NRA's 2014 Convention Theme: FEAR

SARA MORRISON

The annual NRA convention was held this weekend in Indianapolis, and its message was clear: you should be terrified of everyone and everything, and only guns can protect you.

There was also a class on "advanced sausage processing, BBQ and smoke cooking techniques."

Sarah Palin returned after last year's triumphant performance to talk about how our rights are being stripped away from us at every turn. Also, Muslims are bad: "That evil Muslim terrorist Major Hasan massacres his fellow U.S. military soldiers at Fort Hood," she said. "His Allah Akbar-praising jihad. They call that workplace violence. Calling that devil a disgruntled employee!"

Palin did not mention the much more recent massacre at Fort Hood, possibly because it came at the hands of someone who was not Muslim and thus did not fit her narrative of Muslims being bad and deserving of torture. Later in the speech, she said the United States is too nice to suspected terrorists.

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