Comments on: Thompson: ‘Gun Show is a Day in Paradise’ http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/25/thompson-gun-show-is-a-day-in-paradise/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chinquapin http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/25/thompson-gun-show-is-a-day-in-paradise/comment-page-1/#comment-422565 Chinquapin Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:13 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/25/thompson-gun-show-is-a-day-in-paradise/#comment-422565 As one who appreciates, even loves guns, I used to frequent gun shows. However, I grew increasingly weary of potbellied jerks swaggering around as if simply wallowing in guns somehow validated their manhood and toungness. However, what caused me to stop going completely was the arrival of booths selling truly vile hate literature. The last one I saw was in the lobby, so you could absolutely not miss it or avoid it. Call it what you will. Prattle on about the 2nd Amendment, the purity of hunting, and "values." The fact is that phony patriotism, insecure masculinity, phony right wing values, racial hatred, and guns, is a toxic, lethal mix. Thompson should elaborate on exactly what it is about gun shows that turns him on so much. Chinquapin has spoken. As one who appreciates, even loves guns, I used to frequent gun shows. However, I grew increasingly weary of potbellied jerks swaggering around as if simply wallowing in guns somehow validated their manhood and toungness. However, what caused me to stop going completely was the arrival of booths selling truly vile hate literature. The last one I saw was in the lobby, so you could absolutely not miss it or avoid it. Call it what you will. Prattle on about the 2nd Amendment, the purity of hunting, and “values.” The fact is that phony patriotism, insecure masculinity, phony right wing values, racial hatred, and guns, is a toxic, lethal mix. Thompson should elaborate on exactly what it is about gun shows that turns him on so much.

Chinquapin has spoken.

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