Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.
Due to recent events, we are adding to our boilerplate to clarify:
If you're just here to disrupt or troll, expect to get a Do Not Respond (DNR) comment and then be ignored. Insults, lies, and willful ignorance will be dealt with by normal community moderation. Engaging trolls is counter-productive, and such comments should not be up-rated. Disagreement by itself is not considered trolling.
We've had people stop into our diaries and disagree with any one of an individual member's positions on RKBA without HRs, insults, or a bad attitude. JustJennifer was one, senilebiker (a while ago now) was another and Demena was a third, if you're looking for examples. If you're civil, expect a civil response. But this is an important addendum: as long as you don't already have a history with the RKBA group. Certain members who disrupt our diaries on a regular basis or who have used multiple usernames to disrupt our diaries will not be tolerated in RKBA diaries. Right now, there is only one person who is HROS in RKBA diaries and that is ricardomath/pigeonhole principle/banach tarski paradox/ehrenfeucht games. I will post up a comment explaining why for those who are curious and yes, that's four usernames for one person.
Again, if you don't agree with the stated goal of the group here on Daily Kos and want to discuss an item, do so with a civil comment and you will catch no flak from any RKBA member. We might disagree on private sales (the so called 'gun show loophole') or the Clinton era AWB or any one of a number of issues. That's fine. State your position without an insult or a reference to us like we're right wing shills (I restate myself) and you'll receive many answers as to why some of our members disagree or agree with you.
Make a comment about firearms compensating for penis size, call us right wingers, point us towards red state, or treat us with incivility, expect a DNR response, and if it continues, a HROS status in RKBA diaries.
We get accused of HRing for disagreement. I'd like to prove that we don't in each and every diary. I want non-RKBA members to join us in our diaries and disagree (civilly) to prove that to everyone out there.
Disagreement is not trolling.
To the RKBA members out there: DNRs are there for a reason. Responding to someone who is here to disrupt means they've won. Don't respond.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled OT:
From JayFromPA:
A diary
that was on the Rec list on Tuesday has a few lines that jumped - nay
- LUNGED right off the screen at me.
Mike had lots of interesting stories, he talked in his
thick southern accent about growing up in Alabama. His family were
sharecroppers, (and yes, he had to explain to me what that was.) I
learned in school about the existence of Segregation and Jim Crow,
about Rosa parks and drinking fountains labeled "Colored". But
Mike talked about his friends being beaten up, about white people
throwing rocks and bottles at them from cars. "They was for
real" Mike said, "They wanted to kill us!" This was not
the sterilized version of Black History had been taught in my
nearly-all-white high school every February, and it was an eye-opener
for me.
Want to hear more about the Black History that hasn't been sterilized
and repackaged into the neat little conformist consumer-friendly cubes
we know today? Then you want to read about the Deacons
For Defense And Justice.
KV Note: Deoliver47 wrote this diary. It is fantastic.