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calimary

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3. "Hand-wringing."

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 03:53 PM

Jul 2012

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Fuck that. I hate that one. Such a snarky, smug put-down. Like insulting someone by saying they're "do-gooders." As if doing good is a bad thing.

The fact is - there are at least 12 people who will never have a future because some nutcase had easy access to ridiculous, over-compensating guns. I mean - is this the Green Zone? WHY does anybody NEED an AK-47 or other kind of machine gun? Why? I don't get it.

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The top five most painfully self-serving reactions to the Aurora shooting [View all] cleanhippie Jul 2012 OP

Yeah, I just posted a comment on my FB... Wait Wut Jul 2012 #1

+10000 nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #4

I went ahead and recc'ed. HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #2

"Hand-wringing." calimary Jul 2012 #3

I think you just proved the authors point. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #5

+1 HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #13

+1 ThoughtCriminal Jul 2012 #7

Sadly Aslan is correct though nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #6

Agreed. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #10

How about this headline and lead sentence from Reuters: woo me with science Jul 2012 #8

Tragedies as a result of failed policies are the perfect time for political points. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #9

What failed policies? cleanhippie Jul 2012 #11

Aslan's comment, while certainly painful, isn't self-serving LadyHawkAZ Jul 2012 #12

On that point, I agree. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #14

Agreed! He made an important point CrawlingChaos Jul 2012 #15