A great example of the horribleness is from today's letter by Wayne Hull of Yukon. He begins:
So Obamacare is to be delayed — again. Here’s an idea: Let’s replace 'Obamacare' with 'gun control.' The president successfully maneuvers a massive overhaul of gun licensing, which gets the process out of state control and creates a federal program. This affects even those who carry weapons as part of their jobs. He tours the nation to assuage concerned gun owners that law won’t impact current gun license holders: 'If you have a state gun license, you can keep it.'No, no-- HERE is an idea: DON'T WRITE A SHITTY LETTER!!!! Seriously. It's hard to know were to start, even. The whole "let's replace one thing with another" idea to somehow prove a bit of hypocrisy or whatever is tired and rarely all that effective. After all, gun control isn't health care. Indeed, it's hard to imagine any similarities at all. Trying to replace the Affordable Care Act with some made-up federal gun licensing act is pointless and stupid. And yes the Oklahoman runs this letter? It's pathetic.
Anyhow, Mr Hull continues:
A few scattered voices assert that it would be impossible for all state standards to mesh with the new federal ones, but their vocal concerns are dismissed as 'scare tactics.' Then the law kicks in. Chaos ensues. People start getting notified by various state agencies that their guns will be illegal after a certain date if not re-registered according to new federal licensing law.I love this narrative. In this made-up story about gun control and federal licensing, "a few scattered voices" complain because they just know that the entire thing "would be impossible" to work out. And I love that with this new federal gun control law, "chaos ensues" once it goes into effect. CHAOS. Because gun ownership is a fundamental aspect of America and hundreds of millions of Americans are now concerned about whether they can keep their AK-47s or not. CHAOS!
The president looks bad. He announces that certain aspects of the law won’t be implemented immediately. He starts making exemptions for individuals and then finally announces the delay of the gun law’s full implementation for a set number of years. Would people be admiring his political savvy?Jesus fucking fuck. We have been over the "exemption" thing already. WHY IS THE OKLAHOMAN STILL RUNNING LETTERS LIKE THIS? Ugh. And, as has been talked about already, delays on implementing complex laws happen ALL THE TIME. Why get all broken up about it? This is what happens when you live in a media echo chamber.
In a world of Sandy Hooks, would the president’s gun licensing delays be passively accepted as what is necessary to save Democrats in upcoming elections? Does anyone think we wouldn’t see massive protests and outrage? And yet nothing the president would be doing with that hypothetical law differs from his real life delays for Obamacare.Wait. What?!? So the assertion is that delaying certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act is no purely political? And when he asks "Does anyone think we wouldn’t see massive protests and outrage?" is he an idiot?? Like, YES, IF THERE WERE A FEDERAL GUN LAW THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROTESTS AND OUTRAGE BEFORE IT EVER BECAME LAW. But if we want to live in Mr Hull's pretend world, uh, no. There would probably not be massive protests and outrage. Are there now? Even though we are in a "world of Sandy Hooks"? (Great writing!) And what about that closing sentence: "And yet nothing the president would be doing with that hypothetical law differs from his real life delays for Obamacare."
What the fuck does that even mean?? That... what? This is all just a long-winded "I hate Obama and the Affordable Care Act For Reasons I Cannot Even Articulate" letter, except that it sucks because it's written by someone who is trying to be smart but clearly isn't. Why would the Oklahoman run a letter like this?!?
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