"Killer Mike" goes into major CYA mode...

[Archae]

"Killer Mike" willingly went on NRA TV, and made some nasty remarks about the kids in the marches.
He said he would also throw out of his house anyone advocating gun control.

He's going to lose sales to young people of their rap tunes, so now he's frantically back-pedaling.

‘That was wrong’ — Rapper Killer Mike backtracks on NRA support, says he now supports March For Our Lives

(Excerpt that really pissed me off)

The host who interviewed Render also mocked “Malcom in the Middle‘s David Hogg,” both attacking a survivor of a mass shooting and echoing conspiracy theorists who accused the Parkland survivors as being “crisis actors.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/wrong-rapper-killer-mike-backtracks-nra-support-says-now-supports-march-lives/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. WTF? Malcolm in the Middles" David Hogg,

[Tipperary]

4. That confuses me too.

[dsc]

8. he looks a little like the actor

[superpatriotman]

9. That's one of the nicer descriptions of Hogg

The regressives absolutely despise him. So he must be doing something right!

[exboyfil]

2. I don't think you get to wind this back

If he had left it as a politician discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of banning certain classes of weapons, that is one thing. To attack the students on a personal level - that is another thing.

You do also have to wonder about a philosophy in which you both advocate universal gun ownership of everything short of automatic weapons while also advocating the elimination of anti-bullying statutes. We can see where escalation will end up when all you need is a $1000 credit limit to allow you to quickly have the capability of killing a score or more of people.

[LexVegas]

3. He doesn't have much sales to lose. nt

[Dave Starsky]

5. Oops. Looks like he done fucked up.

Who the hell did he think was listening to his "music", fat old white guys in MAGA hats?

[MountCleaners]

13. Why did you put "music" in quotes?

Rap music is music - no quotes needed.

[Dave Starsky]

14. Because his music sucks.

De gustibus non est disputandum, and all that.

[Archae]

15. I listened to one of his rap tunes...it absolutely sucks.

Granted, I don't like most rap to begin with, but this was so crappy even Chuggo sounds better.

[Vinca]

6. Sorry, pal. The tune doesn't change when the money stops flowing into your account.

[mercuryblues]

7. It was the standard non-apology

“Guys, I’m sorry,” he said. “I’m sorry that an interview I did was used as a weapon against you guys. That was unfair to you and that was wrong.”

He didn't rethink what he said. He didn't apologize. He's just sorry that what he said was used as a weapon against the protesters.

[JDC]

10. Am I the only one who has no idea who this guy is?

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. Nope...and don't want to know. nt

[caraher]

16. I mostly know him because of his vocal support for Bernie

Getting used by the NRA showed awfully poor judgment. How naïve must he think we are to imagine that apology makes any sense; you have to know if you're going on NRA TV that it's absolutely going to be an attack on the protests and protesters.

Anyway, re: Bernie...

Though Render and Sanders agreed on most issues that came up, gun control was the biggest difference. Though they agreed on enforced, strong instant background checks, closing the gun show loophole, and stopping straw purchases, Render emphasized the need for gun ownership for defense against the government and police, and stated his opposition to an assault weapons ban. “That’s one we disagree on,” Sanders responded, saying he supports such a ban. “That doesn’t jump me off your boat,” Render said. “That’s not enough to get me off the Bernie Sanders bus and I’d just like other gun owners to know that.”

https://thinkprogress.org/killer-mike-and-bernie-sanders-disagree-on-guns-agree-on-pretty-much-everything-else-62221b9268c9/

[hatrack]

11. Too bad, so sad, FUCK YOU

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