Comments on: Fictoid from out West http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/fictoid-from-out-west/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 By: Kolejny dzień, kolejna strzelanina | Res Publica Nowa http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/fictoid-from-out-west/comment-page-1/#comment-26284 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:00:40 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=1363#comment-26284 […] fakty z fikcją? To NRA* nadaje światopoglądowy ton tej dyskusji. Przypomnijcie sobie temat niegdyś poruszony na Deliberately Considered – historię jedenastoletniej snajperki, broniącej swojego domu w Butte w stanie […]

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By: Another Day, Another Gun Massacre « Jeffrey C. Goldfarb's Deliberately Considered http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/fictoid-from-out-west/comment-page-1/#comment-26266 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:38:34 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=1363#comment-26266 […] fictions with facts? On this issue the NRA view of the world seems to dominate. Consider this blast from Deliberately Considered’s past, the story of a preteen sharpshooter defending her home in Butte Montana. Gun advocates make up […]

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By: Edwin Dobb http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/fictoid-from-out-west/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:53:49 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=1363#comment-3378 As a Butte native, Matthew, I greatly appreciate your going to the trouble of exposing this story for what it is–a cynical and pernicious attempt to play to people’s fears of immigrants. What alarms me is that most people tend to believe such nonsense…

It’s especially ironic that the author chose Butte, which has a rich immigrant history of which it’s very proud. Check out the documentary film “Butte, America.” butteamericafilm.org. Full disclosure: I’m the co-producer and co-writer.

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