I stayed home from work today (too much partyin' on a Thursday night ) and did some research about last week's D.C. handgun ban reversal. Along the way I checked in on the Anti-gun thread.
This led me to ponder just how many of the internet "liberals" were indeed gun-grabbers. The results are kind of shocking.
First I checked out FARK. "Hero" tag by the story and a celebration ensues. Now granted, FARK isn't quite as left-leaning IMO as many around here make it out to be, so maybe the fact that the overwhelming majority of respondents happen to be pro-gun doesn't really mean anything. Maybe FARK isn't "liberal" enough.
I moved on to DailyKos. Same result The guy who wrote the article opens with the statement that he's personally pro-2nd amendment and voices approval of the decision. The respondents (that is, those who cared enough to comment) are overwhelmingly pro-RKBA as well.
Okay, so that's weird. I had to really hunt to find any mention of it at all and the small response is...positive?? Maybe it's a fluke.
I moved along to Democratic Underground. No mention of it there whatsoever. I'm rapidly exhausting my short list of left-leaning websites...
Next in line was TalkLeft. Same thing. The author actually applauds the ruling and the majority of the respondents concur.
I'm beginning to suspect a pattern here. I can't find a gang of "liberals" who are pro-gun control!
Sure, I can find all sorts of pundits and politicians, but not rank & file voters.
What's going on here? Could it be that gun control is actually unpopular with these people and they only *think* they're in the minority? If so, that'd suggest an opening to be exploited. At the very least, it'd suggest that the real enemy isn't these people, but rather their leaders.
Is it just me? Can anyone here find a liberal forum ( and by "liberal" I mean left-leaning political site, not a dedicated gun grabber site) where they're unhappy about this? What are your thoughts?
Edit as I add more search findings:
FireDogLake: No mention
Talking Points Memo: No mention
AmericaBlog: No mention
MyDD: No mention...
This led me to ponder just how many of the internet "liberals" were indeed gun-grabbers. The results are kind of shocking.
First I checked out FARK. "Hero" tag by the story and a celebration ensues. Now granted, FARK isn't quite as left-leaning IMO as many around here make it out to be, so maybe the fact that the overwhelming majority of respondents happen to be pro-gun doesn't really mean anything. Maybe FARK isn't "liberal" enough.
I moved on to DailyKos. Same result The guy who wrote the article opens with the statement that he's personally pro-2nd amendment and voices approval of the decision. The respondents (that is, those who cared enough to comment) are overwhelmingly pro-RKBA as well.
Okay, so that's weird. I had to really hunt to find any mention of it at all and the small response is...positive?? Maybe it's a fluke.
I moved along to Democratic Underground. No mention of it there whatsoever. I'm rapidly exhausting my short list of left-leaning websites...
Next in line was TalkLeft. Same thing. The author actually applauds the ruling and the majority of the respondents concur.
I'm beginning to suspect a pattern here. I can't find a gang of "liberals" who are pro-gun control!
Sure, I can find all sorts of pundits and politicians, but not rank & file voters.
What's going on here? Could it be that gun control is actually unpopular with these people and they only *think* they're in the minority? If so, that'd suggest an opening to be exploited. At the very least, it'd suggest that the real enemy isn't these people, but rather their leaders.
Is it just me? Can anyone here find a liberal forum ( and by "liberal" I mean left-leaning political site, not a dedicated gun grabber site) where they're unhappy about this? What are your thoughts?
Edit as I add more search findings:
FireDogLake: No mention
Talking Points Memo: No mention
AmericaBlog: No mention
MyDD: No mention...
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