01-11-2011, 08:26 PM
Dakota wrote:
Voodoo, guns are and will always be part of the American culture. Gun metaphors are intertwined with American English forever. Reload is no more sinister than saying I am out of ammunition, I bought some stain in gunstock or don't go out half-cocked. I too learned these expressions over time and I did not decide to come out and bemoan them and act as holier than thou. It is the culture and I accepted it. Europe actually makes some of the finest firearms. British doubles are world renowned. Instead of demonizing your heritage be proud of it.
No need to get defensive Dakota, whether I feel it's a good thing or not I do understand that guns are a part of the American culture and I don't see where I was "demonizing" my heritage, maybe you added two and two and made more than four. Although of course I cannot know for sure, I do believe that Sarah Palin did not want for one second her gun metaphors to be taken seriously and used as an excuse to actually shoot people and I understand from her background that this gun culture is more in her than some other US citizens. I think I understand why she would use these metaphors as they are something she relates to but what I don't understand is why there is all this back pedalling as to what those symbols were especially as there are other instances where she has used even more obvious gun metaphors. Why cannot she and her aides just say that of course they were gunsight cross hairs but of course, like most sane people would assume, they were there as metaphors.
Paul