Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Getting a bit hysterical there aren't you.  

 You might want to check your drawers there to make sure you didn't soil yourself!  

Is this deflection and non-reply your own special way of saying:

"Yes Jim and James, you guys were right.  I can not find any instance of a liberal participant on Astromart writing that self defense with a gun almost never occurs.  My apologies, I was exaggerating."

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Is this the 3rd time in a row that you're wanting to go over this and get all semantical and cherry pick a few words?  

Let me just say this.  

You're jumping on a sentence I stated as if it is life or death, and you're picking out 2 words in the sentence and then bringing yourself close to hysterics about it.   LOL

Take some deep breaths and breathe into a bag if that helps so that you don't hyperventilate.  

Calm down, calm down.

Now let's talk about what I said:  But nothing really to see here, because we all have been told by the leftist Democrats on this forum and elsewhere, that this kind of thing almost Never occurs.

I've already provided direct words from a leftist Democrat source that stated exactly what I claimed, this kind of thing almost never occurs.

So that confirms the 2nd portion of my statement.

Now then, you are adamant and out of breath taking issue and going insane about the 1st portion of my statement. 

Let's break it down WORD for WORD.  

My statement in its entirety (leaving out the other part)  "We have been told by leftist Democrats on this forum that this kind of thing almost never occurs".  

Here's my question for you Water Boy:   What is "this kind of thing"?  

Since you say I'm lying, let's just look at my entire OP in total.  

Header:   Here's a fun one, another good guy with a gun shoots a bad guy with a gun.

The body of my posting:   The would be attacker/killer gets shot before he has a chance to use his weapon against the employees in the store and the 80 year old owner.

This was a nice outcome, the dirtbag, whom if caught would have just been let out on the street by some liberal/leftist Democrat prosecutor to terrorize someone else.

But nothing really to see here, because we all have been told by the leftist Democrats on this forum and elsewhere, that this kind of thing almost Never occurs. 


Point out what you claim that my lie is in those 3 sentences beneath the header.  I'll wait.  

At least one lie is you invoking Rod as proof that leftist Democrats on this forum told us that this kind of thing almost never occurs.  Rod never said that and he did not endorse any author who wrote that.

Another lie in the making, is that you are apparently now going to try to spin the meaning of "this sort of thing."  We all watched the video.  An old shop owner successfully uses his shot gun to defend his life and property from a robber.  Good on him.  You don't have much wiggle room other than "this sort of thing" being equivalent to "self defense with a gun" but have at it.  It will be entertaining.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, just having fun watching you go into hysterics and attribute to me, exact words that I never said.

As I said Water Boy, get a grip, don't breathe too hard and maybe get a paper bag.  

The hysterics and the emotion might just give you a heart attack.  

P.S. Yes it is entertaining, I'm finding it amusing watching you rile yourself up like the Tasmanian Devil of Bugs Bunny into a literal whirling dervish  

Is this deflection and non-reply your own slightly different way of saying:

"Yes Jim and James, you guys were right.  I can not find any instance of a liberal participant on Astromart writing that self defense with a gun almost never occurs.  My apologies, I was exaggerating."

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You are now stuck on EXACT words

So now YOU put in quotes, words that I Never typed, nor said.  

That's called a straw man Water Boy.  

You are claiming I said exact words of " self defense with a gun almost never occurs ", then knocking it down.

I did not say those words, James Lacey claimed I said those exact words.

So why are you claiming that I did say that?  I did not.  

I said this in total:  


   The would be attacker/killer gets shot before he has a chance to use his weapon against the employees in the store and the 80 year old owner.

This was a nice outcome, the dirtbag, whom if caught would have just been let out on the street by some liberal/leftist Democrat prosecutor to terrorize someone else.

But nothing really to see here, because we all have been told by the leftist Democrats on this forum and elsewhere, that this kind of thing almost Never occurs. 

Have it your way.  Where did Rod say or endorse that "this sort of thing almost never occurs."

Originally Posted by James Lacey

The funny thing is that abortion with reasonable restrictions and exceptions is all that most people on the left or right wanted *before* the Dobbs decision. No one ever wanted unfettered access to abortion, and now, since many red GOP Kansans voted against the amendment, it certainly blunts that particular line of attack. The GOP will have to eat its own if they want to push that narrative anymore.

Yes.  Speaking of Dobbs and Roe, I found this article very informative.  It is from VOX which, as you know, is partisan and the author makes no bones about his own partisanship.  He has great credentials though.  

The most interesting thing to me was his analysis of the historical backdrop to Roe v. Wade.  He and I agree that Roe was an opinion built on shaky ground indeed.  He and I disagree about the need/opportunity for abortion to be Constitutionally protected on other grounds, beyond Roe.   Nonetheless, his take is very thought provoking.  

I think he contradicts himself in his first paragraph, because he agreed with Roe in result, but not in legal underpinnings.  I think his summation, call to action, and dig at Alito at the beginning and end are not well supported, given that he more or less agrees with Dobbs even though he says he does not.  Either way, his historical analysis throughout is excellent. 

It's long, but if you have some time you might enjoy it: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23219138/supreme-court-roe-wade-substantive-due-process-samuel-alito

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

It isn't a matter of having it my way.

You claimed that I said the exact words of " self defense with a gun almost never occurs ", then you knocked it down. 

And since you have been so focused on exact words throughout this weird conversation, that is the very definition of a straw man.  

You were confused, because I did not say those words, James Lacey claimed that in his very first response.  He stated the words that you are having such an issue with, and which are causing you such anxiety.  

You're free to go back and read the thread where you became confused.  It was at the very beginning.    

Ok, so where did Rod say or endorse that "this sort of thing almost never occurs."  Were you just making that up?  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Well no, that's called a cognitive delusional disorder, as the psychiatric community would label it.   You might just be a good candidate for the Cleveland Clinic.

Here's a link for you:   https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9599-delusional-disorder

It is similar to what I've just posted above where you just come up with conversation that never existed, so that you can knock it down.

I call it mental derangement syndrome, but whatever is your issue, you are free to believe these delusional conversations that you're now creating in your weird head.     

Ok, is this third or fourth deflection and non-reply your own slightly different way of saying:

"Yes Jim and James, you guys were right.  I can not find any instance of a liberal participant on Astromart writing that "this sort of thing almost never occurs."  My apologies, I was exaggerating."

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

It isn't a matter of having it my way.

You claimed that I said the exact words of " self defense with a gun almost never occurs ", then you knocked it down. 

And since you have been so focused on exact words throughout this weird conversation, that is the very definition of a straw man.  

You were confused, because I did not say those words, James Lacey claimed that in his very first response.  He stated the words that you are having such an issue with, and which are causing you such anxiety.  

You're free to go back and read the thread where you became confused.  It was at the very beginning.    

By the way, how should "this sort of thing" be defined in this thread, if not as "self defense with a gun?"

Originally Posted by James Lacey

You would have to be a lawyer to appreciate that article fully. I've read it twice, and I'm still not sure what it says, other than the theory of substantive due process has an unlikely origin story, and we are lucky it hasn't been used to do more harm. The author favors moving away from substantive due process and more towards explicit constitutional provisions like equal protection. He acknowledges even that would not stop partisan or ideological decisions, but the explicit provisions would at least bound the decisions. That's my summary, and thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

I think you have it pretty well.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

That, coming from our resident Trumptoid...

Rod; I've been accused of giving you and others a pass in my "outrage"....  You know that Rich is very sensitive to being called names, so quit being such a meanie.