It was only yesterday morning when The Washington Post ran an embarrassing piece on “gunsplaining” — essentially the piece argued that gun control advocates with no hands-on experience with guns were being “harangued with the pedantry of the more-credible-than-thou firearms owner” who actually knew the difference between a magazine and a clip.
But as many have pointed out: words and definitions matter, especially when legislators with no knowledge of guns and how they work are writing legislation to ban their sale or possession.
Vox’s Zack Beauchamp must have decided it wasn’t too late to soak up some of the mockery that the Post’s piece engendered, so he offered up a similar hot take using heroin as an analogy.
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/971116551582691330
This is a terrible analogy. https://t.co/fV2aX2WV8c
— Highbrow Haze (@HighbrowHaze) March 8, 2018
We need to ban high-capacity assault needles. https://t.co/nwg7YIAvOh
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) March 8, 2018
Um …
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/971116759955763200
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/971117554038173696
But seeing as we’re dealing with one of Vox’s “explainers” here …
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/971117777485467648
https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/971118125281398788
We’re glad he agrees that the people writing the legislation should know what they’re talking about. But do they? We’re reminded they don’t every time Sen. Dianne Feinstein calls an AR-15 a “weapon of war.”
A chunk of the media has really gone all-in on "we don't need to actually *learn* about the subjects we cover". https://t.co/vrKnousou2
— Alex Godofsky (@AlexGodofsky) March 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/dvaughanCI/status/971558859893608449
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This is a fascinating, and hilarious, development with leftists where they attempt to shame people for expecting opinions to be well informed. https://t.co/2bXOLFF8kw
— Beelzebub’s Tesseract (@CJHerod) March 8, 2018
If you make a living explaining the news you ought to value the importance of being well-informed when debating public policy … or voting. https://t.co/in990wVndB
— MarcyJMiller (@MarcyJMiller) March 8, 2018
Um no the equivalent of that would be asking you to understand the biology of a gunshot wound, Zack.
If you don't know the difference between heroin and Advil, then yes, you shouldn't be opining on the drug war. https://t.co/kZ40WEG9RE
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 8, 2018
Expertise isn’t required…but some basic knowledge is necessary. A person who can’t tell the difference between auto and semi-auto or a magazine and a clip does need to brush up a bit. https://t.co/jqNrCTIIc4
— Mark Noonan (@Mark_E_Noonan) March 8, 2018
A reporter who mistakes earplugs for rubber bullets might want to brush up on gun terminology too.
Unless you're going to use gun terminology incorrectly to support your argument, in which case — yes, you should know what you're talking about. https://t.co/ekfYvz5EeS
— Lecture Cloak (@LectureCloak) March 8, 2018
Lefty Media People: We've never bothered to figure out semi-auto fire, what a suppressor does, or any other basic knowledge about guns. With that in mind, we demand you let us write sweeping new regulations on things we refuse to understand, gun-splainershttps://t.co/leFbJcneYU
— Swallwell's Penumbras (@JimDelRey) March 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/WeMeantWell/status/971117356150870018
But Parkland survivor Emma González said it was just that simple: “just remove the guns that cause the most carnage.”
Anyway, back to the war on drugs, um, guns:
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/971571518890110976
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/971573391009267712
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/971574072910872576
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/971574626848358400
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/971575594650501120
Obligatory:
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/971558256463306758
Yeah, it’s him.
https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/971565797830164486
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'Oh, good GRIEF'! This WaPo opinion piece on 'gunsplaining' is 'BEYOND embarrassing' https://t.co/8EcQsTENvq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 6, 2018
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