Full Text of HR1029 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On February 14, 2018, 17 people lost their lives | 3 | | at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Florida in | 4 | | the 9th deadliest mass shooting in modern United States' | 5 | | history; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In the aftermath of the shooting, survivors banded | 7 | | together to exercise their first
amendment rights and call for | 8 | | action to prevent similar tragedies from occurring; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In response to Parkland survivors exercising | 10 | | their first amendment rights, some have
gone beyond policy | 11 | | disagreements with the survivors and resorted to ad hominem | 12 | | attacks; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Breibart collected and published memes comparing | 14 | | survivor and activist David Hogg
to Hitler; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, National Rifle Association board member Ted | 16 | | Nugent claimed Parkland survivors are
liars, poor mush-brained | 17 | | children, and soulless; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones created a video of | 19 | | survivor David Hogg's March for
Our Lives Speech dubbed with an | 20 | | Adolf Hitler speech as well as another video comparing
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| 1 | | Gonzalez and other March for Our Lives attendees as Hitler | 2 | | Youth; he has pushed theories that March for Our Lives | 3 | | organizers are being given scripts, insinuating that
they are | 4 | | actors; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Congressman Steve King of Iowa posted a meme | 6 | | mocking survivor Emma Gonzalez
for her Cuban heritage; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, A photo-shopped image of Emma Gonzalez ripping up | 8 | | the constitution has gone viral
on the fringe websites of the | 9 | | internet; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, There have been countless other attacks on | 11 | | Parkland survivors including, but not
limited to, calling them | 12 | | crisis actors or skinheads; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Fox News host Laura Ingraham mocked David Hogg for | 14 | | getting rejected by
universities; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Parkland is not the first time conspiratorial and | 16 | | character attacks have been directed
towards victims of mass | 17 | | shootings which is reflected by a defamation lawsuit filed by | 18 | | parents of
Sandy Hook victims against Alex Jones; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, These attacks on victims and survivors of mass | 20 | | shootings not only inflict psychological
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| 1 | | compromise the safety of those involved; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Conversations regarding policy disagreements | 3 | | strengthen public discourse, and ad
hominem attacks on victims | 4 | | of mass shootings have no place in civilized discourse; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, As a nation we should support victims and | 6 | | survivors of mass shootings in their time of
suffering; | 7 | | therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 10 | | express our deepest
condolences to the victims and survivors of | 11 | | the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
shooting and their | 12 | | families; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That we condemn those who inflict undue suffering | 14 | | on them through ad hominem
attacks which go beyond the realm of | 15 | | reasonable policy disagreements; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of the Illinois House of | 17 | | Representatives that this type of
discourse has no place in | 18 | | civilized society.
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