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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJezebel: Fuck You, Guns (great rant)
Fuck you, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, for saying that "today is not that day" to discuss gun control. The only acceptable explanation for that statement is that you got cut off from saying, "because yesterday was." Off the top of my head: this year's Dark Night Rises shooting massacre in Aurora might have been an excellent time to bring up the topic! But, no, we had an election to take care of, and neither candidate wanted to tackle the 2nd Amendment some Americans hold so near and dear; Obama discussed gun control a total of 3 times on the campaign trail. 3 times.
We could've talked about it, oh, anytime in the past 13 years since Columbine, because there have been at least 31 school shootings in the U.S. since then. It's a waste of our time to keep listing all of the times we could've talked about it; it's easier just to say the time was then, the time is tomorrow, and the time is now.
Hey, White House: we know you're trying to be respectful, but respect doesn't mean shit to the dozens of families who just lost their little kids and loved ones. Respect them by starting the conversation right now. Start it tonight.
While we're talking politics: Fuck you, all of the politicians who received money from the NRA last election cycle. Check them out here! Memorize their names and remember that they're a massive part of the problem.
We could've talked about it, oh, anytime in the past 13 years since Columbine, because there have been at least 31 school shootings in the U.S. since then. It's a waste of our time to keep listing all of the times we could've talked about it; it's easier just to say the time was then, the time is tomorrow, and the time is now.
Hey, White House: we know you're trying to be respectful, but respect doesn't mean shit to the dozens of families who just lost their little kids and loved ones. Respect them by starting the conversation right now. Start it tonight.
While we're talking politics: Fuck you, all of the politicians who received money from the NRA last election cycle. Check them out here! Memorize their names and remember that they're a massive part of the problem.
http://jezebel.com/5968540/fuck-you-guns
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Jezebel: Fuck You, Guns (great rant) (Original Post)
justiceischeap
Dec 2012
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niyad
(113,556 posts)1. k and r
a friend who used to insist that "an armed society is a polite society" is now saying she wants to move to canada because of their strict gun control laws.
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)2. Oh, hell yes.
Thank you for posting.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)4. Gladly. I thought it was a righteous rant. nt
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)3. I just wrote that POS Senator Johnson (WI)
and I wrote my Congressman. I asked if NOW was a good time to talk about the gun violence problem and maybe they needed to reconsider the blood money the NRA gives them to run for office.
Thank you for posting this.
signed,
Small town school administrator