Just an aside on “attitudes”? Just saw an ad for a “cammo” MEAT GRINDER!! When the military cammo fatigues started showing up on our streets, “sportsmen” and others were also quick to start wearing it. There IS a connection of mentality toward wearing “hunting gear” everywhere, and making those places hunting zones.
^I didn’’t even have cammo fatigues in ‘Nam when doing long rifle work, when military fatigues started showing up on our streets, then cammo, it freaked me out, as it symbolized that unconstitutional flooding of our streets with “mlitary”. Then when idiot civilians started wearing it, I saw the MENTAL CHANGE going on, as it wasn’t about going after deer in Wal Mart, but instead the pretense of a “tough guy”, or gal, being macho, and maybe dangerous.
Mass shooters btw do tend to like their “uniforms”, from Columbine and black trench coats, to those cammo fatigues we see now, or other “military” gear they wear.
Tattoos are a uniform, note the “tear drop” famous in TV and movies of gang activiies. Cammo has become a uniform not of “hunting gear”, but rather a rather right-wing branding of attitude. Granted, fashion designers picked up on the idiocy, spreading it around.
The military however, by putting cammo on soldiers in the Pentagon, and even the Navy putting it on submarine crews???
Seeing cammo on the streets in L.A., New York, or even Roseburg, where necks are red, and guns are common, is not typically about hunting, but miltarism, generally chosen by chickenhawks.
Another shooting at Northern Arizona (1 dead, three wounded), and Texas Southern.
It’s a matter of “attitude” as I said early on. Militarism and invasions of countries that have done nothing to us warranting action, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, Libya, Tunisia, and even Iraq, do give Americans of a “certain attitude”, justification for violence as acceptable.
BTW, I don’t wear cammo when hunting, and do wear an orange vest, and orange hat, as an attempt at defense against those hunters out there who think “assault” rifles are hunting weapons, but who’s in their sites can be disconcerting. (Yes, I’ve been shot at while hunting, several times.)
Been in combat. Been in law enforcement. Done high angle rock rescues thousands of feet above the ground. Raced carts, sports cars, and motorcycles. Jumped out of perfectly good airplanes. Was noted by a friend on a white water trip (class V rapid) when I asked, “Where’s the BIG stuff?”, his response was “You really ARE and adrenaline junkie!”
Yep, sort of. but while combat isn’t under your control exactly, taking CALCULATED RISKS in other situations isn’t “proving Manhood”; just having fun.
I just find it interesting that the biggest challenges from “the right” always seem to come from those whose “experiences” are only those lived through TV or movies. It IS the fear I have that our nation is too close to being run by chickenhawks again, and they are supported by folks convinced the hero can never miss with his magic 5,000 round capacity, REVOLVER!
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Just an aside on “attitudes”? Just saw an ad for a “cammo” MEAT GRINDER!! When the military cammo fatigues started showing up on our streets, “sportsmen” and others were also quick to start wearing it. There IS a connection of mentality toward wearing “hunting gear” everywhere, and making those places hunting zones.
Yes, it is an “attitude” thing.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
^I didn’’t even have cammo fatigues in ‘Nam when doing long rifle work, when military fatigues started showing up on our streets, then cammo, it freaked me out, as it symbolized that unconstitutional flooding of our streets with “mlitary”. Then when idiot civilians started wearing it, I saw the MENTAL CHANGE going on, as it wasn’t about going after deer in Wal Mart, but instead the pretense of a “tough guy”, or gal, being macho, and maybe dangerous.
Mass shooters btw do tend to like their “uniforms”, from Columbine and black trench coats, to those cammo fatigues we see now, or other “military” gear they wear.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Tattoos are a uniform, note the “tear drop” famous in TV and movies of gang activiies. Cammo has become a uniform not of “hunting gear”, but rather a rather right-wing branding of attitude. Granted, fashion designers picked up on the idiocy, spreading it around.
The military however, by putting cammo on soldiers in the Pentagon, and even the Navy putting it on submarine crews???
Seeing cammo on the streets in L.A., New York, or even Roseburg, where necks are red, and guns are common, is not typically about hunting, but miltarism, generally chosen by chickenhawks.
Another shooting at Northern Arizona (1 dead, three wounded), and Texas Southern.
It’s a matter of “attitude” as I said early on. Militarism and invasions of countries that have done nothing to us warranting action, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, Libya, Tunisia, and even Iraq, do give Americans of a “certain attitude”, justification for violence as acceptable.
BTW, I don’t wear cammo when hunting, and do wear an orange vest, and orange hat, as an attempt at defense against those hunters out there who think “assault” rifles are hunting weapons, but who’s in their sites can be disconcerting. (Yes, I’ve been shot at while hunting, several times.)
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
^Try reading posts, I’ve defined many times my views on registration and licensing, as in gun owners, just like CCP holders.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Been in combat. Been in law enforcement. Done high angle rock rescues thousands of feet above the ground. Raced carts, sports cars, and motorcycles. Jumped out of perfectly good airplanes. Was noted by a friend on a white water trip (class V rapid) when I asked, “Where’s the BIG stuff?”, his response was “You really ARE and adrenaline junkie!”
Yep, sort of. but while combat isn’t under your control exactly, taking CALCULATED RISKS in other situations isn’t “proving Manhood”; just having fun.
I just find it interesting that the biggest challenges from “the right” always seem to come from those whose “experiences” are only those lived through TV or movies. It IS the fear I have that our nation is too close to being run by chickenhawks again, and they are supported by folks convinced the hero can never miss with his magic 5,000 round capacity, REVOLVER!