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"Thoughts and Prayers" is the new (Original Post)
ThoughtCriminal
Feb 2018
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I'd like them to acually spell out what these goddamn thoughts and prayers actually are.
The_Casual_Observer
Feb 2018
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)1. The GOP hypocritical oath - First, do nothing.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)2. K & R. n/t
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)3. And not all that new either.
We decent people get confused, the "thoughts and prayers" crowd do not give a SHIT about these kids.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)4. I'd like them to acually spell out what these goddamn thoughts and prayers actually are.
I'll bet there isn't anything at all.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)5. GOP "thoughts and prayers" translated...
Thoughts : "thank god it was among the dark people again, or at the very least not in my back yard..."
Prayers: "Dear lord, please don't let this end my NRA funded gravy train..."
Anything beyond that is too complicated for the hive mind of the modern-day Borg...err, I mean GOP...
Skittles
(153,164 posts)6. there's nothing new about it
people have long used that as an excuse to not do anything in a variety of circumstances