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dragonlady7via http://ift.tt/2xD2sGf:
beaversbearsleeches:
nudityandnerdery:
So one notable thing over the past two days is this: the NRA has gone silent. Their social media posts stopped on the 29th of September- Facebook and Twitter. Their blog is the same way. There had been no press release. Wayne Lapierre hasn’t made any public statements.
If they can’t even condemn a tragedy like this, these obviously illegal acts of violence, then what good are they? What purpose do they serve? How do they pretend to be anything other than complicit in these sorts of murders?
The Daily Podcast by the NYT just discussed this and previous NRA responses to past tragedies. They go silent in a public way, but what they are doing right now is shoring up their suppoters. Every member gets a scaremongering letter about how congress is going to take away their guns and infringe on their rights. Then their members all call congress demanding this doesn’t happen and the NRA doesn’t have to do very much publicly at all. After every single incident like this, their membership grows and gun sales rise. It’s a terrible cycle.
beaversbearsleeches:
nudityandnerdery:
So one notable thing over the past two days is this: the NRA has gone silent. Their social media posts stopped on the 29th of September- Facebook and Twitter. Their blog is the same way. There had been no press release. Wayne Lapierre hasn’t made any public statements.
If they can’t even condemn a tragedy like this, these obviously illegal acts of violence, then what good are they? What purpose do they serve? How do they pretend to be anything other than complicit in these sorts of murders?
The Daily Podcast by the NYT just discussed this and previous NRA responses to past tragedies. They go silent in a public way, but what they are doing right now is shoring up their suppoters. Every member gets a scaremongering letter about how congress is going to take away their guns and infringe on their rights. Then their members all call congress demanding this doesn’t happen and the NRA doesn’t have to do very much publicly at all. After every single incident like this, their membership grows and gun sales rise. It’s a terrible cycle.
