno Van Wyk, CEO, Montrail (Seattle, WA)

Paul Fish, president, Mountain Gear (Spokane, WA)

Carn Nielsen, vice president, Mountain Gear (Spokane, WA)

Dan Nordstrom, CEO, Outdoor Research (Seattle, WA)

Jeff Bowman, vice president, Cascade Designs (Seattle, WA)

Doug Phillips, president, Metolius Climbing (Bend, OR)

Tim Leatherman, president, Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)

Dunham Gooding, president, American Alpine Institute, Ltd (Bellingham, WA)

Larry Harrison, president, Earth Games (San Clemente, CA)

Jim Clark, CEO, Watermark (Arcata, CA)

Steve Barker, CEO, Eagle Creek Travel Gear (San Diego, CA)

Peter Metcalf, CEO, Black Diamond (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Ashley Korenblat, president, Western Spirit Cycling (Moab, Utah)

Mike Wallenfels, vice president, Mountain Hardware (Richmond, CA)

Roody Rasmussen, CEO, Petzl America (Clearfield, UT)

Tony Post, president, Vibram (Concord, MA)

Kelly Stone, director sales and marketing, Werner Paddles (Seattle, WA)

Joe Hyer, president, Alpine Experience (Olympia, WA)

Mike Sullivan, president, Sullivan Agency (Wimberley, TX)

Bob Olsen, president, Peregrine Outfitters (Williston, VT)

Michael Crooke, CEO, Patagonia (Ventura, CA)

Brian Bennett, director national accounts, Patagonia (Ventura, CA)

Adam Forest, managing partner, The Forest Group (Lotus, CA)

Gordon Seabury, president, Horny Toad Activewear (Santa Barbara, CA)

Paul Gagner, vice president, Gregory Mountain Products (Temecula, CA)

Tom Campion, founder and chairman, Zumiez Inc. (Everett, WA)

Malcolm Daly, president, Trango (Boulder, CO)

Rodney Smith, president, American Outdoor Products (Boulder, CO)

Joan Keller, president, Le Travel Store (San Diego, CA)

[David Zephyr]

14. Leatherman Was Copied By Conglomerate Cooper Industries

Cooper lost a trademark infringement to Leatherman for millions of dollars.

Cooper moved its corporate headquarters to Burmuda to avoid U.S. taxes.

Cooper closed factories all around the United States laying off nearly 10,000 workers and outsourced to China.

Of course, none of the above nearly upsets rightwingers like owner of Leatherman voting for Kerry.

What misplaced values some people have.

[tandot]

15. Nazis: "Don't buy from Jews" ... Bush Gestapo: "don't buy from Democrats"

Welcome to Fascism...

[hollowdweller]

19. That's a good article. The thing is I think that a lot of these gun

owners are not hunters or outdoors people. A lot of the hunters I know would be willing to accept more gun control than I would even. However a lot of these people are gun collectors who just buy these things and half the time they just set in the gun safe. City boys who have these things to look bad.

With the rural population shrinking a lot of people buy these expensive military copies because they saw them on the movies. I think it all started with Dirty Harry. After that movie the Smith and Wesson .44 shot up in price like mad.

I mean you want a pistol to shoot and have fun with you buy a .22 target pistol. Home defense a 9mm or 38 is cheaper and easier to shoot. I think the only reason some of these guns are popular is the macho factor. It's stupid. A 44 magnum has so much recoil you can shoot it for long before your hands are shaking and you can't hit shit. AK47's. They are crap. Innacurate, poorly made, but they look "bad" so these dupes buy them.
They don't do anything sinister with them, sometimes don't even shoot them but they don't want anybody to threaten their right to have them.

[Ima]

23. Found online.......Onsale!

http://www.campingsurvival.com/leatmul.html

[achtung_circus]

17. I have a top of the line Leatherman 200

It is possibly the handiest thing I carry. It's quality is great, Gerber, which I carried for a while, is not. It is, as noted, made offshore, and is a copy of the Leatherman. Every car should have one in the glove compartment.

So don't think you'll never use it. Support someone who spoke his mind (and e-mail him about it too.)

[LeftyMom]

36. I agree with what you said about the quality difference

Leftydad had a gerber multitool that he carried at work (he doesn't generally need tools in his job, but from time to time they come in handy in an emergency) and the pliars snapped off one day just loosening a nut. He's had the leatherman he bought as a replacement for years with no problems. I'll definitely buy a few more for gifts.

[sandnsea]

18. Leatherman are the best

I don't think men will stop buying Leatherman, no matter what these guys say. My husband was just saying a few weeks ago that he wanted a Leatherman multi-tool. I think I'll get him one for Christmas. Nice to know I'm supporting Democrats. :)

[RamboLiberal]

21. Ladies get one for yourself - Squirt and Juice

And guys buy one for your gals - just make sure it's not the big gift if you know what I mean. :evilgrin:

Come in some really cool colors - and they are real handy in the glove box or the kitchen drawer.

[BlueEyedSon]

20. Dem shopping list here:

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040914/145916_1.html

Let's support them!

[Knurled99]

22. My brother, a US Marine, just bought a leatherman

two days ago... he will be absolutely ecstatic to know that leatherman supports Kerry! (He has a good head on his shoulders and favors very progressive politics..) Anyway, he was telling me how great those things are and that EVERYONE he knows carries one.. but let's see how much longer they are available at military PX stores now that the word is out about them supporting the Dems.

[high density]

24. Looks like I should buy my dad a new Leatherman for Christmas

:bounce:

[Zero Gravitas]

25. what a bunch of limp dicked dumbasses

[slowroll]

26. Get a WAVE

I love mine. And they're domestically manufactured, unlike Gerbers or the Craftsman versions.

Go Tim Leatherman!!!

[The Straight Story]

27. I Have 9 engineers working for me

Will order them each one for christmas. Will throw one in for boss, regional director, and myself of course. Thanks for the heads up.

[Taxloss]

28. I have a Leatherman.

It's not only extremely useful, it's very well made.

[winston61]

29. Moron Nazis

Well, this just convinced me to go out an buy a Leatherman tool. Screw the narrow minded morons at ar15.com. I think the site name says it all.

[Walt Starr]

30. Guess my right wng Brother -in- Law is getting a Leatherman for Christmas

:evilgrin:

[winston61]

31. that's perfect! mine too!

[Walt Starr]

33. I intend to donate to the ACLU in his name, too

:evilgrin:

[democracy eh]

32. I support Leatherman by using them, losing them and replacing them

I have lost 3 Supertools in the past few years.

need to get a new one for Christmas methinks

f'ing fascists

[slowroll]

35. lol

I also suppport Mag-Lite, Zippo and Spyderco in the same fashion.

[antonialee839]

34. Another reason to love my leatherman

I use it at work all the time.