LOL: Buzzfeed journo takes offense to Twitter, Snapchat's description of #MarchForOurLives (then it gets AWKWARD)

The organizers of the #MarchForOurLives try to insist that it’s a nonpartisan endeavor that is a “march against gun violence,” and one Buzzfeed reporter isn’t happy that a couple of social media outlets aren’t sticking to the assigned narrative and are actually telling it like it is:

Seriously @Twitter and @Snapchat why are you guys calling #MarchForOurLives a "gun control rally." It's a march against gun violence. Get it together @jack and @evanspiegel (h/t @janetphd) pic.twitter.com/lVaAQQBpsY

— Amber Jamieson (@ambiej) March 24, 2018

Why are they calling it a “gun control rally”? For starters, maybe Twitter and Snapchat are paying attention to other Buzzfeed reporters:

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/977558501663834112

Buzzfeed reporter. pic.twitter.com/JMvyQHgKUq

— Sheepdog5931 (@sheepdog5931) March 24, 2018

pic.twitter.com/wKxqYcp5wU

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 24, 2018

Ask your employer. pic.twitter.com/ej3yIM41Ti

— Sheepdog5931 (@sheepdog5931) March 24, 2018

Awkward! But it’s not just Buzzfeed. It’s possible some Twitter and Snapchat people are watching CNN:

Wait, @cnn … I thought it was a rally to "end gun violence" not for gun control. pic.twitter.com/j85xF6rWr6

— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) March 24, 2018

Even some in the media are accidentally telling it like it is!

"Like,why are you taking the calls to repeal the Second Amendment totally seriously, and stuff?" #JournalismIsDead https://t.co/NpnqsxVdEz

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) March 24, 2018

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If that were true, people would march in front of the @browardsheriff’s office, and demand that Scott Israel resign, or be fired. https://t.co/wB1JQZ1WcF

— Sam Valley (@SamValley) March 24, 2018

I'm really tired of this practice, which I will call "term policing." You want to avoid criticism by forcing people to reframe your politics using unimpeachable terms.

They're calling for gun control. It's a gun control rally. https://t.co/MkOCOayXTN

— neontaster (@neontaster) March 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/cb0321/status/977569267167256576

Sometimes they can’t help themselves.