A fake photo of Emma Gonzlez went viral on the far right, where Parkland teens are villains
Source: The Washington Post
A fake photo of Emma Gonzlez went viral on the far right, where Parkland teens are villains
The Washington Post
Alex Horton
14 hrs ago
Gun-control advocates have held up Gonzlez as a figurehead of the movement, splashing her trademark shaved head on T-shirts and viral images.
Then, there is another viewpoint of her activism.
A doctored animation of Gonzlez tearing the U.S. Constitution in half circulated on social media during the rally, after it was lifted from a Teen Vogue story about teenage activists. In the real image, Gonzlez is ripping apart a gun-range target.
The doctored image mushrooming across social media appeared to confirm the belief among Second Amendment absolutists that calls for stricter gun-control measures are sacrosanct, destroying the very foundation of the United States. The animation bounced around conservative Twitter before it received a signal boost Saturday from actor Adam Baldwin.
He tweeted to a quarter of a million followers with a hashtag reading #Vorwrts!, the German word for forward and an apparent reference to the Hitler Youth, whose march song included the word.
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murielm99
(30,777 posts)I hope Emma is strong. The misogyny is horrible.
lancelyons
(988 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)You tried. I'm an idiot.
getagrip_already
(14,891 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)is their constitution. The real constitution is far too complicated for them and their orange leader to comprehend.
getagrip_already
(14,891 posts)[link:
Link to tweet
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poboy2
(2,078 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,665 posts)Grumpy old men don't know how fragile their grasp on power really is.
They will rue the day America's youth was motivated to action. Attempts at antagonizing them only adds fuel to their abundance of fire.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)If this is how they want to behave, I say ship them off to a deserted island with no communication to the real world. Nefarious fuckers!
SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)Gore1FL
(21,158 posts)They must know they are losing if they are this desperate.
SpankMe
(2,970 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)And that goes for ANY topic and any person.
marble falls
(57,353 posts)world wide wally
(21,757 posts)Fuck the NRA and anybody who doesn't puke when they hear about it
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)btw, Adam Baldwin is the actor who played Ricky Linderman in "My Bodyguard" (1980)
and "Animal Mother" in Full Metal Jacket.
He used to be a Democrat, but now considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian," and in 2015 he endorsed Ted Cruz for president via Twitter.
I wonder if he feels any remorse, now that he knows the photo he "boosted" was a fake?
I also wonder if he has the guts to publicly apologize to Emma Gonzalez?
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Would he believe it if pointed out to him?
These people actually believe this is what liberals do.
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Kablooie
(18,641 posts)They apparently don't believe reason and morality could ever convince people to vote their way.
They must depend on cheating and subterfuge to remain in power.