Stephen Colbert mocks comparison of gun rights fight to civil rights movement (carry, examples)

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Who watches Colbert?

Lots of people, people who need talking heads to form their opinions for them.

[Pilot1]

Hmmm, do the new smart guns shoot people by themselves? They can actually cause deaths all by themselves? I'd like to see that.

Of that 30,000 figure most are suicides that would resort to something else, and the rest are mainly gang bangers, inner city black on black murders. Put repeat offenders IN JAIL, don't plea them down to next to nothing and let them back on the street.

[eddiehaskell]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Lots of people, people who need talking heads to form their oponions for them.

I’ve had it on as background noise when I couldn’t find anything. His political opinions (and all late night comedians) mean about as much as the common Joe’s opinion to me. Thus, those opinions don’t excite or outrage me.

[Valhallian]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Wasn't MLK assassinated by a gun?

That was the joke dude lol.

[unit731]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Who watches Colbert?

Highest rated. That's who.


Trumpies don't like comedians, actors, Hollywood, movies, and most of the arts unless it is a shooting competition.

[corpgypsy]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Who watches Colbert?

Per YouGov (a global public opinion and polling company)


In America:
*Stephen Colbert is the 26th most popular contemporary TV personality and the 33rd most famous.
*Stephen Colbert is described by fans as: Intelligent, Entertaining, Funny, Quick-witted and Hilarious.
*Ratings 45%Positive opinion; 28% negative; 88% name recognition.


Per USA Today and TV ratings:"The Late Show" No. 1 in late night (3.8million viewers per episodes/nightly)

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Of that 30,000 figure most are suicides that would resort to something else,

Well, I guess the thing about it is that gun owners don't have to "resort to something else".

Firearms victims constitute half of all successful suicides in the United States.

[Floorist]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Lots of people, people who need talking heads to form their opinions for them.

I would rather watch Andy Griffith reruns.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Stephen Colbert? Isn't he that washed up comedian from the 80s?

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by lycos679

I like Colbert, but he's full of it. Supporting gun control back then was just supporting racism.

Adam Winkler: MLK and His Guns

Nonsense. Conservatives WANTED gun control as soon as they thought black folks might use guns.

And the gun rights movement was never pro civil rights for African Americans. Not then and not now. The NRA still hasn’t stepped up for Philando Castile or Alton Sterling, and they never will. They especially think Castile’s death was righteous.

The gun rights community has no relationship to the Civil Rights Movement.