slippery slope – Frank Smyth

The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election

October 28, 2020/in The New Republic/by Frank Smyth

America’s pro-Trump armed right would not be the first to invent a new ideology to justify their violence. Genocidaires developed propaganda ahead of the mass violence in late-1930s Germany and early-1990s Rwanda.

Five myths about the National Rifle Association: No, the NRA did not start out as a civil rights organization.

June 5, 2020/in The Washington Post/by Frank Smyth

Here are five myths about the NRA’s mission and history — some told by critics, others told by the NRA itself.

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