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friendly_iconoclast

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6. It's the exploitation of tragedy to push a political line that irks me

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 07:14 PM

Nov 2015

Trump was wrong to do so. Islamophobes are wrong to do so. The 'permanent war' types
are wrong to do so. Ann Coulter was damn near licking her chops.

MDA coating it in piety doesn't make it any less obvious.

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Moms Demand Action matches Trump's stupidity with some of their own [View all] friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 OP

Please to get over it gratuitous Nov 2015 #1

What's objectionable about that? Laurian Nov 2015 #2

WTF is the problem? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2015 #3

It's the exploitation of tragedy to push a political line that irks me friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #6

I gotta agree derby378 Nov 2015 #8

Nothing wrong with this at all. riversedge Nov 2015 #4

No one is gonna take your gun, pal. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #5

No gun to take. MDA is merely the latest to try and use Paris for their own ends friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #7

Love it. trumad Nov 2015 #9

It's truly too much to compare Trump's idiocy to this group. HuckleB Nov 2015 #10

Why? Exploitation wrapped in piety is still exploitation friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #13

Well then what about the DVRacer Nov 2015 #11

MDA seems to have 'forgotten' the bomb victims in their rush to condemn gun violence friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #12

Except for all the people who were shot, sure nt LiberalElite Nov 2015 #14

MDA doesn't have anything to say about those *not* shot, their grief is selective... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #15

You know what, promoting gun control in the U.S. is their purpose and as such LiberalElite Nov 2015 #16

The suicide bomb victims would no doubt understand that they're just not as worthy... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #17