Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/22/nra-president-ollie-north-part.html
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Few American public figures have been so consistent for so long in their lying, self-righteous scumbaggery than North has been. We can thank the wingnut welfare machine for providing us with this multi-decade spectacle that might have otherwise concluded with North as a disgraced Marine officer who made deals with terrorists and theocrats to boost the fortunes of his patron.
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A culture of violence you say? But not your culture of violence… oh no no not that… other cultures of violence.
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“Back in my day exposing young boys to a culture of violence meant they joined the Marines and went off to kill commies in Vietnam!”
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Prescription rates for Ritalin in Canada (arguably the country most culturally/socially/economically similar to the United States) are about half that of the US. So logically, if Ritalin was causing school shootings then Canada would be experiencing a rate of school shootings about half that of the United States.
(I’ll save you the trouble of looking it up, they don’t.)
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The deal with the Contras must have provided him some high end Ritalin
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Well, yeah, but isn’t that because he’s a rat turd?
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I’m just gonna post this every time there’s an article about a white male defending the status quo about anything:
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“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”
Same people:
“It’s video games”
“It’s violent movies”
“It’s mental health”
“Girls won’t give boys sex!”
“It’s the Ritalin”
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Makes perfect sense. How powerful is the Ritalin lobby, anyway?
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I’m sure that people who are concerned about the over-prescribing of brain drugs to children are going to be thrilled to have such a well known person championing their cause.
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Oh for fuck’s sake, maan.
Edit: Sorry, not very insightful, but it’s just so … fuck this shit, hell in a hand basket!
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Meanwhile in a physician’s office somewhere in 'murica:
Doctor: I’d like to put your child on Ritalin.
Parent: Ohhhhh heavens no! Ritalin causes school shootings.
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You left out, “Participation Trophies for youth sports”, “Gay Marriage”, and the perennial favorite “Jews”…
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I like the cut of your jib, son.
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You have no idea.
Once had a father abscond from the ER with his feverish toddler because he wasn’t gonna let us “turn him faggot” by taking a rectal temperature.
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What are the contributing factors to these school shootings?
Drugs, Games, Comic Books, Gays, Athiests, Rock Music. There are so many things that contribute, the problem couldn’t possibly have anything to do with guns.
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Depends on the route of ingestion
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I have to say that I don’t think this is going to go anywhere. NRA’s lobbyists don’t want to tangle with Big Pharma’s lobbyists.
FTFY, Ollie.
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