Courtesy of The Hill:Temporarily got off Facebook because there’s no character count so the death threats from the @NRA cultists are a bit more graphic than those on twitter. Will be back when I have the time for it. Busy getting my feelings hurt by fellow teenagers at Br**tb*rt— Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) February 21, 2018
A survivor of the mass shooting at a Florida high school last week says he has left Facebook after receiving death threats for his gun control advocacy.
"Temporarily got off Facebook because there’s no character count so the death threats from the @NRA cultists are a bit more graphic than those on twitter," Cameron Kasky tweeted. "Will be back when I have the time for it. Busy getting my feelings hurt by fellow teenagers at Br**tb*rt."
Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has become an outspoken leader of the nationwide student-led movement for gun restrictions in the wake of the shooting, where 17 of his classmates and faculty members were killed.
The high schooler challenged Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) during a CNN town hall discussion with lawmakers and fellow survivors on gun laws.
“In the name of 17 people, you cannot ask the NRA to keep their money out of your campaign?” Kasky asked Rubio.
To threaten the life of a child is shitty enough, but to threaten the life of a kid who just survived a school shooting where over a dozen of his peers were murdered is extra shitty.
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
I think this young man and his schoolmates are inspiring, but I certainly understand why they scare the crap out of the NRA.
And they should be scared:
The students who survived a mass shooting at their Florida high school last week have raised more than $3.5 million since the attack and say they plan to put the money toward a “long-term effort” to reform gun laws.
More than 18,000 people have donated nearly $1.5 million to the “Never Again” campaign and the upcoming March For Our Lives, both of which were organized by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., according to the Miami Herald.
Those donations were followed by a $500,000 donation from George and Amala Clooney, who also plan to participate in the pro-gun control march in Washington, D.C., next month.
The Clooneys’ donation was followed by matching donations from Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg.
A spokeswoman for March For Our Lives told the Herald that the $3.5 million raised will first be used to help fund the event in Washington and remaining funds will be put toward the “long-term” gun control effort.
I saw a tweet awhile back that simply said 'These kids will save all of us."
I thought that was a little much at the time, but perhaps that person had a point.
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