@kim_harding

1. The NRA was never about standing up for American democracy
https://19thnews.org/2023/08/young-americans-gun-culture-male-supremacy-research/

It's abouter voter intimidation & voter suppression.

https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/campaigns-toolkits/prevent-armed-voter-intimidation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/03/09/gun-rights-are-about-keeping-white-men-on-top/

2. The NRA was never about standing up for the rights of all Americans.

The NRA is a white supremacy outfit.

It's so corrupt it funnels Russian foreign cash to an anti-democracy movement.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/07/29/ex-nra-head-wayne-lapierre-given-10-year-ban-after-corruption-verdict/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-set-weigh-remedies-national-rifle-association-wayne-lapierre-civ-rcna160751

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/01/1050432834/misfire-is-a-scathing-look-at-nepotism-fraud-and-corruption-in-the-nra

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

@kim_harding I continue to be surprised by the rapidity of the GOP's shifting positions from

* "objective truth exists" -> political trolling/shitposting/disinfo
* anti-Soviet -> Putin bootlickers
* lipservice to the Constitution -> raw power plays
* law & order -> chaos and fashy-curious
* "family values" -> Trump
* "presidential character matters" -> Trump

My take at the moment is that some folks believed in the old positions but were losing the long game to "progress" / identity politics. So they adopted white xtian nationalist ID politics and beat the left at their own game. I suspect the Republic will not survive it.

@kim_harding

Such profoundly horrible people.

@kim_harding

I'm sorry I didn't see this article back in 2020. I would have gone out of my way to share it with my NRA/Trump-loving father.

I love good irony wrapped in a crunchy sarcastic shell.

@kim_harding

Yep.