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kalikshama -> Report On Fantasy Gun Owner Discrimination and Gay Rights in Missouri (5/4/2012 11:56:20 AM)
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...“Did you know that Missouri gun owners face rampant discrimination every single day? No? It’s because they don’t,” said Stewart.
Brown’s bill wants to protect gun owners from being fired, which, of course, is redundant given the Second Amendment outlined in the Constitution. Gun owners and cowboys interviewed in the piece have said they never heard of the problem to begin with...
Mandvi asked her a pretty simply question, one Brown should know given that she put this bill together:
“How many examples of gun owner discrimination do you currently know of,” he asked.
After some hesitation and deep, reflective thought, Brown says she’d prefer to not get into specific examples. That’s probably because there are no cases. Ever.
So while Ms. Wanda fights her pointless battle, a real issue actually exists. Mike Colona, the only gay man in the Missouri House explains that he can be fired due to his sexual orientation.
Mandvi immediately thought to enlist the help of Ms. Brown. After all, “she’s all about protection,” he says.
Predictably, she isn’t sure she’d support a bill and has voted against a bill protecting the LGBT community in the work place.
“Maybe she’s been so busy battling oppression that doesn’t exist yet, she didn’t have time to fight oppression that does,” said Mandvi.
The restraint it must’ve taken to not shake this woman just to see if you could hear a brain rattling around in her skull I imagine was unparalleled, so congratulations to Mandvi.
Here’s the video from the episode: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-3-2012/free-at-last--free-to-blast
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