The right is dumbfounded by March For Our Lives
I think of all the people who listen and believe them. damn!
The right is dumbfounded by March For Our Lives
https://thinkprogress.org/the-right-is-dumbfounded-by-march-for-our-lives-a8fe9f5925be/
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 devoted 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........................................
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FILE PICTURE: A woman holds a sign with an American flag dripping red and its stars replaced by bullets while protesting at the "March for our Lives" gathering on March 24, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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How many armchair RW revolutionaries believe Fucker against the millions marching? No, don't answer that. I hope they do believe him and hide under their beds through November.