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Emile

(22,506 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:25 PM Jun 2022

Reefer Madness: Laura Ingraham Blames Marijuana For Mass Shootings In America

Reefer Madness 2022: Laura Ingraham Blames Marijuana For Mass Shootings In America
We have got to be scraping the bottom of the absurd right-wing talking point barrel at this point.

That’s it. I am convinced conservative pundits and politicians are engaging in a secret competition to see who can come up with the most asinine anti-gun regulation arguments they can attach to the horrific mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Marjorie Taylor Greene — of “peach tree dish” fame — argued that the problem was a “lack of God,” mental illness, a “peach street dish” and a lack of meds despite Salvador Ramos never having been diagnosed with any mental illness. Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson blamed rap music and video games. Others blamed the immigration crisis despite Ramos being a U.S. citizen. Donald Trump Jr. argued that Ramos could have committed the “exact same” crime with a bat that he did with an assault rifle.

And if you didn’t think anyone could possibly come up with a more ridiculous argument, Fox News host Laura Ingraham is here to shout, “Hold my beer.” (Or, in this case, “Hold my blunt.”)

Citing research from the prestigious University of This Is What I Heard, Ingraham has suggested that the reason an 18-year-old bought guns with premeditated plans to commit a mass shooting was that—wait for it—he was smoking weed.

https://newsone.com/4347071/laura-ingraham-blames-marijuana-mass-shootings/

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Reefer Madness: Laura Ingraham Blames Marijuana For Mass Shootings In America (Original Post) Emile Jun 2022 OP
Says a hard liquor drunk. pwb Jun 2022 #1
Weed users don't have that kind of motivation. LiberatedUSA Jun 2022 #2
I blame the Model T. dchill Jun 2022 #3
Don't get them started lol... Volaris Jun 2022 #16
I would think it would be the opposite. LakeArenal Jun 2022 #4
Exactly, I smoke weed to feel good, not to murder people! Emile Jun 2022 #7
Laura, shut up and have a joint. TreasonousBastard Jun 2022 #5
That lady's cheese gone and done slid off her cracker. Torchlight Jun 2022 #6
La La Ingrahack came up with this idea while parked on her favorite barstool Hassler Jun 2022 #8
20 to one says that barstool was at a bar with male strippers. Volaris Jun 2022 #17
I bet a large percentage of shooting deaths directly involve alcohol Walleye Jun 2022 #9
Who stole my AR 15 bong? BootinUp Jun 2022 #10
Desperately grasping at straws... dlk Jun 2022 #11
They're blaming everybody but the guns. Emile Jun 2022 #14
I blame Loonie Laura. roamer65 Jun 2022 #12
she's right ya know mnmoderatedem Jun 2022 #13
Hmm...she may be on to something... Pyryck Jun 2022 #15

pwb

(11,252 posts)
1. Says a hard liquor drunk.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:30 PM
Jun 2022

Weed must be mellowing out too many people. Pukes like the mean drunks.

 

LiberatedUSA

(1,666 posts)
2. Weed users don't have that kind of motivation.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:39 PM
Jun 2022

Certainly not enough anger to go through with it.

Oh, Cheeto.

Volaris

(10,269 posts)
16. Don't get them started lol...
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 04:18 PM
Jun 2022

If peeps still had to spend time making their own buggy whips, no one would have time to shoot up a school!!!.

It's the damn new-fangled auto-carriges that are to blame!
OMG PROGRESS!!!, It makes me askeered!!

Smdh honestly, I really hate these people. Don't get me wrong, on some level I HAVE SYMPATHY that they really just DONT understand why no polio anymore, but there's a threshold where after great-grandpa dies, that were supposed to ALL MOVE BEYOND

AND THEY 100%, HAVE NOT.

LakeArenal

(28,806 posts)
4. I would think it would be the opposite.
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 06:40 PM
Jun 2022

But what do I know. I’m high all the time.

Edit to add: Fux Youz once more against the will of the people. Of course.

Volaris

(10,269 posts)
17. 20 to one says that barstool was at a bar with male strippers.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 05:34 PM
Jun 2022

They're hypocrisy knows no bounds . .

Pyryck

(99 posts)
15. Hmm...she may be on to something...
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 01:26 PM
Jun 2022

So then anyone who buys a car and then celebrates with some alcohol is intending to commit mass vehicular manslaughter?

"SNARK! SARCASM!"

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