A fake photo of Emma Gonzalez went viral on the far right, where Parkland teens are villains

[workinclasszero]

A fake photo of Emma González went viral on the far right, where Parkland teens are villains
By Alex Horton March 26 at 7:19

A doctored animation of González tearing the U.S. Constitution in half circulated on social media during the rally, after it was lifted from a Teen Vogue story about teenage activists. In the real image, González is ripping apart a gun-range target.

The doctored image mushrooming across social media appeared to confirm the belief among Second Amendment absolutists that calls for stricter gun-control measures are transgressive, destroying the very foundation of the United States.

The animation bounced around conservative Twitter before it received a signal boost Saturday from actor Adam Baldwin.

He tweeted to a quarter of a million followers with a hashtag reading “#Vorwärts!” — the German word for “forward” and an apparent reference to the Hitler Youth, whose march song included the word.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2018/03/25/a-fake-photo-of-emma-gonzalez-went-viral-on-the-far-right-where-parkland-teens-are-villains/?utm_term=.7b761aec8ba8

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. It is true these GREAT patriots, these kids, are now the enemy of the right and the right

are violent.

So it is up to us to protect them.

[workinclasszero]

3. When they doctor up pics of these kids tearing up the constitution

It's a dog whistle for every Trump gun humper in the country to attack them.

I'm not talking verbally, I'm talking about with their favorite weapon of mass murder the AR-15.

[LonePirate]

2. The far right has been clamoring for a new enemy since Hillary and Obama left the public sphere.

They need someone to keep their rage machine turning because rage is all they have.

However, going after a high schooler, especially one who is smarter than any of them, is not a wise decision when it comes to defending your viewpoint.

[murielm99]

5. Hillary especially.

They miss having Hillary to rage at and demean.

The right wing misogynists need a woman to pick on. It speaks to their fears of being displaced by women and minorities. This young woman is Hispanic, female, bi and smarter than the whole pack of them put together. They are afraid. They should be afraid.

BTW, I can't get in to read the article.

[blake2012]

4. Where are the leaders on the right condemning such lies and shitty behavior? Atttacking teens who

speak up for their own lives and millions of other kids? Unfathomable the depths we have sunk to as a country.

[SummerSnow]

6. The leaders on the right do not like children

[C_U_L8R]

7. They've lost.

The best these chumps have is a hamfisted forgery. What losers.

[samir.g]

8. gun humpers are sick fucks