Anti-gun group EveryTown has come under fire for sending out a sexist tweet that suggests young women are incapable of handling firearms.
“You think your drunk college-age daughters are bad with their phones? Imagine them with guns,” states the tweet, above a picture of people drinking beer.
The tweet links to a Washington Post story with the same headline. The story argues against arming women as a form of self-defense to prevent rape.
Psychiatrist Anne Skomorowsky writes about how her daughter repeatedly dropped her iPhone, arguing that if the phone had been a gun, the consequences could have been far more drastic. Skomorowsky is seemingly unaware that the most basic gun safety instructions and simple common sense would prevent anyone from handing a firearm in the same way as a cellphone.
Skomorowsky also references the UVA rape scandal in her article despite the fact that the credibility of the story completely collapsed months ago.
The fact that the group was forced to insult an entire gender in order to propagate its anti-gun message smacks of desperation.
Twitter users responded to the tweet by rightly pointing out its inherent sexism. Here’s just a sample of the outrage;
Lol women is stupid and doesn't gun right "@trashpi: .@prisonplanet @realalexjones In case they erase it: pic.twitter.com/jyHjXoXxod"
— Liz Finnegan (@lizzyf620) March 19, 2015
.@Everytown go home Everytown, you're drunk.
— Nerds United (@HRTMotorsports) March 19, 2015
@Everytown Tweeting while stupid is just offensive…
— E L Frederick (@ELFrederick1024) March 19, 2015
Incredibly offensive stereotyping of women by @Everytown
@https://twitter.com/everytown/status/578668529123241984
— Slovydal (@Slovydal) March 19, 2015
@Everytown that is the most nonsensical piece of meaningless propaganda since the USSR broke up. Not even gonna mention it's #WarOnWomen
— Jon Wilcox (@jonnywonton_14) March 19, 2015
@Everytown this from the same morons said women should pee themselves if they are getting raped
— Phillip (@PhillipG76) March 19, 2015
@Everytown wow I have 2 daughters this is so Sexist and offensive.
— Lil Dave (@FREERBUX) March 19, 2015
@Everytown So all women in college drink? You're a dick. By the way, I own a .22 cal Beretta!
— Cookiemuffen (@Cookiemuffen) March 19, 2015
As the mother of a college student @Everytown this incredibly offensive, ignorant, and stupid. Who the hell even THINKS like this?!?!
— Heather (@hboulware) March 19, 2015
@Everytown Thanks for assuming all college age girls are drunks and can't shoot. Meanwhile me… pic.twitter.com/7O96xLgJgQ
— Shelby Metter (@SMetter26) March 19, 2015
FYI @Everytown , my daughter is great with her phone, her gun and she doesn't drink. It's called parenting. #stupidtweets
— Nerds United (@HRTMotorsports) March 19, 2015
@Everytown Funny. Most of the college-aged women in my CHL classes are better shots than the men.
— The VanDyke Law Firm (@BadassTXLawyer) March 19, 2015
Although the tweet is obviously sexist, don’t expect any feminist groups to offer their condemnation. Instead of promoting a second amendment culture for women in the interests of female self-empowerment, feminist groups routinely side with gun control advocates because their leftist bias is far more important to them than actually caring about the safety of women.
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