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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 03:55 PM Jun 2022

You could refer to a 70 mph head-on collision with an 18 wheeler as a "fender bender", but

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people would say you're ridiculous.

You could call your house burning to the ground a "house warming party", but then people would question your sanity.

You could insist that your AR 15 with a 30 round magazine, laser sight and flash suppressor is a "deer rifle", but that would brand you a liar.

BUT,---if you call what happened at the US Capitol a "peaceful protest by patriots simply exercising their Constitutional right to freedom of speech", well---that just makes you a craven fascist Trumpie.

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You could refer to a 70 mph head-on collision with an 18 wheeler as a "fender bender", but (Original Post) Atticus Jun 2022 OP
Excellent!!! MyOwnPeace Jun 2022 #1
Trying to explain reality to some... sanatanadharma Jun 2022 #3
Ditto excellent!!! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #2
I like your juxtaposition: "AR15 as a deer rifle" and the riot/insurrection as a patriotic protest. erronis Jun 2022 #4
I like!!! llashram Jun 2022 #5
It would tear the deer apart IronLionZion Jun 2022 #6
Can I steal this? (and give you credit) ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #7
You can't steal that which is freely given. Use as you see fit---and thanks for asking! nt Atticus Jun 2022 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Jun 2022 #9

sanatanadharma

(3,707 posts)
3. Trying to explain reality to some...
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 04:29 PM
Jun 2022

...is like being chosen as the mouse who puts the bell on the cat; a doomed to fail suicide mission.

erronis

(15,303 posts)
4. I like your juxtaposition: "AR15 as a deer rifle" and the riot/insurrection as a patriotic protest.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 06:20 PM
Jun 2022

I think this is sometimes called "cognitive dissonance".

But it the vernacular of those types of people: Dumber than box of rocks.

IronLionZion

(45,454 posts)
6. It would tear the deer apart
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 06:44 PM
Jun 2022

so probably not the best choice for food hunting. It is great for killing people since it's the civilian version of the M16 and M4 carbine used by the US Army and Marine Corps.

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