Conservative Erick Erickson is under fire by gun control activists for quote tweeting this response by Shannon Watts to that NYT op-ed by Bethany Mandel’s NYT we’ve been telling you about:
Interesting that the New York Times paired this op-ed by a white woman based on her anecdotes of fear and paranoia – instead of actual gun safety data – with a photo of a woman of color… https://t.co/gDayS7DcsX
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 5, 2018
Here’s all that Erickson wrote that has libs hitting the “report” button:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/970886710979645441
Watts’ response to Erickson is what triggered the reports:
My family and I are threatened with death by your followers – actual gun extremists – on a routine basis and will be again because of your tweet.
Over 50 women are shot and killed by intimate partners every month. Rhetoric about guns endangers women; it doesn’t make them safer. https://t.co/BzH4RkjJeo
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 6, 2018
The reaction:
Reported.
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) March 6, 2018
Also reported.
— Heather Whaley (@HeatherWhaley) March 6, 2018
We’ll update when/if Twitter responds to this.
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Related:
TRASH: Colion Noir SCHOOLED Shannon Watts on black gun-owners so BADLY she DELETED her tweet https://t.co/yoUr5u8RoW
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 6, 2018
'Worst tweet I've SEEN.' Mary Katharine Ham WALLOPS Shannon Watts for ugly attack on Bethany Mandel https://t.co/E3rOKseAHM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 6, 2018
Shannon Watts dismisses woman's story of a home intruder as an anecdote of 'fear and paranoia' https://t.co/HwfviGmJmZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 6, 2018
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