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Celebs Will Wear Orange Pins On Oscars Red Carpet In Support Of Gun Control
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Ubiquitous
Mar 5, 2018, 3:35:34 AM3/5/18
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Stars may not be sacrificing style to protest sexual harassment on this
year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
"Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
According to People Magazine, Everytown for Gun Safety will provide the
pins — which typically retail for around $15 on their website — to
celebrities who will walk the red carpet ahead of Sunday's Academy
Awards broadcast, as a way of encouraging Americans to support tighter
restrictions on their Second Amendment rights.
The move is likely to be popular: A-listers from Tom Hanks to George
Clooney have donated to a "March for Our Lives" against gun control set
to take place later this month in Washington, D.C., and stars like
Oprah Winfrey have committed to attending the march in solidarity with
students from the Parkland, Florida, high school that suffered a mass
shooting in February.
Everytown, founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is
a celebrity magnet — even if it isn't exactly a reliable source for
accurate statistics about gun violence. Emma Stone and Julianne Moore
have appeared in their PSA, and Kim Kardashian regularly re-tweets
their suspect claims (they claim Kardashian is an unpaid spokesperson,
but Kardashian has said, previously, that she doesn't tweet for anyone
who pays her less than five figures).
The display, of course, isn't without its own irony. Celebrities,
particularly those on the A-list, wouldn't be walking the red carpet
absent the presence of armed LAPD officers and their own (likely also
armed) security details. According to Variety magazine:
More than 500 officers will be on hand, many of them working
overtime, to ensure the safety of the 90th Academy Awards,
along with firefighters, police helicopters and agents from
the FBI. Private security guards from Security Industry
Specialists will work the inside of the theater.
But they'd prefer _you_ and your family go without simple protection.
Because they're more important, of course.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
"Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
According to People Magazine, Everytown for Gun Safety will provide the
pins — which typically retail for around $15 on their website — to
celebrities who will walk the red carpet ahead of Sunday's Academy
Awards broadcast, as a way of encouraging Americans to support tighter
restrictions on their Second Amendment rights.
The move is likely to be popular: A-listers from Tom Hanks to George
Clooney have donated to a "March for Our Lives" against gun control set
to take place later this month in Washington, D.C., and stars like
Oprah Winfrey have committed to attending the march in solidarity with
students from the Parkland, Florida, high school that suffered a mass
shooting in February.
Everytown, founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is
a celebrity magnet — even if it isn't exactly a reliable source for
accurate statistics about gun violence. Emma Stone and Julianne Moore
have appeared in their PSA, and Kim Kardashian regularly re-tweets
their suspect claims (they claim Kardashian is an unpaid spokesperson,
but Kardashian has said, previously, that she doesn't tweet for anyone
who pays her less than five figures).
The display, of course, isn't without its own irony. Celebrities,
particularly those on the A-list, wouldn't be walking the red carpet
absent the presence of armed LAPD officers and their own (likely also
armed) security details. According to Variety magazine:
More than 500 officers will be on hand, many of them working
overtime, to ensure the safety of the 90th Academy Awards,
along with firefighters, police helicopters and agents from
the FBI. Private security guards from Security Industry
Specialists will work the inside of the theater.
But they'd prefer _you_ and your family go without simple protection.
Because they're more important, of course.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
FPP
Mar 5, 2018, 8:05:34 PM3/5/18
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On 3/3/18 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> But they'd prefer _you_ and your family go without simple protection.
> Because they're more important, of course.
I'd prefer it if my family went without simple bullet holes, if you please.
> But they'd prefer _you_ and your family go without simple protection.
> Because they're more important, of course.
--
The Greatest Lie Ever Told - Referencing the Parkland Florida School
Shooting:
"I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
-Donald J. Trump 2-26-18
For the record, the list of things Donald Trump has been frightened of
include: Garden steps; Tame eagles; Reporters; Networks (other than Fox
News); Criticism; What America's porn stars have to say about him; and a
stiff Florida breeze.
FPP
Mar 5, 2018, 8:06:44 PM3/5/18
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On 3/3/18 9:24 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> Stars may not be sacrificing style to protest sexual harassment on this
> year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
You're a little slow... so we forgive you.
> year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
Orange is the new black, you know...
Scout
Mar 6, 2018, 1:33:36 PM3/6/18
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"Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote in message
news:rbqdnerDibvfnADH...@giganews.com...
> Stars may not be sacrificing style to protest sexual harassment on this
> year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
and yet they had over 500 guns all around then, including those carried by
> year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
personal security.
If they are in such support of gun control...then let the police go back to
policing the community, fire their security guards, and spend the night
living like the rest of us.
Na, never going to happen because they LIKE guns....when it's for THEM.
BTR1701
Mar 6, 2018, 1:49:41 PM3/6/18
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In article <n7l5en$7vt$9...@dont-email.me>,
allowed to come in armed. They had to wait outside with the cars.
But yes, our Pan-Em betters did have armed security on the way to and
from the event.
"Scout" <me4...@removethis.this2.spam.centurylink.net> wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote in message
> news:rbqdnerDibvfnADH...@giganews.com...
> > Stars may not be sacrificing style to protest sexual harassment on this
> > year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> > their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> > "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> > sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
>
> and yet they had over 500 guns all around then, including those carried by
> personal security.
Actually, personal security wasn't even allowed in the venue, let alone
> "Ubiquitous" <web...@polaris.net> wrote in message
> news:rbqdnerDibvfnADH...@giganews.com...
> > Stars may not be sacrificing style to protest sexual harassment on this
> > year's Oscars red carpet (all black is sooooo 2017), but in between
> > their "Times Up" pin and their ACLU ribbon and their other assorted
> > "Resistance" accoutrement, Oscar nominees and their dates will be
> > sporting orange flag pins in support of gun control.
>
> and yet they had over 500 guns all around then, including those carried by
> personal security.
allowed to come in armed. They had to wait outside with the cars.
But yes, our Pan-Em betters did have armed security on the way to and
from the event.
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