Social Media Matters: Emma Gonzalez has more followers than the NRA

SHE’S the fearless high school student who has become the face of gun violence prevention after the horrific Florida school massacre.

Now, the impact of Emma Gonzalez and her powerful message has gone global — the 18-year-old has gained more Twitter followers than the National Rifle Association.

Former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of murder after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day,

The 19-year-old had at least seven legally acquired long guns — including an AK-47-style rifle he bought less than a month ago.

Gonzalez made a global impact for her powerful 11-minute speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale for standing up to NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch at a town hall meeting hosted by CNN.

This weekend, Twitter users noticed that Gonzalez had more Twitter followers than both the NRA and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch’s official accounts.



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veya_victaous wrote:well if twitter followers are enough to make the Kardashians famous then Emma is well on her way to Proving Public Sentiment supports Gun Control.

Also Interesting because Social media is one of the best measures of Youth Opinion, Trump Want a Legacy, Legacies are written by the current youth when they grow old and after the Current old are gone. If Trump Cares About his legacy He should be Dumping NRA ties fast and hard, he doesn't need their money and as the Op shows he'd be literally swapping one group of voters for a bigger group of voters that will be around for longer too.

veya_victaous wrote:what makes you think these Victims have a liberal bent? is not wanting to be Shot something only those Bastard Liberals want?        

DO I think the youth yet to be rusted onto a Political Party will vote for someone that Listens to them over an bad-old-way organisation like the NRA .. Yeah I do
Hell, even I'd say Trump was a better president than Obama, the Best US president in My Life time by A country mile IF he fixed the US Gun Culture which can't be done without direct confrontation with the NRA.

Commentators down here have been saying Trump is Actually one of the few Presidents that Might Fix it, with good reasons.....
Trump is Not Beholden to anyone's donations he has the money to finance himself.
Trump is a Populist, with loyalty only to Trump, Party lines mean nothing to him.
Trump has proven he has no problem 'going to War' with political 'adversaries' from the Left or Right of Traditional Politics.
Trump wants a Legacy, he wants to 'win' he wants to be remembered as the 'best'.

veya_victaous wrote:I think he can start the process By Banning Bump stocks etc

If He makes it his legacy, than it means 'restricting' Semi Autos to people with legitimate reason (a.k.a Farmers, professional hunters/pest control)
but also Addressing the Culture, tackling the fallacy of 'protection' and other NRA lies, even if he just manages to remove the partisan posturing and allows a sensible debate and outcome it is positive.

Maddog wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:I think he can start the process By Banning Bump stocks etc

If He makes it his legacy, than it means 'restricting' Semi Autos to people with legitimate reason (a.k.a Farmers, professional hunters/pest control)
but also Addressing the Culture, tackling the fallacy of 'protection' and other NRA lies, even if he just manages to remove the partisan posturing and allows a sensible debate and outcome it is positive.

What do you think the 2nd amendment guarantees? The right to hunt?

Maybe it's because you're Australian that you don't get it. Our constitution grants us rights. You can't just declare the rights null and void. You have to change the constitution.

BTW, I hunt and never use a semi auto. They are really just good for mowing down pigs.

Deer are too fast and agile to get more than one shot.

Bird hunters use semi autos, although they are really not called semi autos.

And of course there are probably 100 million semi auto handguns out there that have no hunting purpose.

And why do you really care. Do you think I give a shit if you have guns or not?

The US Constitution has been changed 27 times through amendments. That is the purpose of the amendments. And of course its meaning can be changed by the courts who have decided it is a "living document".

veya_victaous wrote:@maddog
Why do you care if you were limited to Guns suitable for the legal purposes you propose to use them for?

veya_victaous wrote:

Maddog wrote:

What do you think the 2nd amendment guarantees? The right to hunt?

Maybe it's because you're Australian that you don't get it. Our constitution grants us rights. You can't just declare the rights null and void. You have to change the constitution.

BTW, I hunt and never use a semi auto. They are really just good for mowing down pigs.

Deer are too fast and agile to get more than one shot.

Bird hunters use semi autos, although they are really not called semi autos.

And of course there are probably 100 million semi auto handguns out there that have no hunting purpose.

And why do you really care. Do you think I give a shit if you have guns or not?

the right to join an Organised and Regulated Militia
What do you think it is for?

I don't care if you give a shit or not, cause that's not even the argument
I care that Kids get to grow up safe, SO I don't give a fuck if you own a gun or not either....
Your gun ownership is Totally Irrelevant in the face of death and suffering caused by US Gun Culture.
Concerns for Your ability to own a Gun should be of ZERO consideration to Policy makers in a Civil society

Change the Constitution then. it's not like it hasn't been changed before including for the gun rights in the first place. which you copied off the UK at the time(1791) as they were relevant at the Time, now you need to copy the UK again to make it relevant to modern times  

The US Constitution has been changed 27 times through amendments. That is the purpose of the amendments. And of course its meaning can be changed by the courts who have decided it is a "living document".

Maddog wrote:
She's a bright girl. However, she's going to need to start dating singers or basketball players to catch the Kardashians.    

Maddog wrote:

What exactly do you think Trump will try to do. Ban semi autos?  

Maddog wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:I think he can start the process By Banning Bump stocks etc

If He makes it his legacy, than it means 'restricting' Semi Autos to people with legitimate reason (a.k.a Farmers, professional hunters/pest control)
but also Addressing the Culture, tackling the fallacy of 'protection' and other NRA lies, even if he just manages to remove the partisan posturing and allows a sensible debate and outcome it is positive.

What do you think the 2nd amendment guarantees? The right to hunt?

Maybe it's because you're Australian that you don't get it. Our constitution grants us rights. You can't just declare the rights null and void. You have to change the constitution.

BTW, I hunt and never use a semi auto. They are really just good for mowing down pigs.

Deer are too fast and agile to get more than one shot.

Bird hunters use semi autos, although they are really not called semi autos.

And of course there are probably 100 million semi auto handguns out there that have no hunting purpose.

And why do you really care. Do you think I give a shit if you have guns or not?

veya_victaous wrote:
And I haven't heard them say anything Liberal
Just pro gun control which is hardly Liberal (only in the USA is the debate so Partisan around Guns)