The Hypocrisy is Thick...
/Here’s the deal, each time there is a mass-shooting people bring up the question of gun laws and the right-wing will often say “now is the time to focus on the victims and we can talk about proposed changes to the gun laws at a later time.”
Of course, that time never comes and by then we have had another mass shooting, so it’s just rinse and repeat.
But, I did notice that some media outlets were asking some of the families and survivors in the Texas school shooting about their immigration status.
So, it’s not time to talk about the lax gun laws, but let’s pester the people that are going through a tragedy about their immigration status.
Rebecca Aguilar the President of the Society of Professional Journalists posted this on Twitter yesterday and we could not agree more.
Calling all journalists! This is NOT the time to ask families & survivors at #Uvalde mass shooting about their immigration status. That is irrelevant. They have lost loved ones and in pain. Read the SPJ CODE OF ETHICS: Minimize harm. Plz RETWEET #UvaldeMassacre pic.twitter.com/BVlnvlsHFR
— Rebecca Aguilar (@RebeccaAguilar) May 25, 2022