Leave It to CNN and Anderson Cooper to Exploit Minneapolis Shooting Survivor to Push for Gun Control
This clip of an 11-year-old girl who survived the Minneapolis shooting is heartbreaking and shameful at the same time. And while her parents had to agree to allow their daughter to be exploited this way, we can't help but feel like Anderson Cooper should have realized how tacky and thoughtless it was to use her to push for gun control. OF COURSE, the little girl wants to ban guns; she just survived a horrific ordeal and doesn't understand why.
And the bit about how people will hate her if she says she wants to ban guns came from someone else. No 11-year-old is connected in such a way to know what it means to 'create a lto of hate' without some a-hole adult filling her head with it.
We feel sorry for the child, ashamed of those parents, and angry at CNN and of course, Anderson Cooper.
Watch this:
Hey, here's a great idea. This little girl just survived a shooting, let's put her on TV and talk about gun control! Yeah! That'll work for all twelve of the people who watch us when Scott Jennings isn't on.
Grrrr.
Fair question.
Considering trans people are responsible for half of what is considered mass shootings this year so far, a lot.
And using another child to do it.
Yup.
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