This is pure idiocy. Yesterday the White House tweeted out a photo of Obama running around a pool with a water gun for Father’s Day:
Hope all the dads out there have a great Father's Day weekend: http://t.co/JFD34sfklp #QualityTime pic.twitter.com/2UvcSk1VYk
— The White House (@whitehouse) June 15, 2013
Well apparently that upset Marc Lamont Hill enough to go on a rant about it today:
Was anyone else bothered by the Father's Day picture released by the White House yesterday? The one with the President holding a water gun?
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 17, 2013
I agree with the President's stance on SENSIBLE gun control. But we must also destroy gun culture. President Obama made a mistake this time.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 17, 2013
Gun culture is promoted through the normalization of violent behavior, language, and imagery. Military style water guns are part of that.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 17, 2013
I'm not saying people shouldn't be allowed to have water guns. I'm just saying it's an irresponsible choice for an anti-gun president.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) June 17, 2013
@marclamonthill Marc you the man, but totally disagree on this. Those games and toys DO NOT contribute to a dangerous culture of violence.
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) June 17, 2013
Here’s a little context that Twitchy added to his rant:
His “issue,” huh? That’s funny. He doesn’t seem to mind the “dangerous culture of gun violence” when police officers are the victims. Earlier this year, Hill wished his “brother” Mumia Abu-Jamal — who brutally murdered Philly police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981 — a happy birthday and praised him as a “leading intellectual.”Hill also gushed over the “exciting” saga of cop killer Christopher Dorner, exclaiming that it was “like watching ‘Django Unchained’ in real life.”
But even if none of the above were true, it’s still ludicrous to suggest that water guns lead people to kill each other with real guns. This is the problem with leftists. They always attack things that aren’t the problem instead of focusing on what really is the problem and trying to fix it. After all, it’s easier to take guns away from people than it is trying to change a society full of broken families.