Catering to the irrational fears of hoplophobes (Read 1837 times)

HiCarry

Catering to the irrational fears of hoplophobes
« on: December 20, 2013, 10:36:32 AM »
Another good article on holophobia and the expectation that gun owners cater to the irrational fears fears of others....

http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-owners-increasingly-expected-to-cater-to-irrational-fears-of-hoplophobes

The comment from The war on Guns blogmaster, David Codrea: Note the same ones who say gun owners are responsible for the reactions of hoplophobes would never say that gays are responsible for the reactions of homophobes.

ren

Re: Catering to the irrational fears of hoplophobes
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 11:43:36 AM »
This strategy seems congruent to a particular neighborhood on the east side via unsubstantiated, hearsay "reports".
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HiCarry

Re: Catering to the irrational fears of hoplophobes
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 12:09:06 PM »
This strategy seems congruent to a particular neighborhood on the east side via unsubstantiated, hearsay "reports".


The reason I found the story interesting, and the comment by Mr. Codrea so salient, was the obvious hypocrisy of the anti crowd, which so often tends to have the socialist, liberal bent. They would never be so "insensitive" as to blame a "flaming" gay for causing homophobic fears, nor would they blame the black male for causing irrational racist fears, and on and on. But, when the subject of guns come up, it is the gun, the object of the irrational fear, that should be "controlled" and removed from the public so as not to incite the irrational fear of guns (hoplophobia) rather than education and tolerance.