A strange way to phrase a question, in
this Greg Sargent column. What does this stunning lack of parallelism reveal about the Mind of Sargent?
Indeed, I’m cautiously hopeful that this time around, Democrats will overcome their typical skittishness on guns. ... [T]he politics of this issue have changed: Democrats are less reliant on conservative, rural, gun-owning voters than at any time in the history of the party, due to Dem gains among socially moderate suburbanites, and ongoing demographic shifts that continue to boost the vote share among minorities and young voters — all voter groups who may not see “gun rights” as a potent issue.
You know those "rural" folk, who cling to their guns and religion. Maybe
they can be ignored by Democrats who have other blocs out of which to build victories. But to throw "gays" on the list... well, that's not something
those horrible peasants cling to like
guns and religion. It's something they're supposedly repelled by, perhaps something like the way those socially moderate suburbanites are imagined to have an aversion to God and guns.
I guess Sargent might love alliteration. GGG. But someone ought to tell him that —
coming from a very conspicuous gay guy — GGG stands for "good, giving, and game": ("good in bed," "giving equal time and equal pleasure," and "game for anything — within reason'").
And some people
think "Guns, God and Government" — the work of a
not-quite-earless guy with a lady's name.
What does GGG mean to you? I'm thinking, for me, grammar, graphomania, and...
