Odds are that one of my diary posts will be about either guns or race. This one is indeed about guns. Most of you probably know about the meeting in Texas of 4 women to discuss a plan to advocate for common sense gun laws that was met by a group of about 40 armed people from a group called "Open Carry Texas."
Now, I don't like these armed protesters. They claim to be availing themselves of their 2nd Amendment Rights. I think they are compensating for small genitalia, and I've written about that with the post here: http://www.dailykos.com/...
I have now found the smoking gun that proves my contention, if you'll forgive the pun. One of those very open carry protesters, who happens to be running for Congress, is quoted by Chris Hayes below the fold
I hope I embedded the clip correctly. The quoted candidate referred to wearing his firearm as having "strapped-on." Personally, I thought a strap-on was used by someone who lacked "equipment."
The Right will get their panties in a bunch over this little bit of mockery, but I have also said that the Right buy their panties pre-bunched and in bulk at Walmart to save time and money. I may have called the gun a means of compensation, but Kory Watkins called it a strap-on. Likewise, the left did not tease the Right as tea-baggers. They came up with that phrase on their own.
There is an old adage that a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. President Obama committed one of those gaffes as a candidate when he talked about the Right clinging to their guns and their religion. They talk about WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) as informing their daily life. I'm Jewish, so I don't know. However, I seem to recall an attribution to Jesus being, "If my enemy should smite your right cheek, show him your left." Gun nuts seem to have the attitude, "If you think your enemy is thinking about smiting your right cheek, take out your AK-47 and blow him away."