Politifact: The "Sheldon Cooper" of Main Stream Media - Granite Grok

Politifact: The “Sheldon Cooper” of Main Stream Media

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure.” — Hugh Kingsmill

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Actor Jim Parsons as “Sheldon Cooper” Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is a television sitcom featuring an obnoxious self-centered, scientist with poor social skills, suggestive of an Asperger’s identity. Actor Jim Parsons does a masterful job portraying Dr. Cooper who demands all social constructs be folded into his world view… Much like Politifact when it comes to guns and the Second Amendment.

On May 11, Politifact’s own Linda Qiu writes, “Donald Trump Falsely Claims, Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment.”  Qiu is 100% correct. Hillary Clinton has never come right out and said those words. Never. For a politician (charlatan) like Hillary to do so would be certain political suicide. She would draw the ire of many of her hypocritical, gun-owning left-wing friends.

Besides, in politics today when de we ever fully rely on what a politician says?…as opposed to what they do not say? What they do? How they vote? What positions they take? And that is a tough nut because Donald Trump has no political record.

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Linda Qiu, Politifact Staff Writer

No indeed…Hillary did not say it…but the record establishes for us that that is what she truly thinks. Hillary thinks Obama didn’t go far enough on gun control; Hillary said the Australian compulsory “Buy Back” program was, “worth looking into.” That was complete confiscation of privately owned firearms. Hillary said the Supreme Court was wrong in Heller; Hillary believes Heller was wrongly decided in that cities and states should have the power to craft common sense laws to keep their residents safe.” Well, let us look at how that works.

Washington DC, in the face of Heller is still fighting tooth and nail to keep their all-out gun ban. There are other communities around the United States that have gun control that makes European gun grabbers blush. Most major democratically-controlled metros have draconian gun control laws. New York City only issues licenses to carry to those who, “know a guy.” I would wager, with Hillary as President, much of our Second Amendment rights would disappear like emails on a Hillary-owned Server.

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Hillary Clinton addresses her core constituents…gun grabbers

The short answer is that Hillary has never said those words. In reality, though, it is what she thinks. Her record is clear. Hillary tweeted in April, “We can protect our Second Amendment rights AND take commonsense steps to prevent gun violence. It’s just a question of whether we choose to.” Common Sense Steps to prevent Gun Violence…mere buzz words. More regulations….More regulations. At some point we get to the regulatory wheelhouse where guns are removed from citizens for failure to meet the volumes and volumes of regulations.

I will get the NRA to shut down for good if I become President. If we can ban handguns, we will do it.” —Hillary Clinton, Des Moines Register Interview, August 2015

No, Hillary never outright stated that she would abolish the Second Amendment. And, Hitler never outright said he would exterminate 6 million Jews, either. Hillary will advocate for all the laws and regulations that will crush the second amendment under the bureaucratic weight of liberal anti-gun laws. And on balance, that is…abolition of the Second Amendment.

Politifact ends with, “For this claim to hold water, the support for Second Amendment abolition needs to be more direct. So we rate it False.”  Thanks Sheldor…Aspergers much?

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