Differences

I know this is true, intuitively. But I was reading a post by Breda, which linked me to a post by Peggy, and it was further picked up by Uncle, and I was struck by how differently gunnies and most other normal folks think about things. Take Peggy's post, about an amputee-mommy taking her 4 yr old son through a TSA checkpoint and the resulting humiliation.

All of her regular commenters are posting warm and fuzzy comments, like 'Awww it'll be ok' and 'Those brutes!'. Peggy also mentioned that she doesn't want anyone to lose their job.

But when Breda's readers started posting, there was a definite change in tone, like 'Heads should roll' and 'You should sue' - some even hinted at retribution.

And I'm not sure I'm against the retribution. The TSA operates as a part of the government, and as such, has the respect that the government has. So they should technically be held to a higher standard, since most normal people don't question the government.

But gunnies all have a healthy lack of respect for the government, since they typically are held to lower standards than the rest of us. And gunnies are of the opinion that criminals, whether they wear a uniform of not, need to be punished.

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