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

[poboy2]

Source: The Washington Post

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

The Washington Post
Alex Horton
14 hrs ago

Gun-control advocates have held up Gonzlez as a figurehead of the movement, splashing her trademark shaved head on T-shirts and viral images.

Then, there is another viewpoint of her activism.

A doctored animation of Gonzlez 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, Gonzlez 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 sacrosanct, 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 #Vorwrts!, the German word for forward and an apparent reference to the Hitler Youth, whose march song included the word.

Read more: 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

[murielm99]

1. The link did not lead me to a story about Emma.

I hope Emma is strong. The misogyny is horrible.

[lancelyons]

2. Here is a working URL

[link:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-fake-photo-of-emma-gonz%C3%A1lez-went-viral-on-the-far-right-where-parkland-teens-are-villains/ar-BBKGLzk?li=BBnb7Kz|]

[poboy2]

3. Thank you. I tried to change but when I copy/paste it, it still doesn't work.

You tried. I'm an idiot.

[getagrip_already]

6. woops, wrong place, see post 5

[Mr.Bill]

4. The gun range target

is their constitution. The real constitution is far too complicated for them and their orange leader to comprehend.

[getagrip_already]

5. msn link still broken, but here is a working one to daily kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/26/1752154/-Emma-Gonzalez-goes-viral-on-the-far-right-but-the-photo-is-fake

[link:

Link to tweet

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[poboy2]

7. Thank you...OP link now correct. -nt

[JohnnyRingo]

8. Youthful vigor will win out in the end.

Grumpy old men don't know how fragile their grasp on power really is.

They will rue the day America's youth was motivated to action. Attempts at antagonizing them only adds fuel to their abundance of fire.

[ProudLib72]

9. This pisses me off to no end

If this is how they want to behave, I say ship them off to a deserted island with no communication to the real world. Nefarious fuckers!

[SunSeeker]

10. I'm sure Melania will be condemning this cyber bullying of kids any minute now...

[Gore1FL]

11. They are abusing the victims of gun violence for being victims of gun violence.

They must know they are losing if they are this desperate.

[SpankMe]

12. Because they're desperate, lying, wrong assholes. That's why. n/t

[7962]

13. And now that video can be altered using your face, who knows whats coming.

And that goes for ANY topic and any person.

[marble falls]

14. Ham fisted but unsurprising Nazi style propaganda. Its what they do. But almost never get away with.

[world wide wally]

15. So now they have to attack 18 year old girls?

Fuck the NRA and anybody who doesn't puke when they hear about it

[red dog 1]

16. K&R...Thanks for posting

btw, Adam Baldwin is the actor who played Ricky Linderman in "My Bodyguard" (1980)
and "Animal Mother" in Full Metal Jacket.

He used to be a Democrat, but now considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian," and in 2015 he endorsed Ted Cruz for president via Twitter.

I wonder if he feels any remorse, now that he knows the photo he "boosted" was a fake?
I also wonder if he has the guts to publicly apologize to Emma Gonzalez?

[Beartracks]

17. Does he know? Would he care?

Would he believe it if pointed out to him?

These people actually believe this is what liberals do.

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[Kablooie]

18. The right always relies on fakes and lies to further their agenda.

They apparently don't believe reason and morality could ever convince people to vote their way.
They must depend on cheating and subterfuge to remain in power.