And it looks like the kids turned over a lot of them. This may turn into a link dump, if I get fed up enough.
First, in order of appearance in this morning's surfing, this bozo from, of course, NRA TV:
He puts it in very interesting terms, from a psychological/propaganda standpoint, and of course his audience will swallow it because they consider exercising critical thinking skills to be the Original Sin. Sure -- a million people march on Washington because they're weak. NRA members don't march on Washington because they'd have to get out of their Barcaloungers, and they couldn't get a million people to do that. Except to go to the fridge for another beer. (And by the way, NRA members strongly support various gun-control measures -- but those aren't the members the NRA brass is listening to.) Commenter Acronym Jim at the link brought up a good point: Only weak people need to carry guns and wear bulletproof vests when they protest.
That was rather mild, compared to this from Jesse Hughes. In case you've never heard of Hughes, he's the front man for Eagles of Death Metal, whose one claim to fame is:
After reading through portions of his diatribes against Parkland kids, my only conclusion is that this guy is really, really sick.
And what do you find when you get to the bottom of the barrel? Why, Rep. Steve King (R-Berchtesgaden):
By the way, if you follow the link, you'll see that nothing in that tweet is true. And he didn't get off scot-free -- one of the Pulse survivors let him have it.
Pat Buchanan doesn't think the Parkland kids are very smart -- not nearly as smart as the protesters against the Vietnam War he hated in the 1960s. (Sorry if that busted your irony meter -- I should have warned you.)
And Alex Jones, of course, thinks they're going to kill you. Click through for the quotes -- I just can't deal with him this morning. But be warned -- it's a word salad composed entirely of alternate facts.
And of course, there's the Nazi comparison. Didn't anyone ever tell this woman about Godwin's Law?
That's all I can handle right now.
First, in order of appearance in this morning's surfing, this bozo from, of course, NRA TV:
“Their leaders told them that they [assault weapons] need to be banned and so often times what happens is they follow. The reason you don’t see NRA members marching on Washington is, one, I believe we’re in the majority of where we stand on gun rights. We are right and the Constitution is in our favor. And we’re not in a position of weakness. When people march now, in modern day and maybe even across time, they are in positions of weakness.” – NRA TV host Grant Stichfield, speaking on today’s YouTube show.
He puts it in very interesting terms, from a psychological/propaganda standpoint, and of course his audience will swallow it because they consider exercising critical thinking skills to be the Original Sin. Sure -- a million people march on Washington because they're weak. NRA members don't march on Washington because they'd have to get out of their Barcaloungers, and they couldn't get a million people to do that. Except to go to the fridge for another beer. (And by the way, NRA members strongly support various gun-control measures -- but those aren't the members the NRA brass is listening to.) Commenter Acronym Jim at the link brought up a good point: Only weak people need to carry guns and wear bulletproof vests when they protest.
That was rather mild, compared to this from Jesse Hughes. In case you've never heard of Hughes, he's the front man for Eagles of Death Metal, whose one claim to fame is:
The Eagles Of Death Metal are the American band that was onstage in November 2015 as terrorists opened fired at Paris’ Bataclan Theater, killing 89 people.
After reading through portions of his diatribes against Parkland kids, my only conclusion is that this guy is really, really sick.
And what do you find when you get to the bottom of the barrel? Why, Rep. Steve King (R-Berchtesgaden):
By the way, if you follow the link, you'll see that nothing in that tweet is true. And he didn't get off scot-free -- one of the Pulse survivors let him have it.
Pat Buchanan doesn't think the Parkland kids are very smart -- not nearly as smart as the protesters against the Vietnam War he hated in the 1960s. (Sorry if that busted your irony meter -- I should have warned you.)
And Alex Jones, of course, thinks they're going to kill you. Click through for the quotes -- I just can't deal with him this morning. But be warned -- it's a word salad composed entirely of alternate facts.
And of course, there's the Nazi comparison. Didn't anyone ever tell this woman about Godwin's Law?
That's all I can handle right now.
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