• March 29, 2024

Democrat Hypocrisy on Orlando

Dual tragedies rocked Orlando, FL this week. A massacre at the Pulse nightclub on Saturday. A two year-old boy snatched by an alligator at a Disney resort beach. Both attacks were deadly. Both are horrifying.  The Democrat/Liberal/Progressive (affectionately dubbed “DemoLib”) response to both tragedies highlights the glaring hypocrisy of the DemoLib approach to just about everything – and the mind-numbing ignorance of the mainstream media on guns.

Post-Pulse nightclub massacre, the usual suspects fairly leapt to the microphones to decry the “assault weapon” used by Omar Mateen in the mass shooting. The media had a collective meltdown over how “easy” it is for any nut job to purchase a gun.

It took about a nano-second for high-level DemoLibs to jump into the fray.

Speaking in Cleveland on Monday, Shrillary Clinton said the Saturday shooting in Orlando was “mind-numbingly familiar.” Her “assault weapons/weapons of war” comments begin at about 12:10. They’re followed by the “mind-numbingly familiar” remarks about loopholes/criminal background checks/buying guns on-line or at a gun show at about 12:30.

Clinton also maintained that if the FBI is watching you and you’re too dangerous to get on a plane, you shouldn’t be able to buy a gun in America. No word yet on whether or not you should be able to run for president if you’re under FBI investigation.

But wait. It gets better.

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said passing gun control is now “part and parcel” of homeland security. Whatever that means:

Now watch this dynamic duo react to the death of a toddler at the jaws of an assault alligator:

 

Got that? Good. Because there’s a giant hypocrisy here. While the DemoLib immediate reaction to a lone gunman’s terrible crime is to take aim at constitutional rights, the reaction to another terrible event involving an innocent toddler is … well. Crickets.

Meanwhile, the towering ignorance of the mainstream media on the subject is… towering.  Most of the nightclub massacre narrative and consequent media feeding frenzy focuses on guns. But many members of the mainstream media can’t even accurately identify the weapon.

Eric Reed, the founder of Gun Rights Across America, points this out in Dear Fox News: Please Stop Contributing to Ignorance by Calling it An Assault Rifle:

The widely popular AR-15 and AK-47 are actually semi-automatic rifles. Quite frankly, they’re not that different than many popular hunting rifles on the market. They just look a lot cooler.

Secondly, the ‘AR’ in AR-15 doesn’t stand for assault rifle. It’s actually abbreviated for ArmaLite, the company that originally designed and manufactured the AR-15 and AR-10. ArmaLite then sold their design to Colt in 1959.

Furthermore, the term ‘assault rifle’ was actually a term coined by the anti-gun crowd to describe a scary looking gun they know absolutely nothing about. Even the AR-15’s big brother, the fully automatic M-16 used primarily by law enforcement and the military, isn’t called an assault rifle. It’s known as a service rifle.

The weapon used in the Orlando attack was a Sig Sauer MCX carbine. But because the AR-15 is high on the DemoLib “big, scary gun” list, that’s the weapon they want to ban. This from people who wouldn’t know a hammer from a sear or why that makes a difference in the functioning of a rifle.

The body of the Nebraska toddler who was snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World was found Wednesday. The boy was one of 16 people killed in alligator attacks in Florida since 1997. While “no swimming” signs are reportedly posted at the beach where the boy was attacked, no signs warn about alligators.

Will sign companies be held liable for allegedly incomplete signage? Shall we blame Disney World for the independent actions of a wild animal? Will the lagoon where the attack took place be permanently drained?  Will all swimming be banned? While we’re at it, can we just get rid of beaches altogether?

You get the picture. If the DemoLib solution to every problem is “ban it, tax it, or restrict it,” can they at least be consistent? Like this:

A primary element connecting several recent massacres – San Bernardino, Paris, Charlie Hebdo, and the Pulse – is the Koran/ISIS. So why aren’t DemoLibs talking “meaningful, responsible” Koran/ISIS policies? How ‘bout an assault alligator ban?  I mean, geez. Multi-teeth capacity jaws. Powerful recoil. Reptilian-plated armor.  Why aren’t these dear hearts shilling for expanded beach checks? Reptile reform? “Safe and sane” gator control?

Oh, wait. Calling for alligator bans and the like would tick off PETA, environmental wackos, beach goers, and the worldwide association of assault alligator lovers. In other words, going after all alligators because a few pose deadly threats to toddlers and other hapless victims wouldn’t score political points for DemoLibs. And we can’t have that now, can we?

That’s one reason why the typical DemoLib one-size-fits-none “cure” for every ill or issue doesn’t pass the smell test. Translation for DemoLibs:  That’s one reason why your one-size-fits-none “cure” for every ill or issue doesn’t pass the smell test.

Finally, last time I checked – yesterday – the U.S. Constitution didn’t address the rights of reptiles to keep and bear teeth. Or prowl Florida beaches. While no one is advocating the extermination, restriction, or ban of all alligators because of the horrific actions of a few, the DemoLib collective is smacking its lips over the chance to do just that to the Second Amendment.

What say you?

 

 

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