I agree that Dana is 'cheating' by citing his feeling, but this is not a formal debate and there are no rules. I'm with you, but several million other readers won't make the dinstinction and will buy Dana's spin. Declaring Dana a cheater and stomping off in a huff does not help secure our rights. We can't wait for the other side to be 'fair'. We have to refute error and misinformation and outright lies whenever we can. We have to win converts, especially in the media. If we withdraw, we lose. If we are not engaged, we lose. This is why CA is the laughingstock of the gun community, because we stood by and let our lying, cheating, ignorant foes take away our rights. More of the same on our part will get us more of the same on theirs. Yea, it sucks, but other scorned, bullied and ridiculed minority groups stood up and won their rights. We can do the same. But we have to be willing (figuratively, at least) to be attacked by dogs, be thrown out of restaurants, carry signs on college campuses, march in the streets and go to jail. If we are not willing to expend the effort to secure our rights, the Danas win (poor debating protocols notwithstanding).
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