A handful of male lawmakers dressed up for a hearing they presided over Tuesday in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, donning pearl necklaces as activists testified about their experiences with gun violence.
Pearl necklaces??
Ohhhh…right. ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!
Images from the statehouse — where legislators were considering arguments over a bill that would make it easier to take guns away from potentially dangerous people — caromed across social media as critics lobbed accusations of sexism and insensitivity at the necklace-wearing men.
The implication was clear, they said: These politicians thought gun-control activists were “clutching their pearls” in overwrought and self-righteous outrage — and, specifically, female outrage.
Because what, thinking gun violence is a bad thing is for sissies aka women? Because real men like gun violence? Because let’s laugh at women who don’t want to see their children shot at school or traumatized by seeing other children traumatized by the latest school shooting?
We’re on a downward slope to the pit of hell.
[Shannon] Watts, who attended the hearing, said she counted at least five representatives — all men — wearing pearls and sitting on the committee that held the hearing. One of them also appeared to sport a pin in the shape of a semiautomatic rifle on his lapel. She snapped photos of the lawmakers and posted them on Twitter, where she has nearly 300,000 followers, sparking outrage near and far.
Of the 13 person ERPO hearing committee, 10 of the lawmakers are men; half of them are wearing pearls to mock @MomsDemand volunteers. Meanwhile, their constituents are in tears as they testify about gun suicides and domestic gun violence in their families. #NHPolitics pic.twitter.com/eVIS73yfoR
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 5, 2019
Pit of hell.
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13 responses to “Pearls”
I just can’t-
Jesus.What a smug asshole.
I wonder if they came up with this tactic on their own or if was suggested to them by the NRA?
Or a Russian bot.
Here’s hoping the voters remove them from office as soon as they have the chance. These people have no business in a state house. They are not yet past about the 3rd grade level.
I have lost a cousin to gun violence, and I think her father would be quite offended at the idea that he was a sissy for crying at her funeral and wanting to see justice done.
Pussies. If they were serious they should have worn twinsets.
This is psychopathic.
Someone should tell them that you’re supposed to cast the pearls before the swine, not put them around the pigs’ necks.
And of course he has a buzz cut. He is probably thinking ‘guns are awesome!‘ to himself right there.
Given that he’s wearing a pin shaped as an assault rifle, good chance of that. In fact probably a good chance that he thinks that for a large percentage of his total thoughts. Other thoughts may include food, sex and defecation. I doubt it goes much beyond that.
On that note, here is Jim Jeffries on the main argument in favour of guns:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0
I read that when they were asked to explain themselves they claimed that they wore the pearls in support of women’s rights.
Women’s rights? In a discussion on gun violence? Oh, right. Women have the right to kill and be killed by a surfeit of guns. Got it.
Inferno with Pearls. I am so glad I personally know no-one who is like that smug POS.
Too cowardly or ashamed to admit the truth? Or just more piss-taking? Either way, this has all the sophistication of the schoolyard bully. Unfortunately, I doubt that the stunt will threaten the re-election chances of the petty, vindictive, gun-hugging, misogynous shits.
I wish I could disagree with you, but…sigh.