In the good old days of the 24-hour news cycle, it used to take an hour for tragedies to become politicized. That is apparently not the case in the Twitter age. The gun control crowd didn’t waste a second before insulting the victims of the Oregon mall shooting. We don’t even know the identities of the dead, but already they’re being used as pawns in the morbid games of the anti-gun left.
We would much prefer to respectfully report the details surrounding this atrocity, but no, we’re talking about gun control already. So, to all of you out there pontificating, we beg you to stop this necrophilic theatre of the macabre and let people mourn in peace.
https://twitter.com/Lesliethinks/status/278656627085807616
https://twitter.com/SArchibald1/status/278662310376116224
nope. no "gun culture" here… : RT @andersoncooper: Shooting at mall in Portland, Oregon, will have full details at 8p on @AC360
— ??☔️Molly ☮❤??️? (@CSSRMolly) December 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/ElForko/status/278654774440759296
PORTLAND OREGON SHOOTING ON MALL BY MAN WITH ASSAULT RIFLE!!! TIME FOR SERIOUS GUN CONTROL!!
— RoseMary Colarusso (@rsemry1) December 12, 2012
“@cnnbrk: Several people shot as gunman opens fire at #Oregon mall, police say. http://t.co/KucaUemR” gun control policy
— Stephen A. Green (@GreenTheRev) December 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/mjeichmann/status/278659941215109123
https://twitter.com/JDeisen/status/278661011144339457
Shooting in Oregon today. I wonder if @piersmorgan is allowed to speak out about gun control now or will Fox News have another freak out
— (((Ryan Woloshin))) (@RWoloshin) December 12, 2012
More mass shootings. Now in Oregon at a mall. Can we now have an open and honest dialogue on gun control?
— J. Sanderson, Sr. (@7orunmila) December 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/mooney_c/status/278664725787734016
It's time for stricter Gun Laws: Portland Oregon, these death sadden my heart=Let us all pray for the victims.
— Xtradonaire (@Xtradonaire) December 12, 2012
https://twitter.com/hmgflyer/status/278665253833801729
Let’s be clear here: if you hear about people dying and your first thought is anything political, you need help. It’s sick, twisted, heartless and morally repulsive. It’s never going to be OK to talk like this so soon after a shooting — because maybe, just maybe, raw grief should outweigh political point-scoring for a few hours.
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