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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23761</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No one can blame anyone for belonging to an organization which let something like that display get presented.  No one can respect a person who continues to belong.

That it got that far, even if it were removed, is bad enough.  Imagine the howls if it were Reagan, Bush I or Bush II.

For shame!  My limited vocabulary prevents me from typing more.  I should work on that.  Ass-wipes is probably over the line, but accurate.

Patriots my aching ass!  Americans?  In name only.  Stupid, hypocritical, dangerous people who are the LAST who should be trusted with a gun.  The very last.  And they advocate for them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No one can blame anyone for belonging to an organization which let something like that display get presented.  No one can respect a person who continues to belong.</p>
<p>That it got that far, even if it were removed, is bad enough.  Imagine the howls if it were Reagan, Bush I or Bush II.</p>
<p>For shame!  My limited vocabulary prevents me from typing more.  I should work on that.  Ass-wipes is probably over the line, but accurate.</p>
<p>Patriots my aching ass!  Americans?  In name only.  Stupid, hypocritical, dangerous people who are the LAST who should be trusted with a gun.  The very last.  And they advocate for them.</p>
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		<title>By: Jody</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23728</link>
		<dc:creator>Jody</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Count on humanity to always raise the bar of vulgarity.</description>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23726</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After I cooled off a bit I realized this is not a political issue.

I was just as offended by the Nazi and the terrorist target as I was about the Obama. And as Rob points out, the &quot;Ex&quot; dummy is particularly sick, even though politically neutral.

Think of it this way.  Would you want your daughter or sister to date a guy who regularly pleasured himself with an inflatable sex doll?  Whether he was an actual lawbreaker or not is really not the issue.

People who would buy a rubber dummy that bleeds when you shoot it are too disturbed to be trusted with guns. And people who would set up a a business to specifically cater to that crowd are the same scum that sold repeating rifles to the Indians, and today, sells AK-47s in the ghetto.  

&lt;em&gt;&quot;This is the NRA.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After I cooled off a bit I realized this is not a political issue.</p>
<p>I was just as offended by the Nazi and the terrorist target as I was about the Obama. And as Rob points out, the &#8220;Ex&#8221; dummy is particularly sick, even though politically neutral.</p>
<p>Think of it this way.  Would you want your daughter or sister to date a guy who regularly pleasured himself with an inflatable sex doll?  Whether he was an actual lawbreaker or not is really not the issue.</p>
<p>People who would buy a rubber dummy that bleeds when you shoot it are too disturbed to be trusted with guns. And people who would set up a a business to specifically cater to that crowd are the same scum that sold repeating rifles to the Indians, and today, sells AK-47s in the ghetto.  </p>
<p><em>&#8220;This is the NRA.&#8221;</em></p>
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		<title>By: Jody</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23724</link>
		<dc:creator>Jody</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess it isn&#039;t all that different from graphic and violent video games...of which I never understood either. 


People are fucked up.

That is all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess it isn&#8217;t all that different from graphic and violent video games&#8230;of which I never understood either. </p>
<p>People are fucked up.</p>
<p>That is all.</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23721</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 03:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This merely expresses hatred of a person.

The hippies publicly burned flags, bras and draft cards to shock their opponents and make their point.  This is a sick joke meant to be privately shared with your friends at the shooting range when no one else is watching.

It isn&#039;t political theater, like burning someone in effigy at a demonstration, and effigies are crude dummies assembled on the spot by the demonstrators who burn them.

This is a commercial product designed, advertised and sold for profit to the public.  Burning a cross is vile, mass marketing cross-burning kits is infinitely worse. This is a whole new level of creepy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This merely expresses hatred of a person.</p>
<p>The hippies publicly burned flags, bras and draft cards to shock their opponents and make their point.  This is a sick joke meant to be privately shared with your friends at the shooting range when no one else is watching.</p>
<p>It isn&#8217;t political theater, like burning someone in effigy at a demonstration, and effigies are crude dummies assembled on the spot by the demonstrators who burn them.</p>
<p>This is a commercial product designed, advertised and sold for profit to the public.  Burning a cross is vile, mass marketing cross-burning kits is infinitely worse. This is a whole new level of creepy.</p>
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		<title>By: RobVG</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23716</link>
		<dc:creator>RobVG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 03:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally I had more of a problem with &quot;The Ex&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally I had more of a problem with &#8220;The Ex&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: alcaray</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23715</link>
		<dc:creator>alcaray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 03:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Remember how unpatriotic and disrespectful hippies used to be?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember how unpatriotic and disrespectful hippies used to be?</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2013/05/06/speaking-of-symbolism/#comment-23714</link>
		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These are the people who shit red, white and blue bricks if you don&#039;twear your flag lapel pin.</description>
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