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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Mar 27

    Matt Lewis Retweeted Mr. Media Training

    It’s unfortunate (but true) that extremism and radicalism sells. There are few incentives for moderation.https://twitter.com/mrmediatraining/status/978626319826210816 …

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    Mr. Media Training @MrMediaTraining
    The gun control groups tend to be modest with their goals. From a marketing perspective, the first group that fills the "Repeal 2A" void will become a fundraising powerhouse that becomes the left's counterpart to the NRA. https://twitter.com/jesserodriguez/status/978625036243349504 …
    6:36 AM - 27 Mar 2018 from Washington, DC
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      2. Mr. Media Training‏ @MrMediaTraining Mar 27
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I'd argue that the right has been effective in moving the Overton Window further to the extremes while the left tends to begin negotiations from the middle. I suspect one lesson for the left is to start pushing the Overton Window further out, too. Your thoughts on that theory?

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Mar 27
        Replying to @MrMediaTraining

        I think that strategy makes a certain amount of strategic sense—which is another reason the incentives are all toward polarization.

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      1. teadee‏ @Thereseinpdx Mar 27
        Replying to @mattklewis

        How about the “incentive” of our Democratic Republic? Is our common ideals, values and society of a nation of laws, pursuit of happiness and freedom and democracy worth so little? We need a re-education of the of the Enlightenment that gave birth to the experiment of America.

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      1. Tim Cavanaugh‏ @bigtimcavanaugh Mar 27
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Filling that "void" is squaring the circle. An amendment to decimate (literally) the bill of rights can't pass. Demographics won't change that until many generations have passed over the Earth. That's why they never propose it.

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      2. Lil' Vote November 6th‏ @originalgriz Mar 27
        Replying to @mattklewis

        @MrMediaTraining Not sure I get this take, at this time. The Everytown + March for Our Lives, with modest goals, is going gangbusters. Their moderation is working.

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      3. Mr. Media Training‏ @MrMediaTraining Mar 27
        Replying to @originalgriz

        According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 15,549 gun deaths in the U.S. in 2017, excluding most suicides. Honest question: If Brady is successful in their 3-point plan (below), how much lower do you think that number would drop?pic.twitter.com/weIBi8AsAr

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      4. Lil' Vote November 6th‏ @originalgriz Mar 27
        Replying to @MrMediaTraining

        Wait, what does this have to do with fundraising off of repealing 2A? (Also, I don't think Brady Campaign is the leading voice on the issue anymore, by a long shot.)

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      5. Mr. Media Training‏ @MrMediaTraining Mar 27
        Replying to @originalgriz

        I am positing that many people are frustrated with what they see as overly modest goals, opening the door to a group that is more aggressive in their stance and policy prescriptions.

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      6. Mr. Media Training‏ @MrMediaTraining Mar 27
        Replying to @MrMediaTraining @originalgriz

        It also seems compatible with the history of social change that a more pragmatic and more extreme group would both work toward similar aims but different end points (e.g. The Nature Conservancy and Greenpeace).

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      7. Lil' Vote November 6th‏ @originalgriz Mar 27
        Replying to @MrMediaTraining

        Yes, this is true. Most movements have wings that work in tension/collaboration. But I can't think of another issue where one wing likely sparks a buying spree of weaponry.

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      8. Mr. Media Training‏ @MrMediaTraining Mar 27
        Replying to @originalgriz

        BTW, I've followed you for years and dig your show. Keep up your advocacy and good work. 👍🏻

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      9. Lil' Vote November 6th‏ @originalgriz Mar 27
        Replying to @MrMediaTraining

        Thank you. Same back at you!

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      1. Marla Ya'll cray cray Hughes‏ @MarlaMHughes Mar 28
        Replying to @mattklewis

        The majority of the people who marched think in terms of tweaking 2A, not repealing it. Most who marched STILL don't understand the difference between an 'assault weapon' and a hunting rifle but still don't want 2A repealed.

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      1. Cosmogony Persists‏ @Thirdsyphon Mar 27
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I think "Reform 2A" could get some traction. . . but of course the NRA will paint them as "Repeal 2A" even if all they want is to ban bump stocks or something. It's not just that moderation has few benefits; it's that being seen as a moderate -even if you are one- is impossible.

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