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Old 12-09-2009, 07:10 AM
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But my point from earlier was, if a person is offended by profanity, aren't they just as likely to be offended by guns and anything related to violence? In which case, they're going to hate our site regardless of the profanity? The fact that we don't show "gore" isn't necessarily going to be relevant to such people; the fact that we are a GUN site is what's likely to offend them in the first place.
You are generalizing. Conservatives/Republicans are overwhelmingly pro-gun and are also the type of people who are unanimously against profanity as well from my observations.

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And as I've said before, everyone I know who likes guns also swears, though that's an anecdote.
I'm concerned that you just equated gun ownership with profanity.

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