The right is dumbfounded by March For Our Lives

[babylonsister]

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The right is dumbfounded by March For Our Lives
Reactions ranged from simply ignoring it to labeling the organizers dangerous 'extremists'.
Luke Barnes
Mar 24, 2018, 4:45 pm


It was not a easy day for right-wing TV.

The streets of Washington D.C. were filled with ten of thousands of protesters, young and old, who packed the Mall to demonstrate against gun violence. According to organizers at the March For Our Lives there were more than 840 protests taking place across the world — the vast majority within the U.S. but some as far away as Ghana and South Korea.

For the pundits of the right-wing ecosystem, the march presented a particular headache in terms of how to cover it, particularly as they were the target of the protesters anger on at least one occasion, when a highlight clip played of them lambasting calls for gun control.

So reactions ranged. On Friday evening Fox News host Tucker Carlson decided to go on the offensive by labeling Marjory Stonemen Douglas High School students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez “extremists.” “If you honestly don’t care what the people who disagree with you think, if you believe they want to ‘murder more children’ who are you?” Carlson asked. “You’re definitely not fit to be making policy for the rest of us. You are by definition an extremist.”

On Saturday morning, Fox & Friends tried to ignore the issue as much as they could — focusing instead on welcoming back co-host Abby Huntsman. What coverage they did devote to March for Our Lives was mainly to emphasize the idea that these teenagers had been led to protest by the liberal bias of Hollywood and MTV.

“We know that most networks, most Hollywood stars, certainly MTV, has a liberal bias so I’m not at all surprised by this,” guest Julie Gunlock told Fox and Friends. “I do think to some degree all these marches, all this agitation, these Hollywood stars, leads to a little bit of protest fatigue. People get a little tired of hearing about this after a while.”

Other pundits adopted a more earnest, you-don’t-know-what-you’re-talking-about routine. “Simply being anti-NRA is not a solution,” Tomi Lahren tweeted. “March FOR something, not just against everything.” Lahren doesn’t seem able to comprehend the fact that protestors today were marching for something pretty straightforward — sensible gun control legislation.

Meanwhile, new data showed that the NRA drastically increased its online advertising just four days after the Parkland shooting. According to data company Pathmatics, the NRA spent six times its usual amount on digital advertising in the wake of Parkland — primarily on Facebook. Average daily spending jumped from $11,300 to $47,300.

[spanone]

1. yea, those eleven year olds were a force to be feared

the nra campaigns on the bodies of dead children....they must be so proud

[randr]

2. The right is commonly found dumb

[bdamomma]

3. Heres another article

to quote more FAKE news


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/mar/23/national-rifle-association/nra-says-violent-radicals-are-behind-march-our-liv/



More bs they are spewing. They never stop dividing people.

[Squinch]

4. Tens of thousands? Screw you, thinkprogress. It was millions.

And hundreds of thousands in NYC and I don't know how many in 798 other US cities.

[jaysunb]

5. Where the hell does the NRA get all this money ???? n/t

[TomSlick]

7. That one's easy.

The overwhelming bulk of the NRA money comes from gun producers. The money from the members' dues is chump change.

Addition on edit: Oh yeah, recently the NRA seems to have gotten a lot of money from Putin.

[Doodley]

8. It starts with R and ends with A.

[paleotn]

13. They're an industry lobby group...

and their industry is death. It's a multi billion dollar industry, and the NRA works to keep their masters profitable.

[meadowlander]

17. And why does it smell like fabric softener?

[Nevernose]

6. DC was also filled with RW media infiltrators

At least after the march. Like, a couple of hours later after everyone had cleared out. Asking exhausted, sunburned old people trick questions or gotcha questions in teams of two or three, using cell phones and shitty mics on cords plugged into cell phones. All very James O’Keefe.

I thought something was up after the first group, but then saw a second group and the first group again. They were down by the rally site, but long after the rally wa over.

[JNelson6563]

9. Good. I hope they maintain this burn rate.

Keep shoveling those dollars into that furnace you assholes. Clearly you do not think the gravy train will ever stop coming but it's about to.

[Phoenix61]

11. My thought exactly

Spend, spend, spend. We will still roll over them. They are a dying breed and they know it. Parkland has become the focal point for change. We.Will.Win!

[malaise]

10. Great news

Let's spread it - get thee to the greatest page for visibility

[world wide wally]

12. As Jim Morrson said so long ago:

"They got the guns but we got the numbers"

[ProudLib72]

14. I don't understand what Carlson was talking about

If you don't care what the people who disagree with you think, then you are extremist? None of the gun humpers give two shits about what the kids think, so I guess they are the extremists. None of the GOP give two shits about what the majority of Americans think, so I guess they are extremists.

Oh God, here I go again trying to make sense of something said on faux.

[Tatiana]

15. It's glorious to witness this. The NRA, felled by a bunch of fed-up children.

They literally don't know how to attack these kids because they don't follow a predictable strategy or pattern.

That's the beauty of this movement.

[msongs]

16. MTV??? lol is that even still around ?