Lynch mobs have outrage.

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Lynch mobs have outrage.

TB — 12/24/2012 3:25:53 AM (archived)

I don't consider it a primary virtue. Outrage is easy. Mindless, emotional fanaticism is easy. Lashing out is easy.

Actually analyzing feasible alternatives is not. As I said, most of the conversation here and elsewhere has been about attitudes, not solutions.

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An opinion on gun control - TB - 12/22/2012 3:33:34 AM
- Following the broader Conservative pattern. - bowser - 12/22/2012 5:00:43 AM
  - I share your dismay - mcfly - 12/22/2012 4:16:34 PM
    - Us vs. Them - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 6:59:18 PM
      - When politics funds everything, politics will control everything. - TB - 12/23/2012 8:59:03 PM
        
        However did we get any objective data out of government studies? - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 9:14:35 PM
        
        The subject was whether or not something gets funded in the first place, not what the results end up being. - TB - 12/23/2012 10:25:31 PM
        
        Grant-funded projects make up a lot of research funding. - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 10:56:20 PM
    - Well... - TB - 12/22/2012 6:52:22 PM
      - There's a couple of assumptions you and others seem to be making about my position - mcfly - 12/23/2012 10:45:58 PM
        
        Immediate action - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 11:43:06 PM
        
        I realize we all react to things differently - mcfly - 12/24/2012 12:28:09 AM
        
        Lynch mobs have outrage. - TB - 12/24/2012 3:25:53 AM
        
        well gee, you've figured me out, haven't you? - mcfly - 12/24/2012 10:57:03 AM
        
        Re: well gee, you've figured me out, haven't you? - TB - 12/24/2012 4:18:34 PM
        
        I knew I should have smacked you for that one. - MaryAnne - 12/26/2012 10:07:57 PM
        
        Definitions. - TB - 12/27/2012 5:25:14 PM
        
        Re: Definitions. - Jody - 12/27/2012 6:29:36 PM
        
        Of course not. - TB - 12/27/2012 6:42:58 PM
        
        Re: Of course not. - Jody - 12/27/2012 7:16:10 PM
        
        TB, you accused me of having a "lynch mob" mentality, of "emotional fanaticism" - mcfly - 12/26/2012 8:28:47 PM
        
        The idea was raised that "absence of outrage" was a "dereliction." - TB - 12/26/2012 9:33:46 PM
        
        Gotcha - mcfly - 12/26/2012 10:16:57 PM
        
        Re: Gotcha - Jody - 12/27/2012 2:22:30 AM
        
        "Worn down" - RobVG - 12/27/2012 1:51:49 AM
        
        No, please... - MaryAnne - 12/26/2012 10:21:49 PM
        
        I'm trying to think of what, exactly, to do myself. - MaryAnne - 12/24/2012 1:04:13 AM
      - I don't think you believe very much of this post. - bowser - 12/22/2012 7:21:55 PM
        
        "Do you really think that the US couldn’t control guns if it wanted to?" - TB - 12/22/2012 7:52:43 PM
        
        Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession. - bowser - 12/22/2012 8:57:42 PM
        
        "Take a plane someplace and then tell me the US cannot control gun possession." - TB - 12/22/2012 10:20:00 PM

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