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Dutch Uncle wrote:
MMM talks big, but from what I can tell, they are in reality a rather small group of clueless zealots.
I'd agree that they are zealots. And I'd say that they are only a small political group. But they are hardly
clueless. They still can get some favorable PR and news coverage.
Dutch Uncle
wrote:
They get trotted out by the media periodically so the anti-gun agenda gets some public airing, but after that, they are put back in their box and forgotten about until next needed. Remember, they almost collapsed a few years back, but were picked up by the Brady Bunch, and given a safe haven.
You appear to not understand thatroutinely getting called upon by the media for pronouncements and content on an issueis an
asset.
MMM, as small of a force as it really is, has
somepolitical capital and
some access to the media to disseminate its message. Do they deserve such easy access? Sure. They work for it, although they have an unfair advantage. And they have some
clues about PR and how to get that done. Is it any kind of relevant factor that MMM almost folded a while back? I don't see how.
That said, the news coverage of the August 28th national protests on gun violence wasscanty. Not very much participation by the antis, it seems. And not a huge amount of news coverage is evident on Google News.
It is clearer and clearer that the pro-gun/rights advocacy position is in the ascendance in this country. Even after a major blip like the VT Massacre.
That is a continuation of a long trend of generally favorable good news for the pro-gun/rights side.
I wouldn't go barging into another MMM meeting and give them some kind of issue to build up into a
cause célèbre. Now,
that would be clueless...