# A big middle finger to the people who took advantage to politicize the school shooting **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107 "2018-02-19T09:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/401 "2018-02-26T18:25:54Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > It’s a trail, not a path. And your chances of contracting cholera are very good. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/402 "2018-02-27T19:59:45Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > With apologies to Miller . . . Fuck you, you little still wet behind the ears can barely grow a beard know-it-all, fffffuuuuuccccckkkkk yyyyyuuuuuooooo! [Moderating] Normally, I let the “fuck you” thing slide on the assumption that the poster’s forgotten themselves in the heat of passion. I can’t really do that if you come right out and say, “I know this is against the rules, but I’m gonna do it anyway.” So, this is a warning for violating the language rules in the Pit. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/403 "2018-02-27T21:13:35Z")
I feel like I’ve seen a unicorn. They are very rare you know. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/404 "2018-02-27T21:33:29Z")
So much for the one week limitations period. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/405 "2018-02-27T22:44:52Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > Normally, I let the “fuck you” thing slide on the assumption that the poster’s forgotten themselves in the heat of passion. I can’t really do that if you come right out and say, “I know this is against the rules, but I’m gonna do it anyway.” > > So, this is a warning for violating the language rules in the Pit. > [/Moderating] Basically, he shouldn’t have apologized. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/406 "2018-02-27T23:31:21Z")
Now we know where the line is. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/407 "2018-02-28T03:18:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Not the Spanish Inquisition. No one expects that NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise… Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/408 "2018-02-28T03:20:28Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Whoooa, that’s what that means?! :eek: > > (I mean when my Illuminati Overlord told me to do it I thought it was some super secret coded message . . . it’s just my initials (and a note to folks that didn’t want to type out my full username), I’m sooo disappointed!) > > CMC fnord! Wait … the Illuminati? And I thought you were the Reptilian Overlord. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/409 "2018-02-28T07:16:29Z")
Parkland Shooting Survivor’s Dad Admits Editing CNN Emails Before He Sent Them to Fox News > [@](#): > > Glenn Haab, the father of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior and mass shooting survivor Colton Haab, has admitted that he altered words in an email sent by a CNN producer, ultimately producing the illusion the news network had demanded his son only ask their pre-written questions at a televised forum on guns last week. > **[Parkland Shooting Survivor's Dad Admits Editing CNN Emails Before He Sent...](https://gizmodo.com/parkland-shooting-survivors-dad-admits-editing-cnn-emai-1823379929)** > > Glenn Haab, the father of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior and mass shooting survivor Colton Haab, has admitted that he altered words in an email sent by a CNN producer, ultimately producing the illusion the news network had demanded his... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/410 "2018-02-28T17:28:34Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Parkland Shooting Survivor’s Dad Admits Editing CNN Emails Before He Sent Them to Fox Newshttps://gizmodo.com/parkland-shooting-survivors-dad-admits-editing-cnn-emai-1823379929 > [@](#): > > Glenn Haab now “acknowledges omitting some words from the email but says he didn’t do it on purpose. Didn’t do it on purpose? How is that even possible? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/411 "2018-02-28T17:31:01Z")
He didn’t \*intend \*to get caught. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/412 "2018-02-28T17:49:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > He didn’t \*intend \*to get caught. It was still damn stupid. He gave free talking points to the gun nuts, fascists, Alex Jones, and the Repugnicans owned by the NRA. What an IDIOT. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/413 "2018-02-28T18:32:02Z")
It was my impression that he intended it that way. Not all survivor families are pro gun control. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/414 "2018-02-28T20:28:08Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > It was still damn stupid. He gave free talking points to the gun nuts, fascists, Alex Jones, and the Repugnicans owned by the NRA. What an IDIOT. He wasn’t an idiot. He was the guy claiming that CNN stage managed the anti-gun people at their event and told people what to day. He did that on purpose, because he’s a right-wing gun-rights guy. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/415 "2018-02-28T20:33:13Z")
As for the OP, I think it’s vastly more likely that Luciano trolls for free than that he works for the Russkis. I mean, he could easily not be a native English speaker, he could even be a Russian. But he’s probably not literally getting paid by Kremlin, he just does it for fun. There are paid Russian trolls, but they’re all broadcasting on twitter and facebook, not on message boards that nobody reads. The Russian troll army gets paid by how much traffic they generate, not by quality, they can’t afford to hand-craft long winded responses. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/416 "2018-02-28T20:36:58Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > It was still damn stupid. He gave free talking points to the gun nuts, fascists, Alex Jones, and the Repugnicans owned by the NRA. What an IDIOT. He seems to be a pro-more-guns-for-everyone sort, and so he lied about the email that CNN sent him in order to discredit them, and to further his pro-gun agenda. When he got caught, he lied again, claiming that him altering the words in an email before forwarding them to pro-gun media outlets to show that CNN was “coaching” the students was just a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Luciano700](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/417 "2018-03-01T00:04:43Z")
This is not a troll thread for the last time, My point is both and I say BOTH since I can already feel the users here sssuming I am gun nut, but anyways back to discussion my point is that gun control is a talking point commonly used by both parties used for the shame one or the other and the fact that they can’t find common ground is just blatantly obvious. We can talk gun control all we want, America is America. The UK now has more knife stabbings than ever before, should we ban knifes from our kitchens? What about delivery trucks having been used lately in terror attacks? ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/418 "2018-03-01T01:20:49Z")
Holy fuck, you’re stupid. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/419 "2018-03-01T01:32:53Z")
> [@Luciano700](#): > > This is not a troll thread for the last time, > > My point is both and I say BOTH since I can already feel the users here sssuming I am gun nut, but anyways back to discussion my point is that gun control is a talking point commonly used by both parties used for the shame one or the other and the fact that they can’t find common ground is just blatantly obvious. > We can talk gun control all we want, America is America. The UK now has more knife stabbings than ever before, should we ban knifes from our kitchens? What about delivery trucks having been used lately in terror attacks? No. We should not ban knives. Next question? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107/420 "2018-03-01T01:42:12Z")
> [@Luciano700](#): > > This is not a troll thread for the last time, > > My point is both and I say BOTH since I can already feel the users here sssuming I am gun nut, but anyways back to discussion my point is that gun control is a talking point commonly used by both parties used for the shame one or the other and the fact that they can’t find common ground is just blatantly obvious. > We can talk gun control all we want, America is America. The UK now has more knife stabbings than ever before, should we ban knifes from our kitchens? What about delivery trucks having been used lately in terror attacks? You realize that if this isn’t a troll thread then you appear to be as really dumb and inflammatory as a troll pretends to be right? Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-middle-finger-to-the-people-who-took-advantage-to-politicize-the-school-shooting/809107.md?page=22)