National School Walkout

[rogue06]

Looks like the left is bankrolling student protests. Buried way down in the story we find this:

Source: 'Today we start a revolution': Parkland shooting survivors prepare to lead hundreds of thousands in Washington DC on historic March For Our Lives gun-control protests

George and Amal Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and Cher were among the stars who marched in solidarity with the youngsters and their parents.

The Clooneys and Oprah each donated $500,000 to facilitate the event, as did Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg.



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And this is an issue because...?

Remember the meme that this is all student led, student organized etc.


Just saw an interview where a girl named Lucy mentioned in an off-hand way how MSNBC helped them get to the rally

The Hill has reported that

Source: MTV announces plan to send busloads of young people to anti-gun violence march

MTV said Friday that it would band together with several celebrities and the NAACP to send buses of young people to the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C.

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MTV announced the effort on Twitter, saying the network is teaming up with the NAACP and celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Fallon, Carmelo Anthony and Halsey to sponsor 17 busloads of youth from communities impacted by gun violence.




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This student-led grassroots movement is getting awfully Tinsletown AstroTurf-ish

[Starlight]

This Hogg kid is a vile little Cretan, if my teenage son ever used the kind of language publicly that he did I would have slapped his ears back.

Gotta love the backward morality where war crimes are fine but bad language is terrible.

[Starlight]

The event seems to have attracted a few people...





...I guess George Soros must be getting pretty poor now paying all these people (and all the people at the Women's March).

[Tassman]

The Hill has reported that

Source: MTV announces plan to send busloads of young people to anti-gun violence march

MTV said Friday that it would band together with several celebrities and the NAACP to send buses of young people to the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C.

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MTV announced the effort on Twitter, saying the network is teaming up with the NAACP and celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Fallon, Carmelo Anthony and Halsey to sponsor 17 busloads of youth from communities impacted by gun violence.




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This student-led grassroots movement is getting awfully Tinsletown AstroTurf-ish

The commonsense articulate intelligence of these young people is an inspiration to everyone and gives hope for the future.

This Hogg kid is a vile little Cretan, if my teenage son ever used the kind of language publicly that he did I would have slapped his ears back.

Hogg is a fine young man, anyone with a son like that should be proud.

[Juvenal]

This Hogg kid is a vile little Cretan, if my teenage son ever used the kind of language publicly that he did I would have slapped his ears back.

I question the wisdom of suggesting a violent response to a victim of a school shooting.

[seer]

You'd prefer kids to die without commenting? I'm not surprised, I mean how DARE they attack the mighty Gun?

No I was speaking of his language, you can find some of his profanity laced rants on line.

[seer]

I question the wisdom of suggesting a violent response to a victim of a school shooting.

I said if he was my kid. And please spare me the false outrage...

[Juvenal]

This student-led grassroots movement is getting awfully Tinsletown AstroTurf-ish

A couple of busloads financed by MTV needs to be compared to the hundreds of thousands who marched on Washington and its sibling marches across the country and around the world. That's a dandelion in a soccer field. Thin.

Yes, some students got on the MTV bus, but the fact is it was never MTV's bus.

Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Scott Beigel, 35
Martin Duque, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jaime Guttenberg, 14
Chris Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
Joaquin Oliver, 17
Alaina Petty, 14
Meadow Pollack, 18
Helena Ramsay, 17
Alex Schachter, 14
Carmen Schentrup, 16
Peter Wang, 15

I question the wisdom of minimizing student contributions, first and foremost because marginalizing the students can only lead to marginalizing their undeniably valid concerns. Or so you'd think. Immediately after the MSD shootings, crisis actor conspiracy videos rocketed to the top of the YouTube charts. "It's not really the students" arguments open the door wide to objectionable allies.



There's also the "bad math" issue. David Hogg has half a million followers on twitter alone. Emma has over a million. The support from tinseltown is a consequence of the strength of these students' voices, not conversely.

The NRA host was factually correct. If not for his dead classmates, David Hogg would never have showed up on TV.

"We're children," the senior said live on CNN. "You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role. Work together. Come over your politics and get something done."

This is what David's actually said, and he's right. And he's wonderfully polite about it. Imagine if he said what needs to be said.

Freedom is killing our children.

[Juvenal]

This Hogg kid is a vile little Cretan, if my teenage son ever used the kind of language publicly that he did I would have slapped his ears back.

I question the wisdom of suggesting a violent response to a victim of a school shooting.

I said if he was my kid. And please spare me the false outrage...

There was a clear suggestion that David deserved to have his ears slapped back, which, considering the context, was indeed outrageous. If there's any place where cursing and obscenity is best overlooked, it's from a school shooting victim in the aftermath of a school shooting.

I question the wisdom of physically attacking children, in general. It teaches them to behave out of fear, rather than principle, and inevitably leads to a belief that once they grow big enough, they should feel free to impose their will by force rather than to persuade by reason. And in the end, it teaches little more than to be more sneaky to avoid getting caught.

[Juvenal]

You'd ...

Posts, not posters, please.

[Juvenal]

[seer]

There was a clear suggestion that David deserved to have his ears slapped back, which, considering the context, was indeed outrageous. If there's any place where cursing and obscenity is best overlooked, it's from a school shooting victim in the aftermath of a school shooting.

I listened to a number of these kids from the school, and I personally know parents from Sandy Hook, a town I used to live in. I have no problem with them, I see Hogg as no more than a self adsorbed opportunist. A useful tool of the reactionary left.

I question the wisdom of physically attacking children, in general. It teaches them to behave out of fear, rather than principle, and inevitably leads to a belief that once they grow big enough, they should feel free to impose their will by force rather than to persuade by reason. And in the end, it teaches little more than to be more sneaky to avoid getting caught.

Thank you Dr. Spock, but I raised two boys who are good men, good fathers and respectful, who in the course of younger years I had to spank now and then.

[rogue06]

A couple of busloads financed by MTV needs to be compared to the hundreds of thousands who marched on Washington and its sibling marches across the country and around the world. That's a dandelion in a soccer field. Thin.

Yes, some students got on the MTV bus, but the fact is it was never MTV's bus.

Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Scott Beigel, 35
Martin Duque, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jaime Guttenberg, 14
Chris Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
Joaquin Oliver, 17
Alaina Petty, 14
Meadow Pollack, 18
Helena Ramsay, 17
Alex Schachter, 14
Carmen Schentrup, 16
Peter Wang, 15

I question the wisdom of minimizing student contributions, first and foremost because marginalizing the students can only lead to marginalizing their undeniably valid concerns. Or so you'd think. Immediately after the MSD shootings, crisis actor conspiracy videos rocketed to the top of the YouTube charts. "It's not really the students" arguments open the door wide to objectionable allies.



There's also the "bad math" issue. David Hogg has half a million followers on twitter alone. Emma has over a million. The support from tinseltown is a consequence of the strength of these students' voices, not conversely.

The NRA host was factually correct. If not for his dead classmates, David Hogg would never have showed up on TV.

"We're children," the senior said live on CNN. "You guys are the adults. You need to take some action and play a role. Work together. Come over your politics and get something done."

This is what David's actually said, and he's right. And he's wonderfully polite about it. Imagine if he said what needs to be said.

Freedom is killing our children.

In the part you snipped off from my post MTV made it clear that it wasn't "their" bus but rather that they partnered with the NAACP and several celebutards to provide them. And looking at the ages, it's pretty obvious some of the ones you call students are anything but. And since it was 17 buses I'll bet the list you provided was anything but complete.

Then you have another group of Hollyweird's elite kicking in $500,000 each.

And the offhand remark by "Lisa" that MSNBC helped her and her friends (yeah, I know. Assuming gender) get to the rally.

And these are just the ones I happened across (I haven't been looking for reports of outside support and sponsoring).

Just imagine how the MSM would report all this if it were for a pro-Trump rally or Tea Party protest.

[rogue06]

There was a clear suggestion that David deserved to have his ears slapped back, which, considering the context, was indeed outrageous. If there's any place where cursing and obscenity is best overlooked, it's from a school shooting victim in the aftermath of a school shooting.

True, if the shooting had just taken place. But since it was over a month ago now at what point does he stop getting a pass for his toxic potty mouth?

[carpedm9587]

The Hill has reported that

Source: MTV announces plan to send busloads of young people to anti-gun violence march

MTV said Friday that it would band together with several celebrities and the NAACP to send buses of young people to the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C.

...

MTV announced the effort on Twitter, saying the network is teaming up with the NAACP and celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Jimmy Fallon, Carmelo Anthony and Halsey to sponsor 17 busloads of youth from communities impacted by gun violence.




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This student-led grassroots movement is getting awfully Tinsletown AstroTurf-ish

You do understand the difference between "student led" and "student funded," right? As has been said several times, I have seen no real claim that there has been no adult involvement, and I don't see a problem if there is - except in the need for the right to figure out how best to defame these kids...