A teacher from Parkland just went there ("thoughts & prayers")

[D_Master81]

she just said on the Today show that Congress and society are failing our kids b/c we don't keep them safe, and continuing to say "thoughts and prayers" is getting us nowhere. Thank you!

[Cha]

1. The teacher isn't the only one..

this is what trump
got from a student there in reply to his "condolences and prayers" tweet...

I don't want your condolences, you fucking price(sic) of shit, my fiends and teachers were shot. Multiple of my fellow classmates are dead. Do something instead of sending prayers. Prayers won't fix this. But gun control will help it from happening again

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210232880#top

[maxrandb]

2. I don't think that's a typo

We're all paying a "price" for Donnie Short Fingers shit!

[genxlib]

6. WTF

Are you serious?

[uponit7771]

7. This is blaming the victims, they did ... NOT ... know this was going to happen

... and there's been no stated empirical evidence proving so

This is not a thoughtful or caring post.

[dsc]

8. And just what, pray tell, should she have done

both the kids at that school and the authorities at that school reported him and took action (he was expelled which is very hard to do). After that, it is on us, not them. Why was this kid able to get a gun?

[kcr]

12. It's not her fault

Good job defending the gun industry.

[LisaM]

15. I must have mis-read this. Teachers are there to teach.

Elected officials and law enforcement are tasked with protecting us. Schools are there to educate kids. School administrators should obviously work with law enforcement to deal with this, but teachers have enough to deal with without being single-handedly tasked with preventing violence in the classroom.

[33taw]

16. What mental health law would have prevented the shooter from purchasing a gun?

There are individuals with mental health problems in every community that are not part of the NCIC record. Unless there is some other cause to fail a background check, these individuals will all be able to purchase guns. I may know that someone is mentally ill, but that does not mean that there is a finding in a court case of mental illness that gets reported. Background checks go through NCIC not your friends, neighbors, co-workers and school authorities....

[TNNurse]

17. What the hell?????

[MrsCoffee]

19. Didn't Trump say something close to this today?

For fuck's sake.

[SixString]

21. Yep.

[Angry Dragon]

4. Thoughts don't stop bullets

prayers don't stop bullets

[GoCubsGo]

5. She was way more polite than I would have been.

I wish she would have said, "Take your 'thoughts and prayers" and shove them up your asses!" I think that's coming, though. Even Hoda and Savannah expressed disgust with the empty platitudes.

[Bad Thoughts]

9. Maybe the politicians are bad at praying...

... or their god doesn't like them.

[Blue_Tires]

10. +1

Link to tweet

[Wounded Bear]

14. Yeah, and we're speeding up the cycle...

[Beartracks]

20. Crickets don't have time to chirp anymore.

The mass shootings are just thatclose together any more.

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[Javaman]

11. pray in one hand and shit in the other...

see which fills up faster.

like the right wing mantra of "praying the gay away", praying for the end to gun violence won't do a thing either.

praying is the passive aggressive way of "doing something" without being bothered to do a damn thing at all.

(and to be clear, I'm not advocating for the fucking stupid pray the gay away bullshit)

[world wide wally]

13. The "thoughts and prayers" are just to make politicians feel better about themselves.

If you want to spout religion, I have heard that "God helps those that help themselves". Now, what have you actually DONE to help?

[jmbar2]

18. Russia and the NRA are killing Americans, and profiting from it. Republicans are complicit.

The second amendment is a smokescreen.

Russia, the gun industry, and the Republicans have formed an unholy alliance and have declared war on us. Everyone in their orbit is making money off it. The more they kill, the more frightened people become, and buy more guns. It's just free advertising to the gun industry, and sows more chaos that the Russians/Republicans can take advantage of.

I think no mention of gun violence should omit links to Russia, NRA and Republicans. They are killing our children for power and profit.