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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001emsw2RPFzYO885QKjrB_OjYBa89Ywxi9emji0Od1tApc-xr2QFYNerdAkz4p0gw45S8R13ENrFVQE3_39hr86Tmu7uxBbsJw_af_K_3ktjPP8pwofVw9Oa9GR8a47ViHszZTWOcjNiPT4kLU2Yr93AA7iwOJ_ECm8QC0BT4_-0ceJ49hC0BXQQ==&c=mnzPzqrnJJLZ8izmJMnpjcjC6LTEG5O3Ce3ysLLueiJleBdhrgHylw==&ch=XQ4mSeJiDmQeA3WgFhcAkPmaGRkKURdGC9b5GE7mRJ0fSdAfr-9QHg==> August 5, 2014 Rapid-Response Counterfire If somebody tries to polemically gun down your rights, button your flak jacket and shoot back. It may take years — say, if you're John Locke answering Robert Filmer. Sometimes you've got only seconds. You're on a gab show being watched by millions. Somebody says something unwise, illogical and destructive — but possibly persuasive to a certain percentage of viewers. Unless you reply, instantly, with something wise, logical and constructive, you lose your chance. If it's dueling YouTube videos, maybe it takes a couple of days to blast the enemy and win a viewership the size of a small city. <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/bullseye.png> The offending "celluloid" I have in mind is a Bloomberg-funded skit <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001emsw2RPFzYO885QKjrB_OjYBa89Ywxi9emji0Od1tApc-xr2QFYNeh0nnxZvXpP5AW42acmajIuVz5FRrUGHMfhQVLwOBnEz9UK6cLIBVy56bcHhY2CR6nb36b3-qb7IOHxHWQ02OLZYuFjpYtiuZWA_D4e3WBRcvCwd4EMrGEnmb1AU5MbmbQ==&c=mnzPzqrnJJLZ8izmJMnpjcjC6LTEG5O3Ce3ysLLueiJleBdhrgHylw==&ch=XQ4mSeJiDmQeA3WgFhcAkPmaGRkKURdGC9b5GE7mRJ0fSdAfr-9QHg==> that opens with the caption "Warning: this video depicts scenes of domestic violence." An armed ex-boyfriend breaks into a woman's home and threatens to take their kid. The woman calls the police — minutes away when seconds count. The video implies that the way to "stop gun violence against women" is to get rabid-ex-boyfriend-empowering guns off the streets. Two days later, Liberty PA had posted a parody-rebuttal <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001emsw2RPFzYO885QKjrB_OjYBa89Ywxi9emji0Od1tApc-xr2QFYNeh0nnxZvXpP52BgImtXN2HflXAGRvszoDjPm3wThM5O6Je_kJ1K9EG0dJPRquZqAcddks7rkgPvsEMm16gDW_mrL5fQkhMyITmi1v-g-KO0e1GuvKP3p2yNaco86GjyfIA==&c=mnzPzqrnJJLZ8izmJMnpjcjC6LTEG5O3Ce3ysLLueiJleBdhrgHylw==&ch=XQ4mSeJiDmQeA3WgFhcAkPmaGRkKURdGC9b5GE7mRJ0fSdAfr-9QHg==> . This time, the prospective victim flourishes a shotgun to scare off the ex. Opening caption: "Warning: this video depicts scenes of self-defense." Closing caption: "Stop gun control against women." Bull's-eye. The video-rebuttal didn't cost much more to make than the quick wit and time of a few alacritous participants. Within a couple days — credit partly yours, O modern technological infrastructure! — it had garnered 72,000 hits. On Fox's Red Eye and elsewhere the inanity of the original propaganda piece was pointed out. But it was the Liberty PA video response that really brought the point home. 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The same day 23 years later, Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor became the site for the Statue of Liberty as the first foundation stone is laid. The island was later renamed Liberty Island. President Ronald Reagan (pictured) fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers (who had ignored his order for them to return to work) on August 5, 1981. Thought <http://thisiscommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/389px-Herbert_Spencer.jpg> The truth is, that those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. —Herbert Spencer Video Click HERE <http://thisiscommonsense.com/2014/02/15/video-our-pension-problem/> to see Paul's latest! <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/TFM-logo-220square.png> Common Sense is sponsored by Think Freely Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that assists other nonprofits in promoting freedom in a persuasive manner. 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