All about dem clicks

Oh how I hate the media. Are they TRYING to help Trump?

This article leads with DeVos's Gun vs Bears comment. (“I will refer back to Sen. [Mike] Enzi and the school he was talking about in Wyoming. I think probably there, I would imagine that there is probably a gun in the schools to protect from potential grizzlies.”) It's also the highlight line under the picture when you share on Facebook: "She wouldn't say guns don't belong in schools--and cited a school's need to protect itself from "potential grizzlies." Bears, that is."

That just means she's really shitty at social posturing. We all know the correct PR answer is "Guns never belong in schools!" and then to demure and say "of course some exceptions can be made in extreme situations, such as to protect our children from rampaging bears." The fact that she was honest and led with "Well sometimes guns are necessary" shouldn't be a strike against her. I prefer honesty over political double-talk.

In fact, this makes me sympathize with her very much, because I hate bullshit. So when the rest of the article goes on to point out how absolutely clueless and incompetent she is, I'm now asking myself "How much of this is true, and how much is it the source doing it's best to smear her?"

But I guess having a snappy "omg she's scared of bears and loves guns everywhere cuz of it" line will get more people to click through. At least that must be the media's expectation. It SURE got me talking about it, and linking it! It's Moloch, in the flesh. I wish there was some way to discourage/punish this sort of behavior.