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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:23 PM Mar 2018

New NRA ad attacks Parkland students and suggests teachers should be armed with AR-15s

AARON RUPAR at Think Progress

https://thinkprogress.org/nra-attack-ad-parkland-david-hogg-march-for-our-lives-73756a1d1b13/

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“What if our politicians weren’t the bitch of the NRA,” Hogg said.

Noir responds to Hogg’s comment with a string of his own questions, including: “What if we didn’t exploit the trauma of kids to push a political agenda? What if the media actually covered the kids that completely disagree with you? What if we had put armed guards in every school in America five years ago when the NRA first pushed for it?”


Noir goes as far as to suggest that teachers should be armed with AR-15s — the weapon the Parkland shooter used to kill 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, despite the presence of an armed guard there.

“What if the football coach who heroically sacrificed his life had an AR-15 instead of empty hands?” Noir says, referring to Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach who died shielding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students.


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New NRA ad attacks Parkland students and suggests teachers should be armed with AR-15s (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2018 OP
Very revealing. applegrove Mar 2018 #1
I guess the NRA is MontanaMama Mar 2018 #2
They're just emboldening more people to march against them this weekend. flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #3
I think youre correct. MontanaMama Mar 2018 #5
The NRA has morphed into something evil Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #4
Seriously. Remember in the 90s when they made actual, sensible, gun control arguments? Initech Mar 2018 #6
They haven' made any sensible gun control arguments since the 1970's... madinmaryland Mar 2018 #12
Whasssup, Noir? Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #7
Wow, way to stay classy, NRA! Initech Mar 2018 #10
NRA... America's PAC for the lowest common denominator. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #8
I KNEW IT! I JUST POSTED THAT THEY WOULD! BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #9
Vilest of the vile! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2018 #11
What if we didn't exploit the trauma of kids to push a political agenda? gratuitous Mar 2018 #13
Well said. applegrove Mar 2018 #14
"Beauty might be skin deep --- but ugliness can go right down to the core" struggle4progress Mar 2018 #15
The NRA is crap on that kid's shoe. JDC Mar 2018 #16

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
5. I think youre correct.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:31 PM
Mar 2018

I’m a little worried about the safety of those marching with so many wing nuts out there. Keep an eye out everyone. 🤞🏼

Initech

(100,081 posts)
6. Seriously. Remember in the 90s when they made actual, sensible, gun control arguments?
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:35 PM
Mar 2018

Now they've fully integrated into the Trump / Russia / Fox News / Infowars conspiracy theory hate machine. There are some definite sinister forces at play here.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
12. They haven' made any sensible gun control arguments since the 1970's...
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:53 PM
Mar 2018

I remember talking to a gun nutter in college in 1980 and he was repeating the same talking points that we hear today.

Fuck the NRA.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
8. NRA... America's PAC for the lowest common denominator.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:41 PM
Mar 2018

NRA... America's PAC for the lowest common denominator.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
13. What if we didn't exploit the trauma of kids to push a political agenda?
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 06:55 PM
Mar 2018

Why don't you try that sometime, NRA? The survivors of a gun massacre have the audacity to speak up on their own behalf, and the NRA exploits their trauma for their own political agenda. Then the NRA has the brass to complain about the survivors, who watched their friends and classmates gunned down right before their eyes.

If you belong to the NRA, their actions are your actions.

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