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struggle4progress

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Fri Sep 14, 2018, 07:48 PM Sep 2018

Things-that-don't-work News

Shot self to protest Trump
William Cummings, USA TODAY
Published 10:53 a.m. ET Sept. 14, 2018
Updated 10:58 a.m. ET Sept. 14, 2018

... Sociology professor Mark J. Bird .. was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound outside a bathroom ... He was charged with discharging a gun within a prohibited structure, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and possessing a dangerous weapon on school property ... As witnesses worked to calm Bird and stop the bleeding, he said he had shot himself in protest of Trump ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/09/14/nevada-professor-shoots-self-trump-protest/1300536002/
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Things-that-don't-work News (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2018 OP
Shooting yourself in protest of anything just makes you look weird, stupid and maybe nuts. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #1
I wonder why that is struggle4progress Sep 2018 #2
tRump doesn't care MiniMe Sep 2018 #3
Now that's a safe bet! struggle4progress Sep 2018 #7
Is this like self-immolation? (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2018 #4
Perhaps he is a non-smoker. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #5
You're on fire tonight, guillaumeb! (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2018 #8
Maybe it's "none of the candidates really inspire me" struggle4progress Sep 2018 #6
Oh, shoot! (n/t) PJMcK Sep 2018 #9
+ struggle4progress Sep 2018 #10
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