# The NRA trumifys their message in new ad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nra-trumifys-their-message-in-new-ad/790494 "2017-07-04T14:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nra-trumifys-their-message-in-new-ad/790494/61 "2017-08-12T07:18:47Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Guns are politics. Same as abortion or any of several hot button issues. Yes, but pro-life/pro-choice people stick with abortion. The NRA is (apparently) supporting a nuclear bomb on U.S. soil and attacking freedom of the press. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nra-trumifys-their-message-in-new-ad/790494/62 "2017-08-12T15:05:29Z")
And I see they’ve latched on to the “only joking” defense. Some professional comic ought to offer conservatives lessons in how to be actually funny. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nra-trumifys-their-message-in-new-ad/790494/63 "2017-08-12T16:01:46Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And I see they’ve latched on to the “only joking” defense. Some professional comic ought to offer conservatives lessons in how to be actually funny. Uh huh. They’re cowards. By the way, check out the “festivities” at the University of Virginia. the Nazis (what the fringe right and alt right really are) are out in force. Now that we have Trump, Sessions, Gorka, Miller, Bannon, etc in the White House, they feel brave. > **[White Nationalists March on University of Virginia (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/white-nationalists-rally-charlottesville-virginia.html)** > > Fights broke out Friday night after several hundred torch-bearing men and women rallied on the university’s main quadrangle. It was the first in what was expected to be a weekend of such rallies. > [@](#): > > Late Friday night, several hundred torch-bearing men and women marched on the main quadrangle of the University of Virginia’s grounds, shouting, “You will not replace us,” and “Jew will not replace us.” They walked around the Rotunda, the university’s signature building, and to a statue of Thomas Jefferson, where a group of counterprotesters were gathered, and a brawl ensued. At least one person was led away in handcuffs by the police. … “Charlottesville kind of made itself a target by deciding they wanted to remove this statue, and by stringing the whole thing out,” said Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor who is planning to give a talk on free speech Saturday as part of a “day of reflective conversation” organized by the university. > > Mr. Bellamy, 30, has himself become a target; he said in an interview that he has been receiving death threats. “When you have a black, young African-American vice mayor, in their eyes, who was getting too big for his breeches, they want to send a message,” he said. “They call me every kind of N-word you can think of.” > > The conflict drew the attention of two white nationalists — Richard B. Spencer and Jason Kessler, both University of Virginia graduates. In May, Mr. Spencer, who gained national notoriety after the election of President Trump, led a gathering of torch-wielding protesters to the statue, which depicts Lee on horseback. At a Ku Klux Klan rally on July 8, the state police used pepper spray to disperse protesters, officials said. … > **[Violence at Charlottesville rally prompts state of emergency](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/torch-wielding-white-supremacists-march-university-virginia-n792021)** > > One person died and 19 were injured after a car plowed through a crowd here on Saturday. Eight others were hurt from violence earlier in the day. > [@](#): > > …In videos posted to social media from Friday night, the white supremacists can be seen goading their opposition with shouts of “Jews will not replace us” and “white lives matter.” > > The display drew condemnation from local and university officials. > > “I am deeply saddened and disturbed by the hateful behavior displayed by torch-bearing protesters that marched on our grounds this evening,” University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan said in a statement. “I strongly condemn the unprovoked assault on members of our community, including university personnel who were attempting to maintain order.” > > “The violence displayed on the grounds is intolerable and is entirely inconsistent with the university’s values,” Sullivan added. > > Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called the demonstration a “cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry, racism and intolerance.” > > He added: “Everyone has a right under the First Amendment to express their opinion peaceably, so here’s **mine** : Not only as the Mayor of Charlottesville, but as a UVA faculty member and alumnus, I am beyond disgusted by this unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation on a college campus.” Some of the “patriots” brought their GUNS with them, because they are so FUCKING brave. They also, some of them, wore shirts with slogans that should remove all doubt as to what they really are… [https://twitter.com/AprilDelRario/status/896235411005210624/photo/1](https://twitter.com/AprilDelRario/status/896235411005210624/photo/1) [https://pbs.twimg.com/ext\_tw\_video\_thumb/896195655500091392/pu/img/AdCiVEpbVFtJWMWR.jpg](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/896195655500091392/pu/img/AdCiVEpbVFtJWMWR.jpg) [https://twitter.com/AndyBCampbell/status/896353431597797377/photo/1](https://twitter.com/AndyBCampbell/status/896353431597797377/photo/1) THIS is the “right wing” and the alt right. THIS is the “values” people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nra-trumifys-their-message-in-new-ad/790494.md?page=3)