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Democrats Turn To Hollywood To Sell Gun Control To Conservatives
Freedom Outpost ^ | June 13, 2018 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 06/13/2018 9:08:43 AM PDT by Cheerio

When in doubt, the Dems go to Hollywood. That's where so much of their cash and cultural cachet comes from.

The only problem with that plan is seriously thinking that Hollywood can help you connect with the rest of the country.

DNC Chairman Tom Perez, several House members and other top elected officials have already met with the group, formed by members of the entertainment industry in the wake of the 2016 election, that participants liken to a TV writers’ room, complete with producers of such programs as “Veep.”

Nothing like a widely popular program watched across the country to help you connect with ordinary HBO subscribers. Trying to talk to Roseanne, her producers and writers, would have a sane plan. But it's much more fun to hang out with the producers of shows you watch and like.

The group has discussed targeted voter registration programs with visiting Democrats, as well as the party’s framing of issues ranging from abortion rights to gun control. In one recent meeting, a Midwestern senator sought advice about how to discuss gun control with conservative-leaning voters in his or her state, multiple participants said.

Who knows how to frame gun control for conservative audiences better than Hollywood?

(Excerpt) Read more at freedomoutpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: guns; hollywood; liberals
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1 posted on 06/13/2018 9:08:43 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

Hey, I know. Why don’t they get Robert DeNiro to star in their commercial?


2 posted on 06/13/2018 9:14:47 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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Hmmm. They’ve done a pretty good job of selling guns.


3 posted on 06/13/2018 9:15:32 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Cheerio
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4 posted on 06/13/2018 9:21:57 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: rktman
Hmmm. They’ve done a pretty good job of selling guns.

Yes, wasn’t Obama the best gun salesman we ever had? Maybe these out of touch, Hollywood pukes, will be the same.

5 posted on 06/13/2018 9:22:28 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: rktman

May set another record for gun sales.
They dipped early in 2017 but Democrats keep talking them back up.


6 posted on 06/13/2018 9:23:04 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Cheerio

I think Hollywood is far more interested in overseas sales for their schlocky crap propaganda.


7 posted on 06/13/2018 9:23:11 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (It's morning in America)
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To: Mark17

Former title holder. New title held by parkland darling dave hogg.


8 posted on 06/13/2018 9:24:10 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Cheerio

Hmm, let’s see, at what store can I go buy me giving up my right to defend myself?

Dick’s?

Sorry, I don’t shop there.


9 posted on 06/13/2018 9:24:17 AM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: rktman

I was going to say, Hollywood - An industry that makes billions off gun violence in movies, but is pro-gun control?


10 posted on 06/13/2018 9:24:45 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: Cheerio

Remember that story from Politico a few days ago saying that the Democrats are turning the Hollywood to “get the message out”? And how bad the timing that was after Robert DeNiro’s profane public appearances?


11 posted on 06/13/2018 9:28:05 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: BBQToadRibs

Right??? Such a bunch of hypocrites!!!


12 posted on 06/13/2018 9:33:16 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Cheerio

Joke’s on them.
Conservatives aren’t watching.


13 posted on 06/13/2018 9:34:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Cheerio
They still live in a matrix where people value the cultural touchstones that Hollywood produces. It's a different world today.


14 posted on 06/13/2018 9:37:21 AM PDT by dead
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Hollywood glorifies gun play. They are part of the problem.

Personally I would much rather see Hollywood totally reject guns in movies, while American citizens retain their 2A rights.


15 posted on 06/13/2018 9:40:04 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancakes, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: BBQToadRibs
"Hollywood - An industry that makes billions off gun violence in movies"

They could just stick to glorifying LGBTQ characters and stories...Maybe cast David Hogg?

16 posted on 06/13/2018 9:57:52 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: rktman; Mark17

“Former title holder. New title held by parkland darling dave hogg.”


Yup...4.9 million NICS checks in the last 2 months, which is a record. That’s on pace for nearly 30 million/year...and while not all result in purchases, and many of those purchases are for used firearms, you KNOW that at least 60% are for new firearms. 18 million added to our civilian stock of over 400 million...NICE!

As for the Hollyweird types and the gun control freaks, my answer to them is very simple:

NO! Your turn.


17 posted on 06/13/2018 10:19:52 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be f Vanceree." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Cheerio

Nothing new. I remember a few anti-gun TV shows after John Kennedy was killed, but when Bobby Kennedy was murdered the news media and TV shows absolutely went berserk!

TV and movies were constantly flooded with anti-gun, anti-hunting movies for almost twenty years. Every character on TV got to vent his spleen on guns.

THE NEW PEOPLE
HAWAII 5-0
QUINCY M.E.
THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
ALL IN THE FAMILY
McCLOUD
HECK RAMSEY
TARGETS
A GUN IN THE HOUSE
REVENGE FOR A RAPE
FAMILY TIES
BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN
SAY GOODBY
THE GUNS OF AUGUST

and lots of news reports on how bad guns are.
60 MINUTES
20-20
NIGHTLINE
GOOD MORNING AMERICA

and that is just the short list as I did not watch all of them.


18 posted on 06/13/2018 10:25:56 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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woops! the “Guns of August” should be THE GUNS OF AUTUMN.


19 posted on 06/13/2018 10:28:30 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Cheerio

OK, give me a couple bodyguards 24/7 like they have and I’ll give them up.


20 posted on 06/13/2018 12:35:05 PM PDT by Vinnie
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