Once the bull bucks off the rider, he is hell bent on goring that cowboy. But then a clown appears, and suddenly the bull redirects he energy toward the clown. That seems to be what happened to all those progressives who were hell bent on defacing Confederate monuments not too long ago.
The shooting in Florida really got their attention. "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," was the mantra made famous by Rahm Emanuel. And they immediately shifted targets. The NRA suddenly became the scapegoat. And they charged like a rodeo bull.
How easily manipulated they must be. It will be a while before we learn whether any of the deep pocket lefties helped finance this reinvigorated movement. But it will not be a big surprise to learn they've invested in it. At least one writer is already speculating.
Meanwhile, the NRA didn't do anything to facilitate the killings. But that doesn't matter much to progressives. It's too tempting a target. Saul Alinsky would approve.
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12:48 PM 2/24/2018
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