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Initech

(100,063 posts)
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:06 AM Sep 2019

The next time gun nutters bring up the "tyranny of the majority" talking point...

Just show them this map. And that is a favorite talking point of theirs. But this is more telling:




Now ask - who's the majority again? They are. And do they act like tyrants? Yes. And does Trump think he's a dictator? Yes!

And then ask - how does history respond to tyranny? Not well.
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The next time gun nutters bring up the "tyranny of the majority" talking point... (Original Post) Initech Sep 2019 OP
They have a majority of empty land. We have the majority of people. TeamPooka Sep 2019 #1
How do you impeach land, Lara? muntrv Sep 2019 #2
I ask why the tyranny of the minority over the majority is OK blm Sep 2019 #3
Nobody wants to impeach think4yourself Sep 2019 #4
I tell them to look up Shays Rebellion. safeinOhio Sep 2019 #5
Quick! Someone ask this bubble head to name at least one state in that map! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2019 #6
I bet they can't. Initech Sep 2019 #7
DIRT DON'T VOTE! Thunderbeast Sep 2019 #8
Well then, here's the map from 1972. It's Nixon's map before he was impeached. ffr Sep 2019 #9

TeamPooka

(24,221 posts)
1. They have a majority of empty land. We have the majority of people.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:16 AM
Sep 2019

The picture is a false equivalence straw man.

think4yourself

(837 posts)
4. Nobody wants to impeach
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:50 AM
Sep 2019

a fake map. (Creative use of the color red, though.)

My Dog, these people are stupid.

safeinOhio

(32,673 posts)
5. I tell them to look up Shays Rebellion.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 12:53 AM
Sep 2019

George Washington had to come out of retirement to put down a militia that faced the tyranny of a liquor tax.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
9. Well then, here's the map from 1972. It's Nixon's map before he was impeached.
Sun Sep 29, 2019, 02:44 AM
Sep 2019

How ironic!

Did Lara tRump not see the extension of her idea?



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