{"id":5541,"date":"2018-02-19T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2018-04-28T19:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T02:52:32","slug":"what-to-do-when-confronted-with-the-ugly-lunacy-the-nra-inflicts-on-us-the-yes-men-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/what-to-do-when-confronted-with-the-ugly-lunacy-the-nra-inflicts-on-us-the-yes-men-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do When Confronted with the Ugly Lunacy the NRA inflicts on Us? The Yes Men Know."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teachers with Guns, by Nancy Ohanian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re the\u00a0Yes Men<\/strong>, you meet NRA lunacy head on with the ludicrous. If you don\u2019t know the Yes Men<\/a>, Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, from their prior projects beginning in 1996, don\u2019t take no for an answer. They\u2019ve just released a twenty minute film on YouTube<\/a> that underscores how the NRA\u2019s steam is generated by fear rooted in racism. Included is a segment of their summer appearance at the Reagan Presidential Library in which the \u201cNRA\u201d reveals their\u00a0Share the Safety<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0project to match every purchase of a selection of guns with a refurbished gun donated to a vetted residence in an inner city of the purchaser\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n

Satirical impersonation is a key Yes Men tool, appropriating the identities of their targets, often corporate, providing them \u201cidentity correction\u201d free of charge. In this arena, the Russians can only bow down and admit they\u2019re not worthy. From sample projects in the Yes Man Lab<\/a>, here\u2019s one working over the DNC\u2019s new progressive veneer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The following info comes from a Yes Men press release with helpful sub-links, including tracking NRA money to those profiles in courage who represent us in Congress while their canned political rhetoric redefines venality.<\/p>\n

#WecallBS on the NRA’s Very Existence<\/h3>\n

New Yes Men film<\/a>\u00a0highlights fundamental racism of modern gun lobby<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the wake of the Parkland shooting and the inspiring activism of teen survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the National Rifle Association and its Republican partners are facing intense scrutiny for their critical role in the rise of mass shootings and of homicides overall in America.<\/p>\n

The NRA\u2019s unhinged rhetoric and utter lack of remorse have been on full display since the horrific gun massacre at Stoneman Douglas\u00a0two weeks ago. Spokesperson Dana Loesch (notorious for her recent ads that seem to be\u00a0mustering<\/a>\u00a0NRA supporters into a pro-Trump paramilitary) even\u00a0seemed<\/a>\u00a0to blame the media for the shootings, while NRA President Wayne LaPierre spewed more of his usual “arm the teachers” lunacy (promptly\u00a0parroted<\/a>\u00a0by the current occupant of the Oval Office).<\/p>\n

A short Yes Men film<\/a>, completed in August 2017 and launched today on YouTube, uses shock humor to remind us where the NRA’s lunacy and ugliness come from: FEAR \u2014 specifically, the profoundly terrified racism of the ’70s.<\/strong>\u00a0Featuring a Yes Men hoax performed June 22, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the film tells:<\/p>\n