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“And Those Who Munch on Tide Pods Shall Lead…”
Just like in the movie Heathers, the kids from Parkland High School figured out pretty quickly that parroting the media’s Gun Control Narrative will get them on TV. Just to demonstrate how silly it’s gotten, deranged law professor Lawrence Tribe wants to lower the voting age to 16 so Generation Tide Pod can share its wisdom with us.
Teens between 14 and 18 have far better BS detectors, on average, than “adults” 18 and older. Wouldn’t it be great if the voting age were lowered to 16? Just a pipe dream, I know, but . . . #Children’sCrusade?
No, professor, teenagers do not possess finely tuned BS detectors. Their lack of life experience and desire for validation make them much easier to manipulate than adults. Have you seen the 21st Century hipster mullet high school kids are wearing? Nobody with common sense and a rational worldview gets a haircut like that.
And this is an interesting aside that the media won’t cover because it goes against The Narrative. The Parkland Head Case (whose name I won’t mention) was not referred by school officials to law enforcement — even for offenses like assault and possession of bullets on school property — because of the school’s race-progressive policy of not reporting black and Hispanic offenders. (This sort “educational equity” policy was encouraged under the Obama administration to “combat racial disparities in discipline.”)
By the way, at least one Florida teacher says that the problem isn’t gun, but general societal dysfunction and moral breakdown. No, she will not be offered a speaking slot at the next CNN “town hall.” Also, a grown-up survivor of the Columbine mass-murder has introduced a bill in Colorado to permit concealed carry in schools. This goes against the media’s preferred narrative, and so she will not be getting a speaking gig on CNN.
ABC News took the time to further the Gun Control Narrative by highlighting a video from a guy who virtue-signalishly destroyed the AR-15 he has owned for 30 years so that “it can never be used to kill anyone.” Hey, wait a minute. You mean this guy kept an AR-15 for 30 years and it never once went on a murder rampage? It must be broken or something.
Somebody else who is benefiting from the Democrat Media Complex’s prerogative to reward its ideological fellows is Olympic skater Adam Rippon, who was offered a gig with NBC. Not because of his tenth-place-worthy skating or brilliant insights into sport, but because he attacked a Republican Vice President. The Left takes care of its own.
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Too right.
Exactly. If Professor Tribe were honest, he would see that a lot of his students buy his particular line of nonsense, and few stand up to him, proving most are actually quite gullible.
Hey, I like those haircuts. :)
Otherwise, good post.
Right on! I remember the logic for lowering the age was “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”
Okay, so we give 18 year-olds an M-16 (or a tank, or a howitzer, or a submarine) after they leave boot camp. They get deployed, return home, and cannot buy a handgun for home protection after they get back (assuming they live off base)?
If we’re not going to raise the voting age, then let’s lower the gun-buying age and the drinking/tobacco age.
Surely students who agree with their professor are demonstrating nascent genius.