As students rise up to demand gun control the right aims to take them down, along with anyone who offers them support After Parkland’s mass shooting, the wind seems to have changed. Students are speaking out, demanding that politicians act. And they’re getting some traction. Many found their voice on Twitter and directly attacked the Donald Trump’s strange and distracted online response to the massacre. David Hogg, a student journalist who interviewed his classmates as the massacre was happening, has been one of the leaders of a chorus of students calling for tough action on gun control. Emma Gonzalez made a widely shared, impassioned speech which attacked the president directly, calling out the funding he has received from the National Rifle Association. Today, many of them are making their way in buses to the Florida State House to demand change. Continue reading… Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/20/how-rightwing-media-is-already-attacking-florida-teens-speaking-out Tags: #IndieBrew, Fake News | #FakeNews, Guns and Weapons | #Guns, IndieBrew, Politics | #Politics, Real Life Heroes | #Heroes, Resist | #Resist, World News | #WorldNews, #MusicNews
Original Post: https://droolindog.net/2018/02/20/how-rightwing-media-is-already-attacking-florida-teens-speaking-out/
Original Post: https://droolindog.net/2018/02/20/how-rightwing-media-is-already-attacking-florida-teens-speaking-out/
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