Political Soul Mates

Openly Carrying Your Stupidity

Yet another story of stupid people freaking out about their gun rights and making the world a more dangerous place . . . . a man practicing his open carry right was robbed of the gun he was openly carrying.

William Coleman III was robbed of his Walter- brand P22 just after 2:00 a.m. October 4 in Gresham, Oregon by a young man who asked him for it — and flashed his own weapon as persuasion.

21-year-old Coleman was talking to his cousin place after purchasing the handgun earlier that day.  A young man walked up to him and asked him for a cigarette. The assailant then asked about the gun, pulled a gun from his own waistband and said “I like your gun. Give it to me.” Coleman handed over the gun and the man fled on foot.
 

The Photo That Shamed the World

This picture of three-year-old Syrian boy Alan Kurdi made global headlines and caused a dramatic upturn in international concern over the refugee crisis.

 

The picture has been credited with causing a surge in donations to charities helping migrants and refugees.  Brendan O'Neill wrote in The Spectator that: "The global spreading of this snapshot ... is justified as a way of raising awareness about the migrant crisis. Please. It's more like a snuff photo for progressives, dead-child porn, designed not to start a serious debate about migration in the 21st century but to elicit a self-satisfied feeling of sadness among Western observers."

Nick Logan of Global News argued that "Photojournalists sometimes capture images so powerful the public and policymakers can't ignore what the pictures show."