Why Colin and why not Evan?
Colin Goddard was shot four times during 2007 Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 people dead. He now works with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
We are supposed to listen to and revere Colin Goddard because he survived the Virginia Tech massacre. That because he survived, he’s now to be considered an authority on gun violence and his opinion and angle is to be given (more) weight. Because he survived.
Why isn’t he considered an authority, especially since he was there at the watershed?
Why isn’t his opinion given weight?
Evan Todd and Colin Goddard are both survivors of similar horrific events. A big deal is made out of the appeals of survivors. So why is Evan Todd’s appeal ignored? And does that perhaps speak louder about the mainstream media and many politicians? Do they really care about the survivors? or do they only care about what they can leverage for their agenda?
FWIW, the above link to Colin Goddard came from the HuffPo, because it was a top result in the Google search. I plugged “Colin Goddard” into HuffPo’s local site search and received hundreds of results. I plugged “Evan Todd” into the HuffPo’s site search and received zero results.
Posted on February 21, 2013, in Guns, Politics and tagged Guns, Politics. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
It is about the narrative. Can’t have survivors coming out of a tragedy supporting rights. Nope, have to do something – I mean Have To Do Something and Do it NOW.
Instead of the hard conversation about mental health, families, poverty, morals; it is easier to push gun control.
It really confuses me — many of the liberals are all about the ‘pick your path and do your thing’ but don’t see how that leads some people to making bad decisions that get many people killed. Then they blame the object instead of the person making the decisions.
Oh I know why this is the case… but to me, it speaks louder about the hypocrisy and double-standards, and having your head in the sand.
I often say that I can respect Republicans/Conservatives a little more than Democrats/Liberals because the Rep/Cons at least don’t deny they are bigots.