Stephen Colbert 'America's gun culture is melting down'
almost 5 years in The guardian
Late-night hosts examine the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton – and the Republican non-response to them – with frustration
In the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that killed 31 people this weekend, Stephen Colbert compared America’s gun culture to the melting nuclear core at Chernobyl. Over and over again in HBO’s show depicting the USSR’s nuclear disaster, Colbert explained, “a scientist or engineer will tell a politician: ‘Hey, we’ve got a real problem here. The nuclear core is going to melt down and kill everyone.’ But the politicians refuse to believe it, because in the acknowledgement of failure threatens their position of power, and their power is more important than saving any lives. Continue reading...
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