Reply #17: If It Were Constructive Criticism of Democrats, It Would Be Different [View All]

[Paladin]

But of course, a single visit to the Gun Dungeon reveals something quite different. To an alarming degree, DU gun activists heap scorn on Democratic officials in the most hateful and vitriolic terms, while giving Republicans a pass. The Cheney hunting episode was just the clearest example of this long-time Dungeon behavior. And, frankly, why shouldn't it be that way? The Republicans are the ones who have bent over backwards to cater to your increasingly trashy little hobby---so why on earth would you gripe about them?

And yet, you demand that Democrats ditch their moderate position on gun regulation and replace it with a stance right out of the Republican and NRA playbooks. I for one find your arguments utterly unpersuasive. I might feel a little different if you guys made even a token effort at expressing opinions on topics here in DU, other than guns. These are historic times, there are daily occurences indicating that the Republican era is drawing to a blessed end, and it's happening without regard to anything having to do with gun policy. And yet the only things you and your gun activist cohorts seem to contribute to the Big Forums are insults to Democrats, for their failure to support your gun-centric view of the world, or for their lack of esoteric knowledge about firearms. That, and the occasional masturbatory-quality photos of your favorite shooting irons. If you really are the Democrats you claim to be, you might try acting like it.....