I think, (some typos make it hard to parse your post) you were responding to RL, not me. However, I must admit I do agree with RL about the "gunsplaining". That kind of smug, condescending, patronizing talk is one of the reasons Conservatives have been getting so much of a bad rap from Libs lately. And its not just about guns."You don't know anything about guns" is equivalent to "You don't know anything about economics, or history, or business", or "You rely too much on emotional and theoretical arguments and not enough on real research." And don't tell me you've never heard comments like that right here on the Zone. We used to be saturated here with just that kind of crap.

Although I realize not all Cons are like that, too damn many of them are, as I point out in my post "That is why the gun fetishists...etc" above. I've had gunsplaining inflicted on me once too often. For example, "Making guns illegal will not stop bad guys from getting guns", or "Knives kill people too, we don't ban them." If that logic was valid, making speeding illegal would not discourage people from driving too fast. Just because some people ignore traffic laws is no reason not to have any.

Who the hell do these arrogant fuckers think they are? "There is no such thing as an assault rifle" or "You don't know the difference between semi-automatic and full automatic, so you have no business having any opinion about firearms."

Too often, Conservatives seem to think that only Conservatives love their family, or their country, or appreciate history, or are responsible and law-abiding. The Liberal stereotype they have created is that we are all pro-Communist, lazy, live off welfare, have no work ethic, want to coddle criminals, sex perverts and welfare cheats, love big government, budget deficits and high taxes, that we are afraid to defend our country and...well, I could go on. And no, we have not been brainwashed by an elitist hyper-leftist educational system and a secular humanist news media.

So frankly, we're fed up with it. That kind of criticism of anyone who disagrees with you only does so because of a failure of morality or intellect is a sure sign of fascism. Yeah, fascism. You heard right. We're not going to let Conservatives ban that term from polite conversation any longer.