Discourse: The NRA Way

The Face of the NRA1

When it comes to news, on any given story, I have this habit of trying to read multiple sources to try and get a clearer picture of how things may have happened.  Because it’s easy enough to make small gaffes or misspoken moments into bigger issues than they actually are.  And as someone whose job it is to exaggerate things for comedic effect, I’d start from as neutral a place as I can.  I say all that to talk about Ted Nugent.  I saw several headlines over the weekend talking about Ted, known Gun advocate, and board member of the NRA.  Now, he can be a bit…out there, but when it was suggested by headlines that he openly advocated for out and out shooting people, I thought to myself “well, obviously there is some context missing here.  Then I listened to the clip and read the quote word for word and…yeah, no, he just told people to shoot liberals, democrats and half of the government.  Seriously. “Don’t ask why. Just know that evil, dishonesty, and scam artists have always been around and that right now they’re liberal, they’re Democrat, they’re RINOs, they’re Hollywood, they’re fake news, they’re media, they’re academia, and they’re half of our government, at least, so come to that realization. There are rabid coyotes running around. You don’t wait till you see one to go get your gun. Keep your gun handy, and every time you see one, you shoot one.”  Those are his words.  One could reasonable call that an incitement to violence.

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