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Re: Politics
« Reply #6100 on: February 21, 2018, 01:33:04 AM »
In response to the student demonstration over the past week (regarding the Parkland shooting), the Florida legislature, instead of addressing issues regarding the death of children, immediately rejects the ban on assault weapons:

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/20/us/florida-legislature-weapons-ban/index.html

I'm not surprised, to be honest.

Look, I don't want to do this everyday, but when I woke up this morning, this isn't the headline I wanted to read either. I told myself not to talk about it, don't politicize the matter, but when I did that, inside, I'm going crazy and furious, and it just makes me want to talk to somebody about it and ask, "How could they? How could YOU, America?" I think me and a lot of young Americans demand an answer.

I mean, do they at least stop and say there might be another way to decrease the chances of another shooting? They do not. Do they suggest another bill that would not be in conflict of the second amendment? They do not. They just flat out came out and say, "Screw you kids. You're on your own."

That's all I'm going to say. Now, I'm going to wash the disgust from my mouth, and you (politicians) can just let a few more Americans die before you decide. I guess we'll be having this discussion again (and again) in another month or two.

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Re: Politics
« Reply #6101 on: March 07, 2018, 05:54:09 AM »
After a month's absence, I am sure this thread is nothing but joy and laughter right now.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #6102 on: March 25, 2018, 02:38:40 AM »
I have never witnessed a moment like Emma Gonzales’s speech today.
Holding space, standing in her power.
I cried with her.
Something changed today.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #6103 on: March 25, 2018, 06:46:14 AM »
Hopefully those tears will translate to legislative change in the coming years.
I will forever be baffled by the lack of empathy that some people have in this world.
It is so clear that we can only prosper in collaboration and support, yet greed and hate maintain their hold on the world.

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Re: Politics
« Reply #6104 on: April 03, 2018, 12:42:12 PM »


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Re: Politics
« Reply #6105 on: June 19, 2018, 11:36:00 PM »
Feeling pretty nostalgic for a good old fashioned preemptive war right about now.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #6106 on: June 20, 2018, 12:28:15 AM »
Do the kids get to watch 4k criterions?
I hope they put the Spanish subtitles on.

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Re: Politics
« Reply #6107 on: June 20, 2018, 03:33:40 AM »
They probably just watch Dora on repeat.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #6108 on: June 20, 2018, 07:21:54 AM »
No, they're watching Moana. You know, the Disney movie about a non-white hero who embraces her culture to "escape" the confines of her island to explore the world? Yea.
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Re: Politics
« Reply #6109 on: June 20, 2018, 09:08:15 AM »
Or, and I need you to go on a limb with me here, Coco, because, yah know, Mexico.
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