tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post7765160903276736752..comments2024-01-24T06:50:01.683-06:00Comments on Samizdat Blog: What I Read While They Were WritingArchambeauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post-32038572861342123792012-12-24T15:59:33.068-06:002012-12-24T15:59:33.068-06:00There's be a lot more data, but one of the thi...There's be a lot more data, but one of the things the NRA does with its lobbying firepower is to make sure objective, unbiased research into gun violence doesn't get funded. One wonders why they're afraid of science -- unless they suspect that it will show that their positions are untenable. And if you are pretty sure objective inquiry will show that your positions are untenable, and you stick with those positions anyway, you've got a pretty fucked up double-consciousness. I mean, those guys should be ashamed of themselves, and, if they're blocking research that they suspect will undermine them, at some deep, buried level, perhaps they are.Archambeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052308.post-27855215301730628792012-12-24T11:35:32.988-06:002012-12-24T11:35:32.988-06:00Thank you for that Moloch quote.
Not only because...Thank you for that Moloch quote.<br /><br />Not only because of Newtown, but because of our country's paralysis in the face of clear data that more guns equals more deaths--this is one of the saddest Christmases in years.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com