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AmandaRuth

(3,121 posts)
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:44 PM Oct 2017

help me, please and thanks -

I am arguing (again) with a facebook poster (again) about race baiting, he is constantly throwing out the words - Obama, Chicago, violence, gun control , for a certain reaction, I am sure. is there any article you can point me to that explores this in a little detail, or am I being overly sensitive here?

thanks, very much appreciated.

on edit: I did try to google - but only found right wing sites with the most offensive stuff

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help me, please and thanks - (Original Post) AmandaRuth Oct 2017 OP
Can you block him? MrScorpio Oct 2017 #1
yes, i will AmandaRuth Oct 2017 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #2
Some info here. sheshe2 Oct 2017 #3
thank you AmandaRuth Oct 2017 #6
If that is the gist of his argument, he probably doesn't have have the facts. procon Oct 2017 #4
thanks AmandaRuth Oct 2017 #7

MrScorpio

(73,713 posts)
1. Can you block him?
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:56 PM
Oct 2017

People like that refuse to listen to reason.

All he’s trying to do is upset you. It’s best to just ignore him.

AmandaRuth

(3,121 posts)
5. yes, i will
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 01:27 PM
Oct 2017

but first I want to get a coherent response in, mainly because my friends are in on the thread, and they have come to expect that from me . its nice to be loved.

Response to AmandaRuth (Original post)

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. If that is the gist of his argument, he probably doesn't have have the facts.
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 01:25 PM
Oct 2017

Mind you, there are any number of lengthy articles about Chicago and gun violence, but even if you cite the reports verbatim, he will likely still deny the evidence and stick to his brainwashed tropes. It a futile exercise in exasperation, I know from encounters with my own family.

Anway, begin your google search parameters with, "how do guns get into chicago", here's one link to get you started:

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/555580598/fact-check-is-chicago-proof-that-gun-laws-don-t-work



Good luck!

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