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In reply to the discussion: Guns, sales and core principles [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)48. We've had a few situations like this before
When they first opened the "Other Group" a bunch of them swarmed into ATA demanding they shut down the Gungeon. (You'd almost think someone that was really insecure organized it?)
Same story as now; "blah, blah right wing", "blah, blah, not real Dems".
IIRC, Skinner was very patient for a while, explained there were other valid Dem opinions than just theirs.
Then after they kept whining about it and tried to turn their post into a Meta Rant, like the post referenced, he just stopped giving them any air time and started not even letting the posts show in ATA.
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If gun ownership is declining even as laws become more liberal why are Controllers
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#3
What an absolutely heinous cartoon and yet how many Controllers, were the lines to ever be drawn,
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#5
Would your argument go better with vinaigrette or a light ranch dressing?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#53
Must be the luridness of the pretty pictures of gunz, or the coming of Labor Day and
Eleanors38
Aug 2015
#9
Yeah, he made a big deal about "how horrible and right wing" another regular poster is ...
DonP
Aug 2015
#34
As I've covered about 50% of the firearms I need, my buying habits have moved to fishing equipment.
ileus
Aug 2015
#12
This is why The Controllers constantly get whipped, and can never hope to win:
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#24
So if there are no sales figures, how does your source know they're declining?
krispos42
Sep 2015
#47
Like those manufacturers are just going to sit on the sunk cost of those guns...Not!
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#39