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<blockquote data-quote="Brandi" data-source="post: 2071591" data-attributes="member: 24446"><p>My bff and I were there and quite pleased with most of what we heard from the speakers. It was good to see as many women there as I did who were actually involved and not simply tagging along with the hubby. I was also quite pleased to see very few people dressed like mall ninja's and most people looking like normal respectable people. </p><p></p><p>There's one thing I heard that really needs to be repeated even more. I'm not sure which one of the speakers said it and I can't remember it word for word to quote but it was basically "it doesn't matter if you're black, white, Christian, Jewish, gay or straight, everyone has the right to be able to defend themselves". So often people drag their own opinions about religion, race, sexuality...into the mix when, in fact, we should be putting aside our own politics or morality and embrace each other in this battle to protect our rights. One speaker in particular went on about the removal of prayer in school being the root of all kinds of social ills. That's all well and good and if that's your opinion fine but it has no place in this situation. Not everyone believes in the same things and dragging personal politics and morals into the fight risks splitting the group instead of bringing them together. We need to work together to accomplish a singular goal and that's made even more difficult by bringing in personal prejudices. This fight is going to be hard enough so alienating people who are willing to fight with you is simply unacceptable. </p><p></p><p>We may not all agree with each others politics but for the common good our differences should be put aside. I keep hearing people using the word "liberal" as a negative term. There are a lot of "liberals" who are extremely pro-2A and bashing them constantly alienates their support when we need it most ( perhaps "anti-gunners" or something similar would be a better choice). Who is the current administration going to listen to...conservative republicans who aren't going to vote for them anyways or liberals who's votes are the ones that keep them in office? When pro-2A democrats and independents start expressing their disapproval of the Feinsteiners then the administration is going to listen. Hell, everyone should be changing their affiliation to Democrat and then besiege their representatives to vote no! I'm not saying everyone should change their own opinions on life but just put them aside for the greater good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandi, post: 2071591, member: 24446"] My bff and I were there and quite pleased with most of what we heard from the speakers. It was good to see as many women there as I did who were actually involved and not simply tagging along with the hubby. I was also quite pleased to see very few people dressed like mall ninja's and most people looking like normal respectable people. There's one thing I heard that really needs to be repeated even more. I'm not sure which one of the speakers said it and I can't remember it word for word to quote but it was basically "it doesn't matter if you're black, white, Christian, Jewish, gay or straight, everyone has the right to be able to defend themselves". So often people drag their own opinions about religion, race, sexuality...into the mix when, in fact, we should be putting aside our own politics or morality and embrace each other in this battle to protect our rights. One speaker in particular went on about the removal of prayer in school being the root of all kinds of social ills. That's all well and good and if that's your opinion fine but it has no place in this situation. Not everyone believes in the same things and dragging personal politics and morals into the fight risks splitting the group instead of bringing them together. We need to work together to accomplish a singular goal and that's made even more difficult by bringing in personal prejudices. This fight is going to be hard enough so alienating people who are willing to fight with you is simply unacceptable. We may not all agree with each others politics but for the common good our differences should be put aside. I keep hearing people using the word "liberal" as a negative term. There are a lot of "liberals" who are extremely pro-2A and bashing them constantly alienates their support when we need it most ( perhaps "anti-gunners" or something similar would be a better choice). Who is the current administration going to listen to...conservative republicans who aren't going to vote for them anyways or liberals who's votes are the ones that keep them in office? When pro-2A democrats and independents start expressing their disapproval of the Feinsteiners then the administration is going to listen. Hell, everyone should be changing their affiliation to Democrat and then besiege their representatives to vote no! I'm not saying everyone should change their own opinions on life but just put them aside for the greater good. [/QUOTE]
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