Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-03-23 12:15:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA67CC0711BBBF51ACB821BA6E47E220FB45586B673F503B049881D567F24A20
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A gun safety package is currently under consideration in the Michigan legislature. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/michigan-gop-slammed-comparing-gun-reform-holocaust-98055575 Reagan supported gun safety legislation. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/feb/05/barack-obama/did-reagan-support-assault-weapons-ban/ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/opinion/why-i-m-for-the-brady-bill.html "There is an epidemic of invoking offensive Holocaust analogies in discussions of controversial subjects." https://www.adl.org/resources/news/inappropriate-comparisons-trivialize-holocaust https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/holocaust-trivialization-distortion-what-are-implications-comparing-current-events https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/27/why-holocaust-comparisons-anti-vaccine-activists-r/
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