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Sent 1: Animated history of the US.
Sent 2: Of course the cartoon is highly oversimplified, and most critics consider it one of the weakest parts of the film.
Sent 3: But it makes a valid claim which you ignore entirely: That the strategy to promote "gun rights" for white people and to outlaw gun possession by black people was a way to uphold racism without letting an openly terrorist organization like the KKK flourish.
Sent 4: Did the 19th century NRA in the southern states promote gun rights for black people?
Sent 5: I highly doubt it.
Sent 6: But if they didn't, one of their functions was to continue the racism of the KKK.
Sent 7: This is the key message of this part of the animation, which is again being ignored by its critics.
Sent 8: Buell shooting in Flint.
Sent 9: You write: "Fact: The little boy was the class thug, already suspended from school for stabbing another kid with a pencil, and had fought with Kayla the day before".
Sent 10: This characterization of a six-year-old as a pencil-stabbing thug is exactly the kind of hysteria that Moore's film warns against.
Sent 11: It is the typical right-wing reaction which looks for simple answers that do not contradict the Republican mindset.
Sent 12: The kid was a little bastard, and the parents were involved in drugs -- case closed.
Sent 13: But why do people deal with drugs?
Sent 14: Because it's so much fun to do so?
Sent 15: It is by now well documented that the CIA tolerated crack sales in US cities to fund the operation of South American "contras" It is equally well known that the so-called "war on drugs" begun under the Nixon administration is a failure which has cost hundreds of billions and made America the world leader in prison population (both in relative and absolute numbers).

Question: Does the author claim the animated films message is that the NRA upholds racism? (true/0)

Yes
Uphold, and continue
No

Question: Which key message(s) do(es) this passage say the critics ignored? (true/1)

The strategy to promote "gun rights" for white people while outlawing it for black people allowed racisim to continue without allowing to KKK to flourish
That it antagonized the KKK
That the KKK was a terrorist organization
The strategy to promote the KKK

Question: What type of the film is being discussed and what is on of the key messages? (true/2)

Animated history of the US and one of the key messages is continuing the racist goals of the KKK
This is cartoon film depicted violence in elementary schools among six-year olds.
Animated, key message: how gun rights are promoted for whites, outlawed for blacks
It is an animated history of the US and one of the key messages is to continue the racism of the KKK
LIve action, key message: NRA in the southern states promote gun rights for black people
Documentary, key message: the CIA fought cocaine smuggling into the U.S. in the '80s

Question: Which type of rights are being discussed and promoted by which group? (true/3)

Undercover drug operations by the NRA
Crackdown on crack dealing by the KKK
Thr right to use drugs if one sees fit was discussed by the Legal Aid Society
Discussion of a strategy to promote "gun rights" for white people was discussed by NRS and KKK
The discussion of gun rights being promoted by the NRA
Gun rights promoted by the NRA

Question: In the author's mind, which characterization of the Buell school shooter is more appropriate? "Thug" or "Bastard"? (true/4)

Bastard
Thug

Question: Does the author know whether the 19th century NRA in southern states promoted gun rights for black people? (false/5)

No, but assumes they weren't
Yes, they were in favor of it
Maybe sometimes

Question: It is believed that which group tolerated crack sales raising what other questions> (true/6)

CIA tolerated crack sales, which raises questions about how the epidemic spread in the U.S
The FBI tolerated crack sales because it is a lucrative business
The Buell shooting in Flint raised suggests the federal government should treat minors like adults
It is believed the CIA tolerated crack sales, raising other questions "Why do people deal drugs" and "do they do it because it is fun"?
CIA tolerated crack sales in US cities to fund the operation of South American "contras"
Black people tolerated crack dealing, which raises questions about their patriotism

Question: Under whose administration did the war on drugs begin and was the focus of the film. (true/7)

Nixon
Johnson
The war on drugs began with the Nixon administration and it was an animated story of the US that covered gun rights and other matters
"war on drugs" begun under the Nixon administration
Carter
The film focused on JFK and his declaration of a "War on Drugs" during his administration

Question: The hysteria that Moore's film warns about is fueled by which wing's ignorance? (true/8)

Question: What US president is indirectly linked by the author to the Buell school shooter? (false/9)

Question: The six year old's parents were described as being what by the right-wing ignorance? (false/10)

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