At the rate boycotts and severed relationships are being announced, it’s possible that you’ll be forbidden to say the letters “N,” “R,” and “A” near a public building by the time this issue hits the stand. The Herman’s Hermits song “I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am” may be banned from radio play, because the singer pronounces the name “Ennery,” which sounds a lot like “NRA.”
The NRA will be super-extra evil for a while, until the National Outrage Corps swings to something else, but guns will remain our culture’s No. 1 source for meaningless overreaction. Perhaps you’ve heard about the student who was banned from school because he threatened to cause mayhem . . . with a mathematical symbol.
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