I am a fan of comment threads in response to anti-gun-rights blog posts. This one is a winner. And why? I’ll tell you why – the post was about a negligent discharge by a person carrying illegally, and the writer eventually agrees with almost all the points made by pro-rights commenters. She even relents on her initial post deletions (aka reasoned discourse).
This is a first, as far as I can tell. Of course, she is a supporter of (most) gun rights, so maybe that has something to do with it – she did not start from the position, opinion, ignorance and behaviors of a typical gun bigot.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I am a fan of comment threads in response to anti-gun-rights blog posts. This one is a winner. And why? I’ll tell you why – the post was about a negligent discharge by a person carrying illegally, and the writer eventually agrees with almost all the points made by pro-rights commenters. She even relents on her initial post deletions (aka reasoned discourse).
This is a first, as far as I can tell. Of course, she is a supporter of (most) gun rights, so maybe that has something to do with it – she did not start from the position, opinion, ignorance and behaviors of a typical gun bigot.