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The Republicans are telling me I can shoot anyone who wants to bash my head in because they're a raging closeted homosexual (thats what gay bashers are). Interesting concept I must say.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:28:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "fdaffb80381a560b15c6fc45a45ae2a1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10659308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lmao", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:55:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b97b47eed355d2aefb20c55852fcafb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10656639, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Susan,<br><br>I wished you'd had the presence of mind to grab your video camera as well when you went for your gun.  Had you pointed the camera at him first and got on tape what he was doing, then pulled out your pistol and shot the F*((&^%$))^%$ing freak I doubt there'd be a redneck jury in the land who wouldn't say \"Atta girl!\" <br><br>Guess we need guns with video cameras built in for real protection.  Wait! We already have phones with cameras. We just need them to be able to fire bullets. But wait! What if that redneck jury actually is full of gay bashers and sees the basher you shot as one of their heroes?!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:39:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "ccfdf18fac2a471ac84439922a4393db", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think Republicans would support this. How could they kill a queer for Christ if they arm the queer?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:24:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "b34fcf1dc7d4bc45575e11050e629888", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10654221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But wouldn't a dog have also prevented this attack from occurring? What if you shot and accidentally hit your partner? Who would be at fault in that situation? A gun just isn't an appropriate defense", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:49:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "67597d2b2fbdcd2ca5bead0b8688eea3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10652847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10681362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For someone who is fairly harsh on people for not doing their research, it appears that you have done little regarding this issue.<br><br>Start here:<br>FBI STUDY CONFIRMING GUN LAWS IGNORED BY COP KILLERS AND CRIMINALS NOW AVAILABLE<br>The FBI recently completed a major study of shootings of police officers. Titled 'Violent Encounters: Felonious Assaults on America's Law Enforcement Officers.' Since its publication, the existence of the damning report on the five-year study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about how cop-killing criminals ignore gun laws, and where they get their guns, has not been publicized. <a href=\"http://Calgunlaws.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Calgunlaws.com</a> has one of the first copies of the report obtained publicly.<br><br>The existence of the report was first discovered by self defense civil rights activists in January 2007 when it was mentioned in a law enforcement newsletter. According to the December 28, 2006 issue of Force Science News, the FBI research focused on 40 incidents involving assaults or deadly attacks on police officers, in which all but one of the guns involved had been obtained illegally, and none were obtained from gun shows.<br>The Force Science News is published by the Force Science Research Center, a non-profit institution based at Minnesota State University in Mankato. The newsletter quotes Ed Davis, an FBI Criminal Investigative Instructor, who told the International Association of Chiefs of Police that none of these criminals who attacked police officers was 'hindered by any law - federal, sate or local - that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws.' The newsletter also stated, 'In contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows.'<br><br>The report is a 'smoking gun' in terms of revelations about the sources of crime guns and the failure of gun control. Apparently anti-gun owner politicians and police chiefs do not want the public to know the truth as they campaign against the so-called 'gun show loophole'. Now it's time for the IACP leadership, police officials, and political leaders to acknowledge that gun laws don't stop criminals, that they only restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, and that gun shows are not the 'arms bazaars for criminals' as they have been portrayed.<br><br>The FBI's website says that 'Violent Encounters: Felonious Assaults on America's Law Enforcement Officers' is available from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Office, FBI Complex, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306-0150 or by calling 888-827-6427", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-10_01:19:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e24e77470ab769fcf3c99ba5e48a125", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10672855, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11010454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "By the way, lazercat..wonder why Gwen Patton failed to mention what might happen if the gay person toting a gun was being followed by gay bashers toting guns? And doesn't her idiotic organization encourage gay bashers to be armed with guns?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-16_17:09:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "303cd802884850935ea5d0b347181aa3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10652604, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10658328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Christian message here is \"He who lives by the gun shall die by the gun\".", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:31:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "804402e52c986ef8e55bc401d40aad72", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10653785, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How odd.  It is very likely...no, probable...that a gay man who is bashed and shoots his attackers is likely shooting one or more members of the Republican Party.<br><br>But go for it GOPers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:13:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "3fd3d69f7801f7a443bdab8aa5fdd216", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People of color and Muslim American already carry legally, along with Asian Americans, Native Americans, gay or straight, all kinds.  People who are not exposed to concealed carry have to remember that outside of your little neighborhoods, 1 in 60 people are concealed carry license holders in the US and that number increases every day.  Look into a crowd and you will probably see a person legally carrying a hand gun.  Those people are the ones that will come to help when you need someone.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:39:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "4e71c2956a7142f3642420b79e0b6a24", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10648162, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10662688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is interesting to read here all the people who have opinions, but can't really cite stats or research about gun ownership.   The research is there, from a variety of sources, that show gun ownership and concealed carry do not result in more crime or lawless behavior.<br><br>Check out <a href=\"http://www.gunfacts.info\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.gunfacts.info</a> for researched and cited studies from governmental and other agencies about the real facts of guns in America.<br><br>No more \"what if\", and \"I think\" and \"I believe\" ....how about using some real facts and real research to calm your gun phobias.   <br><br>I used to think that guns were bad, if you really want to know.  Then I did some research, did some learning and came to the conclusion that guns aren't bad.  But they do help prevent bad things from happening to good people.<br><br>And yes, now I carry a firearm.  Have my Concealed Weapons License.  And while I hope I never have to use my firearm, it is there should I have to defend myself or someone else against serious harm.  It may not change the outcome, but it is more likely that it will change it to the positive for me.  Based on the research.  Based on the studies over decades.  And based on realities, not based on \"supposes.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_15:08:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "DaProf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More Republican insanity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_10:53:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ad4776a270de105b68fb8a8efe7577b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10658418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are more guns now then in the past yet there are lower murders, one not thousands of christain zealots killing others, no white racist committing genocide in America, GOP at war that Obama first condemned but continues the same policy. Accidental gun deaths according to the NSC is down 95% SINCE 1905.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:33:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "d2b39f2b58ef0b2216348f34bccab8f2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10656246, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i have always said this, and as a lesbian, i have indeed literally saved my partner's life with a gun in a situation where no amount of screaming or speed-dialing would have worked. a basher yanked her right off the front step of our apartment in Atlanta, she managed to eek out a muffled scream of my name, i grabbed the gun out from its daytime resting place under the couch where we sat during the day (it was locked up when we were out of the house) to find her being dragged by the neck around the side of our building in an urban area which, ironically, is the very type of area guns are typically banned yet the ones who need them the most and which was why i bought the gun in the first place. the moment he saw the gun he dropped her and ran. our neighbor said afterward he'd been around earlier saying he was gonna \"kill someone today\" but didn't take him seriously enough to warn us. so although it wasn't necessarily a hate crime, it was a hulking man attacking a small woman, who broke off the attack when confronted with \"the great equaliser\".<br><br>so, the gun did more for women's / gay's equality that day than any after-the-fact punishments for hate could have. it saved her life, at a time when i wasn't politically active and had assumed \"gun control\" was a Repub issue, them being tyrants and all, come to find my own party was behind the effort, which floored me, the Left being as it always has been the defender of equality and \"people power\", not authoritarianism and people-cowing, and i've been railing against the plank ever since.<br><br>so, as a lifelong liberal who stood on SF street corners registering people to vote for Clinton in 1992 and held my nose for Obama this year despite his position on this most dear-to-me issue,  i'm here to say, we've got this one wrong, people, we need to get on the right side of it- no pun intended.<br><br>Dan Nafe's right, gay/minority 2A advocates do indeed have strange bedfellows on this issue, and i'd much prefer to be sleeping in my own bed but have been unceremoniously kicked out of it by my own compatriots, in this case into the waiting arms of the dreaded Repubs. i don't vote for them, but the Left's tude toward the thing which is responsible for my partner still being among the living makes it mighty tempting sometimes, and it's only their utter obscenity on almost every other civil liberties issue that prevents it. so basically my Dem votes these days aren't so much pro-dem as they are anti-Repub. sad, and it ll began with Clinton, the man i worked so tirelessly to help elect (thanks for \"don't ask don't tell\" as well, babe..).<br><br>so i think this amendment is *totally* in keeping with the spirit of this legislation and support it 100%. power to LGBT's, power to Muslim Americans and people of colour, power to *the people*.. the rights of whom to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed on my watch, babydolls..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "45f1b511d0717907ca26dba4a2fc5a52", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10661168": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think he's saying that the introduction of a gun into a complex equation does not guarantee a predictable outcome, and can create different and undesirable outcomes. Susan's situation is a single event in which, thankfully, the introduction of a gun worked out for the best. As for your \"What if\" question, there are a number of different answers, none of which guarantees the outcome of \"baby saved.\" Factors of perpetrator's intent, focus, lead time and efficiency combine with factors of your reaction time under unanticipated stress, weapons skill variables, and an unpredictable field of fire created by a panicked crowd are things you would have to consider before you could say with any certainty that the actual outcome would resemble that of the action hero movie you are imagining.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_14:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "529ddc12e2e6ed2af1bb1cdd3a0112ab", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10657255, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gay bashers promoting gay rights.  Hypocrites!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:11:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "6206bd1744e0630faf600df73c0bb790", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10654770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "republicans are so hypocritical - it is evident in everything they do.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:06:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d69c5a3f4612eb608e441a71172f110", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10653319, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10655671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This smells a lot like a diversion tactic, an attempt to pacify with a gun rather than give what is really wanted and rightfully deserved.  Having the right to bear arms still does grant one full and equal citizenship rights, still will not permit gays and lesbians to marry.  A gun works perfectly, if the person who intends to do you harm also doesn't have one.  However, how often does a basher show up without a weapon?  Don't get distracted by shiny things.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:29:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dd10f873b9a24449ca98d367f38c0f7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10647735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Strange bedfellows, indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_08:01:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3af0dfa12afb4685411f5f29b4bb4c0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10692664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This story was irrelevant because I don't accept the premise that \"most murders use the gunshow loophole to get their guns to kill cops\".  And if I don't accept that premise, there's nothing to prove wrong.  In fact, as someone who works in Democratic politics, that is never a line i've heard anyone use.  We'd call this base paste:  It's going to stick really well with anti-gun control people, but try to spin it for the average voters, they couldn't give a care.  There's a REALLY big reason why this issue is so hotly divisive today...because there has been NO conclusive evidence on either side of the issue.  And why is that?  Because each state/city/county/country has a different set of circumstances that no study can predict for and generalize to another region or even time in the same place (not far in the future at least). <br><br>You'll be hard pressed to convince me that you can't buy your guns from a gun store. If  Jimmy Bob wants to run a side business selling guns then he needs to follow the same regulations as those who do it for a full time career (even though most of the Jimmy Bob's ARE doing it full time but lie to better position themselves for sales).<br><br>Not only was I raised in a house with guns, I own guns.  I've never bought a gun from a gun show.  Never needed to.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-10_07:00:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "8db92e93d921c78b4974b316c9ee6345", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10681362, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10656116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We need sensible and responsible legislation on the economy, the wars, the deficit, health care among other pressing public needs. This effort to confuse and highjack the legislative process for pro-gun issues is a complete waste of time. The GOP and gun rights advocates have long used such tatics without any accountability. The voters are wiser at this point to the blocking and stalling tactics in lieu of any substantive policy initatives by the special interest groups. There will be widespread voter rejections of these disingenious political moves. I bet the GOP will lose more members in 2010 playing this wasteful and dangerous game. I know money talks, but this is foolish even if the NRA wants it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:41:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "sylhines", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now there is an untapped market.  Great Job NRA.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:04:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "025491fe9c65c5f8d07d41e770ab2657", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10658497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The MLK comparison is misleading to say the least. His life was in constant threat, he had been attacked by a knife wielding assailant, and ultimately he was assassinated. <br><br>You cannot compare MLK to your average \"citizen\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:35:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "95d2977e8db83284486e6c64b417044c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10649655, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10654738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've long been a democrat and I've voted in every election since 1976 when I turned 18, but I'm a moderate and a pragmatist. The left would outlaw handguns entirely and make true that trite old clich\u00e9 about \"when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns,\" whereas the right is unwilling to accept reasonable constraints on gun ownership and use.<br><br>Having said that, I am for concealed carry reciprocity. Those who say guns are inappropriate for personal defense have obviously never had to defend themselves or others around them. The concealed carry licensing process is designed to ensure people know when it is legally appropriate to use a gun and requires and extensive background check to ensure the wrong people are licensed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:05:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c9120195371dd586d005b34bb3325f0c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10647735, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10688581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I welcome that future.  I also hope that racist and bigoted Democrats like yourself are dead, and your offspring have had some education and awareness to renew the Democratic base on something besides greed, whining and government-sponsored payoffs of failing corporations.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-10_02:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "624e8c72a850bf557e0ff627fa77a1b4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10657242, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10657735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why don't we replace beating with bullets ? So instead, the gay guy will get shot and killed while reaching for his own gun.  Yeah, totally smart bill.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:15:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c8ddc51cd8703f52d7db4d385403288", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting that Republicans want your concealed carry permit to work across state lines but not your marriage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:37:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "b14fc576484a8e7d617c372a96130ad1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10649655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\" Republicans are so worried... \"<br><br>I am not a Republican, but I will speak for them to this point: <br><br>They would be cool with all people walking around with concealed, loaded weapons. <br><br>The constitution applies to all citizens.<br><br>Remember it was a Republican president that made the proclimation of emancipation.<br><br>MLK hired groups of armed \"Deacons\" to provide security during many of his meetings.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_09:30:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "b360fc7e9244b9a08b56bb8d17bbe535", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10648162, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I finally figured out how to stop the NRA and other 2nd amendment \"advocates\" in their tracks.  I just tell them that I'm part of an organization that provides firearm training and safety classes to inner city youth.<br><br>You wanna see a gun nut swallow his snuff, give it a try.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "65af3ae9f018da7b8e981587e2fd5d27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10660948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Christians (actually all faiths) are already protected under the current hate crimes legislation. <br><br>Why don't you try removing the log from your eye before trying to remove the splinter from others'.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br>A Christian who also, just so happens to be Gay.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_14:30:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "liberaldemdave", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10655703, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10672855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ohhhh man this Guy Smith (writer, songwriter, political provocateur) is quite the source of infomation!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_18:55:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "8db92e93d921c78b4974b316c9ee6345", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10662688, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am sure there is a Christian message here somewhat. As you sow, so shall you weep.  I guess this is the most violent Christian society in the world.  As for me and mine, we will continue to trust in the Lord.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:37:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "0af8ac4113b9f7578f1282cc6d856397", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10657242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I WELCOME THE FUTURE WHEN most of these racist and bigoted Republicans will be dead and hopefully their offspring will have had some education and awareness to renew the Republican base on something besides fear and intimidation and religion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "724b65c65217e24aeb95bbb186ad2eb7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10655580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is an interesting bill as it shows the hypocrisy of both sides when it comes to states rights and Federalism. Dems want states rights to ban guns but want to push gay marriage on to all states. The Republicans want states rights to ban gay marriage but push gun rights to all states.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:27:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "199a5482c1fef7d91d0dd336806ec44d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10655713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:30:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dd10f873b9a24449ca98d367f38c0f7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10655353, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10648162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't even know where to start but I will say this, if Republicans are so worried about minorities and protecting people from hate crimes then i guess its cool to them if American Muslims and people of color walk around with concealed, loaded weapons too. I wonder what MLK would think about this...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_08:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "ajm8127", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10657510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Dems are pushing for gay marriage on all the states?  None that I have seen.  There is no legislation being pursued to legalize it nationally and few Democratic leaders even support gay marriage as a concept (opting for civil unions instead).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:08:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "24059c071585e6d24070da3dd324b188", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10655580, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10657255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Norman,<br><br>Are you saying that having a gun in this situation didn't save a life because you don't want it to?<br><br>What if the situation was like the one recently when a deranged man hacked a baby to death with a cleaver while the mother and bystanders fought in vain to stop the attack? The baby died and several people were seriously wounded. \"What if\" I was there with my gun?<br><br>The \"what-if's\" stopped when everything worked out for the best.<br><br>Oh, by the way, I'm a life-long Dem, a gay rights supporter, and gun owner.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_13:02:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "d75f30a0d8f0b7cfd749203d35258a5c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10654221, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10660969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I find it interesting that Republicans and Christians are the only group that (a) must have guns, many guns, and can never ever ever have enough of them and that (b) these are the ONLY two groups in the nation that oppose gay rights by invoking myths and lies.<br><br>I find that very interesting.  Now, go figure why those groups are regularly singled out as the worst two groups of people in America.  Go figure.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_14:31:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "edcd8ef40786f03f704166c0e9974277", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10655703, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10653676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On the one hand, I have to agree that it is prudent for groups subject to violent oppression and hateful acts to protect themselves. <br><br>On the other, this is like saying \"distribute nuclear weapons to prevent war\"--most sane people would avoid it, but all it takes is an overly-scared, or vindictive, or desperate, or less-informed armed person and you've got a bodycount where it might not have been warranted--and Fox \"News\" gets the vapors about rabid gay gangs with guns.<br><br>This seems to be just another example of republican hypocrisy re: state's rights. They're all for \"smaller federal gov't and allowing states to decide for themselves\"--but now is one state going to have to respect the concealed carry rules of another? What if a guy travels from a state that allows a gun in the car to one where its required to be locked up in the trunk, unloaded? Will the state that's decided to tightly restrict gun access have to acquiesce?<br><br>I'm a gun owner; I keep mine for home defense and target shooting. I hope to never have to use it against a living target, though I recognize the potential need to. That said, the use of this argument to transparently attempt to pander to LGBT-sympathetic legislators is a bit reckless and of questionable relevance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_11:34:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "893d9584cdf13b412aa4da40a8fc4bb2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10652141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More republican insanity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_10:52:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ad4776a270de105b68fb8a8efe7577b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10692850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hahah.  No.  I just don't spend all day long trolling on terrible newspaper websites.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-10_07:14:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "8db92e93d921c78b4974b316c9ee6345", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10673147, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10655703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I find it interesting the hate here for Republicans and Christians....I wonder it they will be protected under the proposed legislation.<br><br>I think the intent of both the Bill and the Amendment is good. <br><br> Empower people to protect themselves, whether gay or republican, or even if gay and republican. <br><br>Power to the People.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:30:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "DaProf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10656246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Also arms abusive men against women, <br>violent racist whites against everybody, <br>Christian right zealots against everybody, <br>pro-war Republican right wingers against everybody,<br><br>and increases number of accidental deaths and suicides.<br><br>Oh yes, I'll feel ever so much safer if this passes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:44:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9866aa8fed4a99ba3ae04e50ce3725b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10655353, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10655353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This must be an NRA solution because it opens the door for arming<br>1) women against abusive men<br>2) children against pedophiles  and abusive parents<br>3) Blacks and other \"minorities\" against rabit, violent racist Whites<br>4) Muslims and other assumed to be threatening religious people against Christian right zealots<br>5) Pro-abortion \"liberal\" Democrats against Pro-war   Republican \"right-wingers\"<br>6) Same-Sex advocates against heterosexual ethnocentrists<br>7) The poor and oppressed who are losing their homes and food against  the unjusts captains of banking and industry (including the drug lords)<br>8) Inner-city angry youths (of all races) against \"the world\"<br>Everyone will have a gun and the NRA will be rich and powerful beyond expectations as \"we the people\" come after them WITH A GUN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:21:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "9c9d169568cfa4f21e01abf6854e976c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10693242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm calling B.S. on ya, Umm.  You didn't even bother to check out the PDF with the cited studies and stats. I can see your mind is closed and nobody is answering the knock on the temple.<br><br>You also need to brush up on your Alinsky tactics...you are failing on #12 and are weak when it comes to #5.<br>Welcome to my \"iggy list\", since you didn't come to the discussion to talk, but to foment.  You do that with zits too, I bet (See, that's #5.)<br><br>----<br>As for the topic: see where folks talked about it before at <a href=\"http://gaylife.about.com/b/2006/09/28/should-gays-carry-guns.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://gaylife.about.com/b/2006/09/28/should-ga...</a>  The commentators there make a good point that carrying guns isn't about being gay.   It is about protecting oneself.  And that perhaps a gay person has one more reason than others to be concerned about attack.  <br><br>Now, if you were a short fat black gay jew wearing thick lensed glasses, you probably have even more reasons to worry about small minded people.  <br><br>And CCW reciprocity is a good thing.  I hated driving north up I-95 and having to take my firearm out of the console, unload it and stick it in a box in the trunk just to go through South Carolina legally (until recent legislation in S.C. changed that. see:  <a href=\"http://handgunlaw.us/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://handgunlaw.us/</a> )<br><br>It just is \"politics as usual\" when those in Washington attach unrelated riders/earmarks/amendments to bills.  <br><br><br>---------<br>\"Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! \"- Capt Mal, Firefly", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-10_07:44:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "DaProf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10692850, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10673147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah, Ummm, the Anonymous one...<br><br>Can't refute what he states and what is cited in the study...just have to jump into the old \"ad-hominem\" routine, don't you.  <br><br>Or are you just trying to use Alinsky's rule #5: Ridicule is man\u2019s most potent weapon. It\u2019s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.<br><br>Too bad; so sad.   <br><br>But", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_19:06:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "DaProf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10656636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The moment the first gay person pulls a gun and actually shoots an attacker whether the situation justifies it or not, that incident will become the banner necessary to set gay rights back 100 years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:54:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "00147091552b6cd9116aaf7656532b5f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10656639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Doesnt this destroy the sanctity of gun ownership.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-09_12:54:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "f4f23d36a3ccd1cf2849423ab9fb0dc1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "20922497", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 6831481137258169121}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 3, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 128, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 20922497, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '4f0bfca82e06c976a1efdd7c783a5fd0';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">128</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on The Washington Independent" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:20922497" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'washingtonindependent',
			't'				: 'pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'pro_gun_gay_groups_take_aim_at_hate_crimes_bill'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/20922497/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10652957">Michael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652957" class="dsq-comment-message">How odd.  It is very likely...no, probable...that a gay man who is bashed and shoots his attackers is likely shooting one or more members of the Republican Party.<br><br>But go for it GOPers.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10653319">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10653319" href="http://yahoo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Marie</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653319" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve got that right!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10654770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10654770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10654770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10654770">Jimm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10654770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10654770" class="dsq-comment-message">republicans are so hypocritical - it is evident in everything they do.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10673147">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10673147" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10673147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10673147">DaProf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10673147" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10673147" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah, Ummm, the Anonymous one...<br><br>Can\'t refute what he states and what is cited in the study...just have to jump into the old "ad-hominem" routine, don\'t you.  <br><br>Or are you just trying to use Alinsky\'s rule #5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.<br><br>Too bad; so sad.   <br><br>But</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10692850">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10692850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10692850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10692850">Umm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10692850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10692850" class="dsq-comment-message">Hahah.  No.  I just don\'t spend all day long trolling on terrible newspaper websites.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10693242">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10693242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10693242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10693242">DaProf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10693242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10693242" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m calling B.S. on ya, Umm.  You didn\'t even bother to check out the PDF with the cited studies and stats. I can see your mind is closed and nobody is answering the knock on the temple.<br><br>You also need to brush up on your Alinsky tactics...you are failing on #12 and are weak when it comes to #5.<br>Welcome to my "iggy list", since you didn\'t come to the discussion to talk, but to foment.  You do that with zits too, I bet (See, that\'s #5.)<br><br>----<br>As for the topic: see where folks talked about it before at <a href="http://gaylife.about.com/b/2006/09/28/should-gays-carry-guns.htm" rel="nofollow">http://gaylife.about.com/b/2006/09/28/should-ga...</a>  The commentators there make a good point that carrying guns isn\'t about being gay.   It is about protecting oneself.  And that perhaps a gay person has one more reason than others to be concerned about attack.  <br><br>Now, if you were a short fat black gay jew wearing thick lensed glasses, you probably have even more reasons to worry about small minded people.  <br><br>And CCW reciprocity is a good thing.  I hated driving north up I-95 and having to take my firearm out of the console, unload it and stick it in a box in the trunk just to go through South Carolina legally (until recent legislation in S.C. changed that. see:  <a href="http://handgunlaw.us/" rel="nofollow">http://handgunlaw.us/</a> )<br><br>It just is "politics as usual" when those in Washington attach unrelated riders/earmarks/amendments to bills.  <br><br><br>---------<br>"Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill \'em right back! "- Capt Mal, Firefly</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10662688">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10662688" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10662688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10662688">DaProf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10662688" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10662688" class="dsq-comment-message">It is interesting to read here all the people who have opinions, but can\'t really cite stats or research about gun ownership.   The research is there, from a variety of sources, that show gun ownership and concealed carry do not result in more crime or lawless behavior.<br><br>Check out <a href="http://www.gunfacts.info" rel="nofollow">www.gunfacts.info</a> for researched and cited studies from governmental and other agencies about the real facts of guns in America.<br><br>No more "what if", and "I think" and "I believe" ....how about using some real facts and real research to calm your gun phobias.   <br><br>I used to think that guns were bad, if you really want to know.  Then I did some research, did some learning and came to the conclusion that guns aren\'t bad.  But they do help prevent bad things from happening to good people.<br><br>And yes, now I carry a firearm.  Have my Concealed Weapons License.  And while I hope I never have to use my firearm, it is there should I have to defend myself or someone else against serious harm.  It may not change the outcome, but it is more likely that it will change it to the positive for me.  Based on the research.  Based on the studies over decades.  And based on realities, not based on "supposes."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10672855" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10672855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10672855">Umm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10672855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10672855" class="dsq-comment-message">Ohhhh man this Guy Smith (writer, songwriter, political provocateur) is quite the source of infomation!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10681362">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10681362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10681362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10681362">8-Ball</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10681362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10681362" class="dsq-comment-message">For someone who is fairly harsh on people for not doing their research, it appears that you have done little regarding this issue.<br><br>Start here:<br>FBI STUDY CONFIRMING GUN LAWS IGNORED BY COP KILLERS AND CRIMINALS NOW AVAILABLE<br>The FBI recently completed a major study of shootings of police officers. Titled \'Violent Encounters: Felonious Assaults on America\'s Law Enforcement Officers.\' Since its publication, the existence of the damning report on the five-year study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about how cop-killing criminals ignore gun laws, and where they get their guns, has not been publicized. <a href="http://Calgunlaws.com" rel="nofollow">Calgunlaws.com</a> has one of the first copies of the report obtained publicly.<br><br>The existence of the report was first discovered by self defense civil rights activists in January 2007 when it was mentioned in a law enforcement newsletter. According to the December 28, 2006 issue of Force Science News, the FBI research focused on 40 incidents involving assaults or deadly attacks on police officers, in which all but one of the guns involved had been obtained illegally, and none were obtained from gun shows.<br>The Force Science News is published by the Force Science Research Center, a non-profit institution based at Minnesota State University in Mankato. The newsletter quotes Ed Davis, an FBI Criminal Investigative Instructor, who told the International Association of Chiefs of Police that none of these criminals who attacked police officers was \'hindered by any law - federal, sate or local - that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws.\' The newsletter also stated, \'In contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows.\'<br><br>The report is a \'smoking gun\' in terms of revelations about the sources of crime guns and the failure of gun control. Apparently anti-gun owner politicians and police chiefs do not want the public to know the truth as they campaign against the so-called \'gun show loophole\'. Now it\'s time for the IACP leadership, police officials, and political leaders to acknowledge that gun laws don\'t stop criminals, that they only restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, and that gun shows are not the \'arms bazaars for criminals\' as they have been portrayed.<br><br>The FBI\'s website says that \'Violent Encounters: Felonious Assaults on America\'s Law Enforcement Officers\' is available from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program Office, FBI Complex, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306-0150 or by calling 888-827-6427</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10692664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10692664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10692664">Umm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10692664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10692664" class="dsq-comment-message">This story was irrelevant because I don\'t accept the premise that "most murders use the gunshow loophole to get their guns to kill cops".  And if I don\'t accept that premise, there\'s nothing to prove wrong.  In fact, as someone who works in Democratic politics, that is never a line i\'ve heard anyone use.  We\'d call this base paste:  It\'s going to stick really well with anti-gun control people, but try to spin it for the average voters, they couldn\'t give a care.  There\'s a REALLY big reason why this issue is so hotly divisive today...because there has been NO conclusive evidence on either side of the issue.  And why is that?  Because each state/city/county/country has a different set of circumstances that no study can predict for and generalize to another region or even time in the same place (not far in the future at least). <br><br>You\'ll be hard pressed to convince me that you can\'t buy your guns from a gun store. If  Jimmy Bob wants to run a side business selling guns then he needs to follow the same regulations as those who do it for a full time career (even though most of the Jimmy Bob\'s ARE doing it full time but lie to better position themselves for sales).<br><br>Not only was I raised in a house with guns, I own guns.  I\'ve never bought a gun from a gun show.  Never needed to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10647735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10647735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10647735" href="http://OurSafeHome.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dan Nafe</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10647735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10647735" class="dsq-comment-message">Strange bedfellows, indeed.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10654738">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10654738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10654738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10654738">Mark</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10654738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10654738" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve long been a democrat and I\'ve voted in every election since 1976 when I turned 18, but I\'m a moderate and a pragmatist. The left would outlaw handguns entirely and make true that trite old cliché about "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns," whereas the right is unwilling to accept reasonable constraints on gun ownership and use.<br><br>Having said that, I am for concealed carry reciprocity. Those who say guns are inappropriate for personal defense have obviously never had to defend themselves or others around them. The concealed carry licensing process is designed to ensure people know when it is legally appropriate to use a gun and requires and extensive background check to ensure the wrong people are licensed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10648162" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10648162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10648162">ajm8127</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10648162" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t even know where to start but I will say this, if Republicans are so worried about minorities and protecting people from hate crimes then i guess its cool to them if American Muslims and people of color walk around with concealed, loaded weapons too. I wonder what MLK would think about this...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10649655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10649655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10649655" href="http://OurSafeHome.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dan</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10649655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10649655" class="dsq-comment-message">" Republicans are so worried... "<br><br>I am not a Republican, but I will speak for them to this point: <br><br>They would be cool with all people walking around with concealed, loaded weapons. <br><br>The constitution applies to all citizens.<br><br>Remember it was a Republican president that made the proclimation of emancipation.<br><br>MLK hired groups of armed "Deacons" to provide security during many of his meetings.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10658497">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10658497" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10658497" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10658497">dhard</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10658497" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10658497" class="dsq-comment-message">The MLK comparison is misleading to say the least. His life was in constant threat, he had been attacked by a knife wielding assailant, and ultimately he was assassinated. <br><br>You cannot compare MLK to your average "citizen".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653855" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653855">tonyspdx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653855" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653855" class="dsq-comment-message">People of color and Muslim American already carry legally, along with Asian Americans, Native Americans, gay or straight, all kinds.  People who are not exposed to concealed carry have to remember that outside of your little neighborhoods, 1 in 60 people are concealed carry license holders in the US and that number increases every day.  Look into a crowd and you will probably see a person legally carrying a hand gun.  Those people are the ones that will come to help when you need someone.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10652141">Geoff</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652141" class="dsq-comment-message">More republican insanity.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652193" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10652193">Geoff</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652193" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652193" class="dsq-comment-message">More Republican insanity.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10652604">Lazercat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652604" class="dsq-comment-message">Now there is an untapped market.  Great Job NRA.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11010454" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11010454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11010454">MrBenchley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11010454" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11010454" class="dsq-comment-message">By the way, lazercat..wonder why Gwen Patton failed to mention what might happen if the gay person toting a gun was being followed by gay bashers toting guns? And doesn\'t her idiotic organization encourage gay bashers to be armed with guns?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10652847">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652847" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10652847">susan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652847" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652847" class="dsq-comment-message">i have always said this, and as a lesbian, i have indeed literally saved my partner\'s life with a gun in a situation where no amount of screaming or speed-dialing would have worked. a basher yanked her right off the front step of our apartment in Atlanta, she managed to eek out a muffled scream of my name, i grabbed the gun out from its daytime resting place under the couch where we sat during the day (it was locked up when we were out of the house) to find her being dragged by the neck around the side of our building in an urban area which, ironically, is the very type of area guns are typically banned yet the ones who need them the most and which was why i bought the gun in the first place. the moment he saw the gun he dropped her and ran. our neighbor said afterward he\'d been around earlier saying he was gonna "kill someone today" but didn\'t take him seriously enough to warn us. so although it wasn\'t necessarily a hate crime, it was a hulking man attacking a small woman, who broke off the attack when confronted with "the great equaliser".<br><br>so, the gun did more for women\'s / gay\'s equality that day than any after-the-fact punishments for hate could have. it saved her life, at a time when i wasn\'t politically active and had assumed "gun control" was a Repub issue, them being tyrants and all, come to find my own party was behind the effort, which floored me, the Left being as it always has been the defender of equality and "people power", not authoritarianism and people-cowing, and i\'ve been railing against the plank ever since.<br><br>so, as a lifelong liberal who stood on SF street corners registering people to vote for Clinton in 1992 and held my nose for Obama this year despite his position on this most dear-to-me issue,  i\'m here to say, we\'ve got this one wrong, people, we need to get on the right side of it- no pun intended.<br><br>Dan Nafe\'s right, gay/minority 2A advocates do indeed have strange bedfellows on this issue, and i\'d much prefer to be sleeping in my own bed but have been unceremoniously kicked out of it by my own compatriots, in this case into the waiting arms of the dreaded Repubs. i don\'t vote for them, but the Left\'s tude toward the thing which is responsible for my partner still being among the living makes it mighty tempting sometimes, and it\'s only their utter obscenity on almost every other civil liberties issue that prevents it. so basically my Dem votes these days aren\'t so much pro-dem as they are anti-Repub. sad, and it ll began with Clinton, the man i worked so tirelessly to help elect (thanks for "don\'t ask don\'t tell" as well, babe..).<br><br>so i think this amendment is *totally* in keeping with the spirit of this legislation and support it 100%. power to LGBT\'s, power to Muslim Americans and people of colour, power to *the people*.. the rights of whom to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed on my watch, babydolls..</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10654221">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10654221" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10654221" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10654221">Norman Klein</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10654221" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10654221" class="dsq-comment-message">But wouldn\'t a dog have also prevented this attack from occurring? What if you shot and accidentally hit your partner? Who would be at fault in that situation? A gun just isn\'t an appropriate defense</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10657255" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10657255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10657255">jbj</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10657255" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10657255" class="dsq-comment-message">Norman,<br><br>Are you saying that having a gun in this situation didn\'t save a life because you don\'t want it to?<br><br>What if the situation was like the one recently when a deranged man hacked a baby to death with a cleaver while the mother and bystanders fought in vain to stop the attack? The baby died and several people were seriously wounded. "What if" I was there with my gun?<br><br>The "what-if\'s" stopped when everything worked out for the best.<br><br>Oh, by the way, I\'m a life-long Dem, a gay rights supporter, and gun owner.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10661168">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10661168" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10661168" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10661168">analogphotog</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10661168" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10661168" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he\'s saying that the introduction of a gun into a complex equation does not guarantee a predictable outcome, and can create different and undesirable outcomes. Susan\'s situation is a single event in which, thankfully, the introduction of a gun worked out for the best. As for your "What if" question, there are a number of different answers, none of which guarantees the outcome of "baby saved." Factors of perpetrator\'s intent, focus, lead time and efficiency combine with factors of your reaction time under unanticipated stress, weapons skill variables, and an unpredictable field of fire created by a panicked crowd are things you would have to consider before you could say with any certainty that the actual outcome would resemble that of the action hero movie you are imagining.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10652849">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10652849" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10652849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10652849" href="http://yahoo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Marie</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10652849" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10652849" class="dsq-comment-message">Gay bashers promoting gay rights.  Hypocrites!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653323" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653323">Candace</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653323" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653323" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think Republicans would support this. How could they kill a queer for Christ if they arm the queer?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10653519">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653519" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653519" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653519">PopeRatzo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653519" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653519" class="dsq-comment-message">I finally figured out how to stop the NRA and other 2nd amendment "advocates" in their tracks.  I just tell them that I\'m part of an organization that provides firearm training and safety classes to inner city youth.<br><br>You wanna see a gun nut swallow his snuff, give it a try.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10653676">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653676">Hammerlock</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653676" class="dsq-comment-message">On the one hand, I have to agree that it is prudent for groups subject to violent oppression and hateful acts to protect themselves. <br><br>On the other, this is like saying "distribute nuclear weapons to prevent war"--most sane people would avoid it, but all it takes is an overly-scared, or vindictive, or desperate, or less-informed armed person and you\'ve got a bodycount where it might not have been warranted--and Fox "News" gets the vapors about rabid gay gangs with guns.<br><br>This seems to be just another example of republican hypocrisy re: state\'s rights. They\'re all for "smaller federal gov\'t and allowing states to decide for themselves"--but now is one state going to have to respect the concealed carry rules of another? What if a guy travels from a state that allows a gun in the car to one where its required to be locked up in the trunk, unloaded? Will the state that\'s decided to tightly restrict gun access have to acquiesce?<br><br>I\'m a gun owner; I keep mine for home defense and target shooting. I hope to never have to use it against a living target, though I recognize the potential need to. That said, the use of this argument to transparently attempt to pander to LGBT-sympathetic legislators is a bit reckless and of questionable relevance.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653769">Avi</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653769" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting that Republicans want your concealed carry permit to work across state lines but not your marriage.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653785" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653785">Pat</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653785" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653785" class="dsq-comment-message">I am sure there is a Christian message here somewhat. As you sow, so shall you weep.  I guess this is the most violent Christian society in the world.  As for me and mine, we will continue to trust in the Lord.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10658328" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10658328" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10658328">Cappy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10658328" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10658328" class="dsq-comment-message">The Christian message here is "He who lives by the gun shall die by the gun".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10653834" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10653834" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10653834">romi</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10653834" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10653834" class="dsq-comment-message">Susan,<br><br>I wished you\'d had the presence of mind to grab your video camera as well when you went for your gun.  Had you pointed the camera at him first and got on tape what he was doing, then pulled out your pistol and shot the F*((&^%$))^%$ing freak I doubt there\'d be a redneck jury in the land who wouldn\'t say "Atta girl!" <br><br>Guess we need guns with video cameras built in for real protection.  Wait! We already have phones with cameras. We just need them to be able to fire bullets. But wait! What if that redneck jury actually is full of gay bashers and sees the basher you shot as one of their heroes?!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655353" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655353">Beverly</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655353" class="dsq-comment-message">This must be an NRA solution because it opens the door for arming<br>1) women against abusive men<br>2) children against pedophiles  and abusive parents<br>3) Blacks and other "minorities" against rabit, violent racist Whites<br>4) Muslims and other assumed to be threatening religious people against Christian right zealots<br>5) Pro-abortion "liberal" Democrats against Pro-war   Republican "right-wingers"<br>6) Same-Sex advocates against heterosexual ethnocentrists<br>7) The poor and oppressed who are losing their homes and food against  the unjusts captains of banking and industry (including the drug lords)<br>8) Inner-city angry youths (of all races) against "the world"<br>Everyone will have a gun and the NRA will be rich and powerful beyond expectations as "we the people" come after them WITH A GUN.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655713">Tracy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655713" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10656246" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10656246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10656246">maz</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10656246" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10656246" class="dsq-comment-message">Also arms abusive men against women, <br>violent racist whites against everybody, <br>Christian right zealots against everybody, <br>pro-war Republican right wingers against everybody,<br><br>and increases number of accidental deaths and suicides.<br><br>Oh yes, I\'ll feel ever so much safer if this passes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10658418" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10658418" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10658418">whtnow</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10658418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10658418" class="dsq-comment-message">There are more guns now then in the past yet there are lower murders, one not thousands of christain zealots killing others, no white racist committing genocide in America, GOP at war that Obama first condemned but continues the same policy. Accidental gun deaths according to the NSC is down 95% SINCE 1905.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655580">Doug</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655580" class="dsq-comment-message">This is an interesting bill as it shows the hypocrisy of both sides when it comes to states rights and Federalism. Dems want states rights to ban guns but want to push gay marriage on to all states. The Republicans want states rights to ban gay marriage but push gun rights to all states.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10657510" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10657510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10657510">sabio</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10657510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10657510" class="dsq-comment-message">What Dems are pushing for gay marriage on all the states?  None that I have seen.  There is no legislation being pursued to legalize it nationally and few Democratic leaders even support gay marriage as a concept (opting for civil unions instead).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655624" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655624" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655624">Ron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655624" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s terrific. The Republicans are telling me I can shoot anyone who wants to bash my head in because they\'re a raging closeted homosexual (thats what gay bashers are). Interesting concept I must say.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10655671">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655671" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655671">Tracy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655671" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655671" class="dsq-comment-message">This smells a lot like a diversion tactic, an attempt to pacify with a gun rather than give what is really wanted and rightfully deserved.  Having the right to bear arms still does grant one full and equal citizenship rights, still will not permit gays and lesbians to marry.  A gun works perfectly, if the person who intends to do you harm also doesn\'t have one.  However, how often does a basher show up without a weapon?  Don\'t get distracted by shiny things.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10655703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10655703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10655703">DaProf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10655703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10655703" class="dsq-comment-message">I find it interesting the hate here for Republicans and Christians....I wonder it they will be protected under the proposed legislation.<br><br>I think the intent of both the Bill and the Amendment is good. <br><br> Empower people to protect themselves, whether gay or republican, or even if gay and republican. <br><br>Power to the People.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10660948">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10660948" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10660948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10660948" href="http://dailydumpbydave.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">liberaldemdave</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10660948" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10660948" class="dsq-comment-message">Christians (actually all faiths) are already protected under the current hate crimes legislation. <br><br>Why don\'t you try removing the log from your eye before trying to remove the splinter from others\'.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br>A Christian who also, just so happens to be Gay.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10660969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10660969">IKnowWhoUAre</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10660969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10660969" class="dsq-comment-message">I find it interesting that Republicans and Christians are the only group that (a) must have guns, many guns, and can never ever ever have enough of them and that (b) these are the ONLY two groups in the nation that oppose gay rights by invoking myths and lies.<br><br>I find that very interesting.  Now, go figure why those groups are regularly singled out as the worst two groups of people in America.  Go figure.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10656116">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10656116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10656116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10656116">sylhines</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10656116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10656116" class="dsq-comment-message">We need sensible and responsible legislation on the economy, the wars, the deficit, health care among other pressing public needs. This effort to confuse and highjack the legislative process for pro-gun issues is a complete waste of time. The GOP and gun rights advocates have long used such tatics without any accountability. The voters are wiser at this point to the blocking and stalling tactics in lieu of any substantive policy initatives by the special interest groups. There will be widespread voter rejections of these disingenious political moves. I bet the GOP will lose more members in 2010 playing this wasteful and dangerous game. I know money talks, but this is foolish even if the NRA wants it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10656636">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10656636" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10656636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10656636">guest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10656636" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10656636" class="dsq-comment-message">The moment the first gay person pulls a gun and actually shoots an attacker whether the situation justifies it or not, that incident will become the banner necessary to set gay rights back 100 years.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10656639">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10656639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10656639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10656639">Michael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10656639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10656639" class="dsq-comment-message">Doesnt this destroy the sanctity of gun ownership.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10659308">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10659308" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10659308" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10659308">Jo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10659308" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10659308" class="dsq-comment-message">lmao</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10657242" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10657242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10657242">Dr. Francis Coila</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10657242" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10657242" class="dsq-comment-message">I WELCOME THE FUTURE WHEN most of these racist and bigoted Republicans will be dead and hopefully their offspring will have had some education and awareness to renew the Republican base on something besides fear and intimidation and religion.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10688581">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10688581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10688581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10688581">Iman Azol</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10688581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10688581" class="dsq-comment-message">I welcome that future.  I also hope that racist and bigoted Democrats like yourself are dead, and your offspring have had some education and awareness to renew the Democratic base on something besides greed, whining and government-sponsored payoffs of failing corporations.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10657735">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10657735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10657735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10657735">Lav.Piss</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10657735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10657735" class="dsq-comment-message">Why don\'t we replace beating with bullets ? So instead, the gay guy will get shot and killed while reaching for his own gun.  Yeah, totally smart bill.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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