https://twitter.com/R2B2_/status/742394993629794304
As Twitchy reported, the New York Daily News wasted no time in pinning the deadly Orlando massacre on the NRA.
Not to be outdone, the New York Times offered up this brilliant take:
Omar Mateen demonstrates just how potent the mix of ISIS and NRA ideology is https://t.co/YXY7lkbeGz via @nytopinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 13, 2016
What?
“Mix of ISIS and NRA ideology.” https://t.co/No0iMhA0Nt
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 13, 2016
OK, yeah. We read that correctly.
While the op-ed’s author Roger Cohen concedes that ISIS poses a serious, dangerous threat, he can’t resist taking the opportunity to loop the NRA into his web of blame:
Mateen demonstrated again just how potent the mix of ISIS and National Rifle Association ideology is. America is the perfect setting for “lone wolf” ISIS followers because they have access to the weapons they need to do their worst. Despite having been investigated twice in recent years by the F.B.I. for possible ties to terrorism, Mateen was able to walk into a Florida gun dealership recently, and acquire a “long gun” and a pistol. This, by any reasonable standard, is madness.
The AR-15 assault rifle used by Mateen was also the weapon used by the San Bernardino shooters. The former N.R.A. president, David Keene, once described the weapons as the “gun liberals love to hate.” It is in fact the rifle that illustrates why lax American gun laws make American lives cheap. The laws are an aberration.
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C’mon, man. Enough is enough.
@nytimes @nytopinion "I don't see it." he said frantically flipping through NRA publications looking for ISIS merger
— John O'Connell (@anvilinvest) June 13, 2016
Gentle reminder – NRA not in Paris, Belgium, Jakarta, etc.
— Rusty Weiss ?? (@rustyweiss74) June 13, 2016
Hmm, so are we going to blame the NRA for the Paris attacks, too? Come on.
— Chewy Yorkie (@ChewyYorkie) June 13, 2016
so the NRA was in Paris?
— JimW_in_ABQ (@JimW_in_NM) June 13, 2016
what did the NRA have to do with the Boston Bombing or 9/11?
— Jimni27 (@jimni27) June 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/TANSTAAFL23/status/742393695756918785
https://twitter.com/JohnBurtner/status/742383034482053120
They’d find a way. You know they’d find a way.
The mob incitement begins. The @nytimes hopes to use pain from the atrocity to whip up hysteria against gun owners and NRA.
— Sinapus (@Sinapus) June 13, 2016
you are part of the problem when you blame law abiding citizens for a terrorist attack
— Gabe, Bella, and their humom Susan (@SWestler) June 13, 2016
Blame the real culprit and his allegiance to ISIS. Leave the NRA out of this.
— Stacey Owens (@stacey__owens) June 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/rachview/status/742395913373679617
https://twitter.com/Middle_Man_1975/status/742381637795610625
Sick! Blaming 5 million law abiding Americans for a jihadist terrorist attack! WTH
— Mama's Got A Gun (@MamasGotAGun) June 13, 2016
how stupid is this? It's radical islamic terrorism! He would have found a way no matter what!
— Txtechlaw98 (@txtechlaw98) June 13, 2016
He pledged allegiance to ISIS, not the NRA. @nytopinion
— Mumzie (@mumzieistired) June 13, 2016
What a crock of shit that is..
— Tom Carlson (@tcarlso1) June 13, 2016
I can't say "fuck the NY Times" enough “@charlescwcooke: “Mix of ISIS and NRA ideology.” https://t.co/wfgQmH4nbd”
— Harold Stockinghands ?? (@StickeeNotes) June 13, 2016
Go fuck yourselves, you shameless assholes.
— Harold Stockinghands ?? (@StickeeNotes) June 13, 2016
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