South Dakota Senator John Thune told an interviewer today that the Las Vegas shooting victims, and for that matter anyone at any future date who happens to find themselves in a similar mass shooting nightmare, needs to step up and accept more responsibility for learning to protect their lives in those situations -- to, as he said, "take steps in their own lives to take precautions," to "get small.":
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) on Tuesday responded to calls for increased gun control after the massacre in Las Vegas by telling reporters that shooting victims had a responsibility to protect themselves from gunfire.
"It sounds like [the shooter] used conversion kits and other things, you know, to make the weapons more lethal," Thune reportedly told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson. "We'll look at the facts when we get them all in here. I think a lot of us want to do everything we can to prevent tragedies like that from happening again."
But Thune shied away from the topic of gun control, arguing, "[I]t's an open society and it's hard to prevent anything."
Instead, the Republican senator offered advice to potential victims.
"I think people are going to have to take steps in their own lives to take precautions," he opined. "To protect themselves. And in situations like that, you know, try to stay safe. As somebody said -- get small."
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No really -- he said that. He said that if you are caught in a warlike situation under massive and sustained assault from military grade weaponry you need to "get small" . . . and "take precautions" and everything will be just hunky-dory and it'll be a great learning experience.
And btw, is that asshole so out-of-touch that he doesn't know that the slang meaning (thank you Steve Martin) of "get small" is getting high? Oy . . . . .
And btw, is that asshole so out-of-touch that he doesn't know that the slang meaning (thank you Steve Martin) of "get small" is getting high? Oy . . . . .
Yeah -- that was The Gadfly's initial reaction as well.
But then the The Gadfly's disbelief turned to furiousness.
How dare this motherfucker? The fucking out-and-out gall of this piece of shit to smugly lecture these victims in public like that. Holy shit!
The Gadfly swears that if he had a Star Trek transporter (that really worked), he'd transport himself right square in front of John Thune, and ask Thune to say that cruel bullshit to The Gadfly's face, and when the shit-head started to say it (cuz you know he would) The Gadfly would then summarily kick the everloving shit out of his gutless ass right on there on the spot.
And, then, while standing over him, looking at his dumb ass, sprawled on the floor, nose bloodied, looking up at the Gadfly with that "but why?" look on his stupid face, The Gadfly would calmly say to him, "why Senator Thune - why didn't you "take precautions" from those fisted blows sir? Perhaps if you had learned how to "get small" you might have anticipated those slow (compared to an assault rifle round) punches and successfully evaded their damage. There's a lesson to be learned here sir."
No -- really -- that's what The Gadfly would do if he had access to a working Star Trek transporter.
But also! . . just curious -- what about the many children who were present on that killing field in Las Vegas last Sunday night? Should they have gotten small too? Oh wait! They already are small ... duhh! ... just need to get the little shits trained on that whole "take precautions" thing - right Senator?
It' really, really difficult right now for The Gadfly to hold off serious thoughts about believing that the entire Republican party is nothing more than a Borg cult of death, and as a peopled movement, is utterly bereft of anything remotely resembling a soul.
But The Gadfly will hold those thoughts back . . . . for now. But just know that it's a tenuous prospect whether those thoughts remain held at bay for very much longer.
----TFG
But then the The Gadfly's disbelief turned to furiousness.
How dare this motherfucker? The fucking out-and-out gall of this piece of shit to smugly lecture these victims in public like that. Holy shit!
The Gadfly swears that if he had a Star Trek transporter (that really worked), he'd transport himself right square in front of John Thune, and ask Thune to say that cruel bullshit to The Gadfly's face, and when the shit-head started to say it (cuz you know he would) The Gadfly would then summarily kick the everloving shit out of his gutless ass right on there on the spot.
And, then, while standing over him, looking at his dumb ass, sprawled on the floor, nose bloodied, looking up at the Gadfly with that "but why?" look on his stupid face, The Gadfly would calmly say to him, "why Senator Thune - why didn't you "take precautions" from those fisted blows sir? Perhaps if you had learned how to "get small" you might have anticipated those slow (compared to an assault rifle round) punches and successfully evaded their damage. There's a lesson to be learned here sir."
No -- really -- that's what The Gadfly would do if he had access to a working Star Trek transporter.
But also! . . just curious -- what about the many children who were present on that killing field in Las Vegas last Sunday night? Should they have gotten small too? Oh wait! They already are small ... duhh! ... just need to get the little shits trained on that whole "take precautions" thing - right Senator?
It' really, really difficult right now for The Gadfly to hold off serious thoughts about believing that the entire Republican party is nothing more than a Borg cult of death, and as a peopled movement, is utterly bereft of anything remotely resembling a soul.
But The Gadfly will hold those thoughts back . . . . for now. But just know that it's a tenuous prospect whether those thoughts remain held at bay for very much longer.
----TFG
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