# Bot3 - losing the election is \*not\* an acceptable excuse for picking on a person down on their luck!

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**Created:** [November 8, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bot3-losing-the-election-is-not-an-acceptable-excuse-for-picking-on-a-person-down-on-their-luck/640351 "2012-11-08T13:31:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bot3-losing-the-election-is-not-an-acceptable-excuse-for-picking-on-a-person-down-on-their-luck/640351/121 "2012-11-14T06:10:58Z")

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> [@pikey\_pete](#):
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> man, this guy bot3 is just another example of the venom which Obama’s reelection has summoned from a segment of the population. Are there really that many soulless machines out there?

Playing Devil’s advocate for a moment, the people that folks like Ted Nugent and the like despise actually do exist, I’ve met a few.

There are people that game the system, know it in and out, and even sell their food stamps to buy whatever they want (drugs and guns included). These people are outliers for the most part.

Another category that has outliers is gun owners. There are TONS of highly (even overly) responsible gun owners out there. There are also the people that buy and use guns that really shouldn’t have access to them, and may use them in an irresponsible manner.

My point is that broad brush strokes do not, by definition, represent the totality of all circumstances.

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