Slate’s round-up of conservative media reaction after the mass shooting in Las Vegas was summed up this way:
Conservative media: I'd rather be free than safe. https://t.co/3ebA4wDMoo pic.twitter.com/9CrFrZ0ejW
— Slate (@Slate) October 4, 2017
Well, in a way they nailed it:
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/915695531128688640
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/915716341788823552
Awwww….and we thought you weren't listening. ?
— Esse Quam Videri (@karmacamilleon1) October 5, 2017
And?
— Diana Allocco (@dianamee) October 5, 2017
Perhaps they should be more concerned about their own position rather than that of “conservative media”:
So @slate would rather be safe than free? Do these sites have editors?
— Chris (@chris_b4) October 4, 2017
And the assumption that a lack of freedom leads to safety can be fatal.
https://twitter.com/rottencoreblah/status/915696818595532803
https://twitter.com/0pfour/status/915699108718960640
Because the surest way to remain safe is to give up your freedom. #idiotshttps://t.co/TUaOsiTOTW
— BT (@back_ttys) October 5, 2017
Damn straight. I can handle my own safety just fine
— JonO (@buginmyeye) October 5, 2017
If you're not free, someone can do with you as they please. And one day they will.
— Mark S. Hankins (@flacorps) October 5, 2017
Holy False Dichotomy!
There is no way to guarantee safety. Freedom, though…..
— Chuck Vipperman (@ChuckVipperman) October 4, 2017
Slate: We'd rather be dumb than smart. https://t.co/Jnwq2KyyRk
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) October 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/nochiefs/status/915693095370596352
Let's play a game.
Which of these two sounds more like something a slave would say.
"I'd rather be safe than free," or: https://t.co/m4SAYLBuVx— Stephen Herreid (@StephenHerreid) October 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/yaguu9922/status/915925824951455744
I felt safer with a gun than I do without one. https://t.co/af8galYfWc
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) October 5, 2017
Liberal media: I'd rather let the government run every aspect of our lives. Unless of course he's literally Hitler.
— ThatMasshole (@DirtyWaterFan) October 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/KevinWGlass/status/915892313099993088
Ha! Yeah, what happened to that?
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."~Benjamin Franklin https://t.co/J9RGtyE9Xs
— Ross (@indyrallen) October 5, 2017
Maybe the Left will get back to that quote once a Dem is back in the White House and Dems control Congress.
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